Proposals are due June 3 at 3pm

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The NW Calaveras Fuel Reduction Project, funded by CAL FIRE grant 5GA22228, consists of all privately owned land within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) community of Rancho Calaveras and surrounding area. The larger project in its entirety consists of two areas divided into “NORTH” and “SOUTH”; it was strategically identified in collaboration with the local CAL FIRE unit for targeted fuels reduction treatments. When viewing the entire project area, it is oriented north and west of the Valley Springs subdivision Rancho Calaveras, south of California Highway 12 and is situated diagonally SW to NE toward the intersection of State Highways 12 and 26. This RFP is for the handwork needed to be completed on both the NORTH and SOUTH sections of the project. The majority of this work will occur in the SOUTH section and will consist of handwork/chipping and handwork/pile burning

There are 55.21 acres of handwork to be completed on the project. The CCRCD estimates roughly 50% of these will be treatable via chipping and the other 50% will be treated via pile burning. Please note, this is subject to change based on a variety of in field conditions such as slope, erosion hazard areas, vegetation type etc. Please address how to approach this in your proposal and submit a cost per acre for both handwork/chipping and handwork/pile burning.

The CCRCD and partners are actively trying to get new landowners to participate in the project. If this happens, there may be an opportunity to add more acres under the scope of this RFP.

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The project aims to protect hundreds of homes, wildlife, property, infrastructure, livestock, and habitat from catastrophic wildfire in the Valley Springs and Rancho Calaveras communities.

Primary objectives of the project are to treat areas of heavy vegetative fuels and dense woodlands with tight or overlapping canopy closure. Treatments under the scope of this RFP will meet these objectives by manually reducing dense vegetative fuel loads, variably increasing tree canopy spacing, and removing dead, dying, and diseased trees which present a hazard to infrastructure.

The project area for this phase was designed to achieve as contiguous of a landscape as landowner participation allows for. No treatment shall occur within 100’ of dwellings or as defined by PRC § 4291. Treatment methods will consist of the following:

1)     Handwork with chipping

2)     Handwork with pile burning

Links to RFP

FINAL_RFP_NW Calaveras (Handwork).pdfFinal_RFP_NW Calaveras (SOUTH)_Appendices.pdf