F -- MACHINE ROADSIDE BRUSHING & CLEARING

North Zone (Sandpoint, Bonners Ferry, and Priest Lake Districts), Bonner and Boundary Counties, Idaho and Pend Oreille County, Washington. Services are for the furnishing of all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies and incidentals necessary to perform machine roadside brushing and clearing. The resulting contract will be an Indefinite Quantity contract covering anticipated roadside brushing services for the North Zone of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests for a three-year period (field seasons 2003, 2004 and 2005) on approximately 95 miles of roads the first year of the contract, approximately 120 miles the second year of the contract, and approximately 150 miles the third year of the contract, in compliance with the terms, specifications, conditions, and provisions of this solicitation. Incidental work that may be identified in addition to identified road miles may be ordered on as needed basis. Work is expected to start in Summer, 2003. This project was previously advertised as RFP R1-04-03-01.