stewardship contracting by keith rush of the nature conservancy
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Presentation about Stewardship Contracting with the US Forest Service, provided by Keith Rush, Forester with The Nature Conservancy.TRANSCRIPT
Stewardship Contracting
What is it?
Why should I care?
Stewardship Contracting
• Contracting available to the USFS and BLM
• Supplements the FS contracting tool chest
• General purpose is to achieve land management goals while meeting local and community needs
The Focus of Stewardship Contracting is Restoration
Improve the resource conditions of the
project area
Examples• Thinning to improve
wildlife habitat• Fixing red pipes• Road work to stop
erosion• Add wood to streams to
improve fish habitat• Treat invasive weeds
Stewardship ContractingPolicy Requires:
• Collaboration must be a part of stewardship contracting planning and continue throughout the life of the project
• Best value must be the basis for evaluating proposals and awarding contracts
Must Collaborate
Must Use ‘Best Value’ Basis
• Proposal which includes a bid
• Best value to government
• Local benefits
Stewardship Contracting Policy Allows:• The FS to trade goods
for services• The FS to use excess
receipts generated from one stewardship project to be used on another stewardship project
• The bundling of projects • The use of Designation
by Description and Designation by Prescription
• The use of long term contracts
Allows ‘Goods’ to be traded for ‘Services’
Allows for Use of ‘Retained Receipts’ on Other Projects
Retained Receipts cannot be used for:
• Forest Service wages
• Construction
• Planning
Allows Projects to Be Bundled
• Agency efficiency
• Contractor efficiency
Allows the Use of ‘Designation’ by:
• Description
• Prescription
Allows for Long Term Contracts
Up to 10 years
• FS planning efficiency
• Contractor flexibility
Stewardship Contracting
Is it worth considering for the Wrangell Project?