**HAQ081013 Combined Cone Collection, IDIQ Salem /Eugene**

Solicitation No. HAQ081013 July 15, 2008

Amendment No. 1 Page 2 of 4 Pages

A. Pre-proposal Conference - This amendment further clarifies the
Government responses to questions addressed during the pre-proposal
conferences held at the Horning Seed Orchard on Tuesday July 8, and
Tyrrell Seed Orchard on Friday July 11, 2008.

The following people were in attendance:

Larry Rue Rue Forest Contracting Michele Finch Horning BLM

Raul Alvarez Evergreen Reforestation Mike Tymkowicz Horning BLM

Bradley Sheehan Oregon State Office BLM Lisa Bond Horning BLM

Davis Hovland Tyrrell BLM Larry Johnston Tyrrell BLM

B. The tour of the Horning Seed Orchard on the Salem District BLM
consisted of reviewing the solicitation, viewing a Government furnished
0.5 bushel (bu.) grain bucket, graduated in tenths, and viewing 5
orchards in two Sections to be picked this August and September. The
tour of the cone storage facilities consisted of the second floor cone
loft with conveyor belt, wheeled racks, and the ground level cone shed.
Approximately 1100 bu. can be stored in the cone loft. The orchards to
be picked are Noble Fir, B-50 and B-51; and Douglas-fir C-10, I-30, and
I-33. All orchards to be picked will be grazed or mowed prior to
collection activities. It is anticipated that approximately 1,000
bushels will be picked. Light colored nylon mesh sacks holding 0.5 bu.
will be used for the collections. See Cone Survey Chart for Horning,
added by Amendment No. 1

C. The tour of the Tyrrell Seed Orchard on the Eugene District BLM
consisted of reviewing the solicitation, touring the cone storage
facilities which are all ground level, and examining a Government
furnished 0.5 bushel (bu.) rigid bucket graduated in 0.1 bu. increments.
The tour consisted of visiting all of the 24 orchards at Tyrrell, which
includes the 15 Douglas-fir orchards to be picked beginning in August.
All orchards to be picked will be mowed prior to collection activities.
It is anticipated that approximately 4,000 bushels will be picked. Light
colored nylon mesh sacks holding 0.5 bu. will be used for the
collections. See Cone Survey Chart for Tyrrell, added by Amendment No.
1.

The distance from the road junction in Section 9 (between McKenzie High
and North Umpqua 4&5) back to the Administrative Site /compound in
Section 21 is approximately three (3) road miles. Most of the picking in
August 2008 will occur in Section 9.

D. During the review of the solicitation, the following points were
discussed:

SECTION A - CONTINUATION OF STANDARD FORM 1449

Pages 1-3 are available from the printer friendly icon in IDEAS.

Page 9 lists the performance times for all of the Items.

Pages 4-9 are for the base year, Pages 10-33 are for option years 1-4.

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Amendment No. 1 Page 3 of 4 Pages

Page 34 states that this is a one (1) year IDIQ contract, with options
to renew for up to an additional four (4) years.

Items 1,2,3,4, and 5 are a group and labeled (All or None). You must
submit an offer on all of the Items for a group, but you do not have to
submit an offer for all of the groups.

You may submit an offer only on the Horning Seed Orchard, Items 1-5 or
6-10, the Tyrrell Seed Orchard Items 11-15 or 16-19, or the Eugene Field
Collections, Items 20-25. You must also submit prices for the option
years.

Page 34 states that task orders will be issued after award of the base
contract(s). The Government may make single or multiple awards. The
total value of all awarded contracts will not exceed \$1,000,000.00.
Award of more than one Item will require simultaneous performance.
Please note the minimum guarantees for each species group.

Page 35 has a line to insert a maximum task order amount. Offerors are
to review Section E and submit a technical proposal as required.

SECTION B - STATEMENT OF WORK

B.2.0 DEFINITIONS

[Clean Picked]{.underline} means less than 25 cones remaining on a tree
after picking.

[Minor Species]{.underline} - For purposes of this solicitation, all
species to be collected other than Douglas-fir. Added by Amendment No.
1.

B.5.3 states that cone collection in orchards will not necessarily
proceed row by row, and that some scattered trees may need to be picked
at a later time.

B.7.1 Contractor shall designate one specific person as the bagger to be
responsible for measuring, bagging and identifying cones. This is very
important for quality control.

B.7.3 states procedures for tapping graduated buckets and settling cones
for an accurate measurement. Cones will be measured to the nearest 0.1
(one-tenth) bushel.

B.8.0 Contractor is to transport cones to the designated location on a
daily basis.

B.9.0 Please note the requirement for Douglas-fir bag turning, Items 5
and 15. This Item is required for seven (7) days after the cones are
picked.

B.11.3 states that inaccurate measurement of cones will require that all
bags delivered that day will be remeasured by the Contractor, at no
additional cost to the Government.

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B.13.2 states that Field Collections (Items 20-25 only) will be paid for
tree climbing on a per tree basis and for cone collection on a one-half
(0.5) bushel basis.

E. The solicitation will be amended as follows:

B.2.0 DEFINITIONS

add: [Minor Species]{.underline} - For purposes of this solicitation,
all species to be collected other than Douglas-fir.

SECTION D - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

add: Cone Survey for 2008 Douglas-fir and Noble fir Cone Collection-
Horning Seed Orchard

add: Cone Survey for 2008 Douglas-fir Cone Collection- Tyrrell Seed
Orchard