Forest Service Contracting

Forest Service Contracting
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2006
Genre: Forest restoration
ISBN:

During the past ten years, the array of administrative tools available to the Forest Service for restoration has changed and been enhanced. This guide provides an overview of the contracts, agreements, and permits available to pursue restoration work on national forests, and provides contractors with information on how to find and bid on restoration contracts.

Forest Service Use of Best Value Contracting

Forest Service Use of Best Value Contracting
Author: Cassandra Moseley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2007
Genre: Contracts
ISBN:

The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding about how the Forest Service uses best value and government estimates in contract awards. Specifically, this paper analyzes evaluation criteria and proposal- rating documentation, calculates the frequency of awards to the lowest price offer and the highest ranked non-price offer, and compares the government estimate and award prices. It does this using a random sample of forest management contracts.

Forest Service Workers

Forest Service Workers
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Federal Land Management: Use of Stewardship Contracting is Increasing, but Agencies Could Benefit from Better Data and Contracting Strategies

Federal Land Management: Use of Stewardship Contracting is Increasing, but Agencies Could Benefit from Better Data and Contracting Strategies
Author: Robin M. Nazzaro
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1437912001

The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have stewardship contracting authority, which allows the agencies to trade goods -- such as timber -- for services (e.g., thinning forests or rangelands) that the agencies would otherwise pay for with appropriated dollars, and to enter into stewardship contracts lasting up to 10 years. The authority is set to expire in 2013. This report determines: (1) the extent to which the agencies are using stewardship contracting; and (2) what successes and challenges the agencies have experienced in using it. In doing so, the auditor assessed agency data, reviewed project files, and visited projects in numerous locations. Illus.