# Animal Packing Services into Wilderness Areas

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/127eay25q0018

- Solicitation number: 127EAY25Q0018
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Vose Hayden Townsend
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Klamath National Forest (1291W8)
- NAICS: 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Product or service code: F099 Other Natural Resources and Conservation Services
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Fort Jones, California
- County: Siskiyou County (FIPS 06093). https://abierto.us/counties/siskiyou-county-ca-06093
- City: Fort Jones. https://abierto.us/cities/fort-jones-ca-0625128
- First posted: March 11, 2025
- Last posted: March 26, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a729c49c41fe4a1681d31a43a2e22561/view

## Description

Amendment 01 - Removes and Adds Deviations to Clauses and Provisions The purpose of this contract is to secure the services of a Packer and pack mules or horses for one year to transport food, supplies, and equipment, for work in and adjacent to the Trinity Alps, Russian, and Marble Mountain Wilderness Areas located in Northern California, in support of KNF Post-Fire Trail Recovery work.

The contractor shall provide up to 5 pack mules or horses and any necessary riding animals for Animal Packer and any helpers, sufficient to transport the specified quantity of food, supplies, and equipment with one week notice for any changes to scheduled days. Packing support will include a variety of the following:

Inserting food, supplies, and equipment to establish a base camp, resupplying a base camp, drop packing at a pre-determined site, and packing supplies and equipment out at the end of a hitch. Each day of packing will be planned for 2 to 5 loads, not more than 8 miles one way, from the trailheads listed below. 14 days will be scheduled at the initiation of the contract, and subject to change with no less than one week’s notice from the Government. **Please see the Statement of Work in the Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for complete description**

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Vose Hayden Townsend (UEI FBG1S9CAJ7C4)
- Contract: 127EAY25P0017, purchase order
- Obligated: $9,000.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 4 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 127EAY25Q0018 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 12C2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_127EAY25P0017_12C2_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- March 11, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice dedd3f4dc3b741b89d1edb49dfe22b31. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dedd3f4dc3b741b89d1edb49dfe22b31/view
- March 18, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice d7c92cba016044e8a6759eaa65357086. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d7c92cba016044e8a6759eaa65357086/view
- March 25, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 05247c3ce61a4c27961b7a01e2d7da3d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/05247c3ce61a4c27961b7a01e2d7da3d/view
- March 26, 2025: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice a729c49c41fe4a1681d31a43a2e22561. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a729c49c41fe4a1681d31a43a2e22561/view

## Points of contact

- Kari Hughes, kari.hughes@usda.gov, 805-291-6349

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