RFPs/RFQs - Request For Proposals/Qualifications
Attention Potential Contractor(s):
DO NOT contact CAL FIRE or other partners directly regarding RFPs/RFQs. As indicated, all questions should be in writing and addressed to Kandi Manhart-Belding, Executive Officer, Glenn County RCD! Also, please DO NOT encourage your vendors (e.g. insurance/bond companies) to contact Glenn County RCD!
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Contractor to provide Reforestation Site Preparation for 600 acres and Mastication Thinning for 250 acres for Forest Improvement Project
Office Issued: November 26, 2024
Mandatory Visit: December 17, 2024
Submission Deadline: December 23, 2024 at NOON (PST)
Click here to view Addendum 1 (PDF)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Click here for Public Records Access (PDF)
Click here for Protests
Click here for Protests and Due Process Letter Dated February 24, 2025
Click here for Resolution 2025-03 Approved April 21, 2025
NOTICE: Please be advised that the Glenn County RCD will now consider this matter at its April 21, 2025 meeting or such later date as it deems advisable.
The Glenn County Small Landowner Forest Improvement Program (Project) is located in western Glenn County on 100% privately owned lands within the Mendocino National Forest Boundaries. In April 2024, Glenn County RCD was awarded a CAL FIRE block grant to assist Glenn County forested landowners with Forest Improvement practices. In total, 84 privately owned properties are eligible to receive funding from the block grant. Glenn County RCD anticipates block grant selection of properties to conclude in January 2025. In total, the Project will fund 600 acres of Reforestation and 250 acres of Mastication Thinning. Future funding may allow additional acres to be treated under this RFP. Glenn County RCD plans to begin implementation of this Project in May 2025. Glenn County RCD is seeking a per acre cost for the treatments detailed in this RFP. Once landowner block grants are awarded, Glenn County RCD will coordinate with the selected contractor(s) to develop Project-Specific Costs/Invoices based on property specific treatments and the previously provided cost per acre.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF with Map)
Mandatory Visit – December 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM (PST) (USDA Service Center / Glenn County RCD, 132 N Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988 - Conference Room )
Gives potential contractor(s) opportunity to view Project Area and ask questions; attendance is a requirement for contractor(s) to submit a proposal.
Familiarity of this Project Area (the MNF) is required.
Deadline for receiving all other questions in writing – December 18, 2024, at Noon (PST)
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart-Belding, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on December 19, 2024.
Click here to view! (PDF)
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Contractor to provide Mechanical Fuels Treatment for 1,718 acres and Herbicide Application for 1,020 acres for Fuels Reduction Project
Office Issued: November 7, 2024
Mandatory On-site Visit: November 21, 2024
Submission Deadline: December 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM (PST)
Click here to view Addendum 1 (PDF)
Click here to view Addendum 2 (PDF)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Click here for Public Records Access (PDF)
Click here for Protests
Click here for Protests and Due Process Letter Dated February 24, 2025
Click here for Resolution 2025-03 Approved April 21, 2025
NOTICE: Please be advised that the Glenn County RCD will now consider this matter at its April 21, 2025 meeting or such later date as it deems advisable.
The Needham Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project (Project) is located in western Glenn County, and sits southeast of Elk Creek, California. This Project is positioned south and east of the unincorporated area of Elk Creek and near the wildland urban interface (WUI) communities of Elk Creek, Fruto, and Stonyford (Colusa County). The Project Area is comprised of lands in both the Federal Responsibility Areas (FRA) and State Responsibility Area (SRA). The Federal Responsibility Area partner is U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
The Project Area, approximately 1,718 acres, is comprised of primarily privately owned lands with approximately 322 acres being U.S. Bureau of Reclamation lands. The purpose of the Project is to protect the WUI zones, including its critical infrastructure and local communities, wildlife and habitat, by significantly reducing the region’s wildfire risk.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF with Map)
Mandatory On-site Visit – November 21, 2024, at NEW TIME 2:00 PM - (NEW LOCATION USDA Service Center / Glenn County RCD )
Gives potential contractor(s) opportunity to view Project Area and ask questions; attendance is a requirement for contractor(s) to submit a proposal.
Click here for NEW Mandatory On-site Visit Information - Click here to view presentation
Deadline for receiving all other questions in writing – November 22, 2024
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart-Belding, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on November 25, 2024.
Click here to view ! (PDF)
Click here to view Addendum 1 (PDF) - Update December 4, 2024
*If potential Contractor(s) have already submitted a proposal, potential Contractor(s) may submit a revised proposal by December 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM (PST).
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Requests for Qualifications
Seeking Consultant to provide Professional Forestry Services
Office Issued: August 6, 2024
Submission Deadline: August 30, 2024 at NOON (PST)
The Glenn County Resource Conservation District (Glenn County RCD) is seeking proposals from qualified individuals or consulting firms to provide professional forestry services for an upcoming project(s) in the Mendocino National Forest. The selected consultant will be Glenn County RCD’s formal representative when providing comprehensive professional forestry services, including drafting, formalizing and distributing Forest Management Plans, designing post-fire recovery prescriptions on non-industrial private lands in the wildfire footprints of 2018-2020, composing fully compliant California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents, assisting Glenn County RCD in future project designs, conducting archeological, botany, wildlife, geology, and hydrology surveys and monitoring plantings.
Projects that Glenn County RCD may assign to the successful consultant include, but are not limited to:
- Glenn County Small Landowner Forest Improvement Program
- Corbin Creek Watershed Restoration - August Complex
- Future project designs
Click here for full RFQ!
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Deadline for receiving questions in writing – August 16, 2024
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart-Belding, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on August 19, 2024.
N/A - No questions received
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Contractor to provide Arundo donax Treatment & Herbicide Application - Upper Stony Creek
Office Issued: August 30, 2023
Mandatory On-site Visit: September 6, 2023
Submission Deadline: September 11, 2023, at NOON (PST)
The Upper Stony Creek Arundo Project (Project) is located within Upper Stony Creek in western Glenn County, California. The Project site is portions of Upper Stony Creek channel where Arundo donax has been identified, from the Colusa County line north to the Stony Gorge Reservoir. Glenn County RCD has existing maps of the Arundo donax stands in the Project area as the entire Project site is located on private lands and not easily accessible.
The Upper Stony Creek Arundo Project is an invasive weed treatment Project of approximately 70 Arundo donax stands located in Upper Stony Creek. Treatment may encompass hand cut and pile, or something similar and herbicide application for the identified Arundo donax stands. Maintenance for the Project consists of herbicide application for approximately three (3) years (September 2023 – June 2025). When completed the Project will improve wildfire resiliency in western Glenn County as well as improve overall watershed health.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF with Map)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Mandatory On-site Visit – September 6, 2023, at 10:30 AM - [location-email kandi@glenncountyrcd.org or call (530) 624-1640 to receive directions]
Gives potential contractor opportunity to view project site and ask questions; attendance is a requirement for contractors to submit a proposal.
Deadline for receiving all other questions in writing – September 7, 2023
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
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Contractor to provide 86 Miles Of Roadside Fuel Breaks
Office Issued: May 30, 2023
Questions Due: June 6, 2023
Submission Deadline: June 9, 2023, at NOON (PST)
Located west of Interstate 5 and east of Mendocino National Forest, in unincorporated Glenn County. The site is located approximately 1.5 hours north of Sacramento, west of I-5, and sits on the western side of the Sacramento Valley. Portions of USGS 7.5’ Quadrangle Maps: Paskenta, Elk Creek, Stonyford and Fruto.
The Glenn County Highway 162 and County Road 306 Fuel Breaks (Project) is located along State Route / Highway 162 and County Road 306.
This Project will be 100% in the CAL TRANS and County of Glenn right-of-way areas and will establish a pair of fuel breaks along the main thorough-fairs, on both sides, of Highway 162 and County Road 306 to keep hazardous fuels down. The 86 miles in length fuel breaks are designed to prevent wildfire ignitions thus reducing the number of wildfires and greenhouse gas emissions, while reducing the threat of wildfires to people, structures, and communities in Glenn County.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF with Map)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Click here for Public Records Access
ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE IN WRITING AND ADDRESSED TO:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on June 7, 2023.
Click here to view! (PDF)
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Contractor to provide Mechanical Fuels Treatment on 40 Acres in Fuels Reduction Project
Office Issued: May 30, 2023
Questions Due: June 6, 2023
Submission Deadline: June 9, 2023, at NOON (PST)
Located west of Interstate 5 and east of Mendocino National Forest, in unincorporated Glenn County. The Project site is located approximately 1.5 hours north of Sacramento, west of I-5, and sits on the western side of the Sacramento Valley. The entire Project site is located on private lands in a remote and not easily accessible area.
In a 45-Day Report to Governor Gavin Newsom in response to Executive Order N-05-19, CAL FIRE systematically identified 35 high priority fuels reduction projects and other measures to immediately begin to protect over 200 of California's most wildfire-vulnerable communities and put the state on a path toward long-term wildfire prevention and forest health. One of those high priority fuels reduction projects is: Elk Creek Fuel Break Fuels Reduction Project (Project).
This RFP is for only one part of the larger 840 acre Project site. The Project will be mechanical treatment to an estimated 40 acres of heavy brush area on private lands.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF with Map)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Click here for Public Records Access
ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE IN WRITING AND ADDRESSED TO:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on June 7, 2023.
Click here to view! (PDF)
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Contractor to provide Herbicide Application For 340 Acres and Mechanical Fuels Treatment For 350 Acre Fuels Reduction Project
Office Issued: May 23, 2023
Mandatory On-site Visit: June 5, 2023
Submission Deadline: June 9, 2023, at NOON (PST)
Located west of the Sacramento River and east of State Route 45 in unincorporated Glenn County. The site is located approximately 1.5 hours north of Sacramento, east of I-5, and sits on the western side of the Sacramento Valley. Portions of, USGS 7.5’ Quadrangle Maps: Hamilton City, Llano Seco, Princeton and Butte City.
Under this RFP, Glenn County Resource Conservation District is seeking proposals to enhance the Sacramento River Corridor Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project (Project) through herbicide application on a ~340 acre treatment area as well as provide added fire prevention through mastication woody vegetation treatment on ~350 acres. This additional acreage was unknown at the time of original Project development; 350 acres mastication woody treatment will occur where needed, starting from each previously treated 35-foot edge creating a mosaic pattern.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF no Map)
Click here for full RFP! (PDF with Map)
Click here for Map Only! (PDF)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Click here for Public Records Access
Mandatory On-site Visit – June 5, 2023, at 9:00 AM - Packer Island Wildlife Refuge
Click here for more information! (PDF)
Gives potential contractor opportunity to view project site and ask questions; attendance is a requirement for contractors to submit a proposal.
Deadline for receiving all other questions in writing – June 6, 2023
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on June 7, 2023.
N/A - No questions received
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Contractor to provide Mechanical Fuels Treatment For 340 Acre Fuels Reduction Project
Office Issued: January 26, 2023
On-site Visit: Tuesday, February 7 @ 11:30 AM - Packer Island Wildlife Refuge, North of Princeton – South of CA/SR 162 – West of Sacramento River [39°26’20”N 122°00’40”W]
Click here for information form (PDF)
Questions Due: February 10, 2023
Submission Deadline: February 22, 2023, at NOON (PST)
Located west of the Sacramento River and east of State Route 45 in unincorporated Glenn County. The site is located approximately 1.5 hours north of Sacramento, east of I-5, and sits on the western side of the Sacramento Valley. Portions of, USGS 7.5’ Quadrangle Maps: Hamilton City, Llano Seco, Princeton and Butte City.
The Project will create fuel breaks on approximately 340 acres or a little over 56 miles in total by treating dense woody vegetation surrounding public access areas, structures and property boundaries using mastication vegetative treatment prescription.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF) *See below for Responses to all Questions
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
Click here for Addendum #1 (PDF)
Click here for Public Records Access
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on February 15, 2023.
Click here to view! (PDF)
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Contractor to provide Fuels Treatment For Fuels Reduction Project:
Mechanical Treatment 100 Acres
Manual Treatment 21 Acres
Herbicide (spot) 121 Acres
Office Issued: April 7, 2022
Questions Due: April 15, 2022
Submission Deadline: May 10, 2022, at NOON (PST)
Addendum #1: May 12, 2022
Located east of the unincorporated community of Elk Creek, The Stony Gorge Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project (Project) is a 121-acre fuels reduction project in a critical location in western Glenn County, California. The Project will address the risk of wildfire, reduce wildfire potential, and increase community resiliency. The Project consists of vegetation clearance in critical locations to reduce wildfire intensity, rate of spread and will create a fuel break in a strategic location above Elk Creek. Practices include a combination of mechanical thinning and manual / hand thinning (121 acres) of hazardous fuels. Reduction of fuel loading around critical infrastructure to the town of Elk Creek will maintain continuity of government and other critical services, including, but not limited to fire, power, water, and roads.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF)
Click here for Addendum #1 (PDF)
Click here for Notice of Intent to Award (PDF)
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on April 20, 2022.
Click here to view! (PDF)
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Contractor to provide Mechanical Fuels Treatment
For 637 Acre Fuel Reduction Project
Office Issued: June 19, 2020
Questions Due: June 26, 2020
Submission Deadline: July 6, 2020 at NOON
Located in the US Mendocino National Forest, the Smokey Project is a land management project comprising 7,059 acres of fuel treatments and prescribed fire to create healthy forest stands and a wildfire resilient landscape. This Request For Proposals is solely for one component of the Smokey Project which consists of a one time 637 acres mechanical thinning treatment.
Click here for full RFP! (PDF)
All questions should be in writing and addressed to:
Glenn County Resource Conservation District
Attention: Kandi Manhart, Executive Officer
132 N. Enright Avenue, Suite C, Willows, CA 95988
Email: kandi@glenncountyrcd.org
>> Responses to all Questions received will be posted here on June 30, 2020.
Click here to view!