As authorized by Public Law 106-291, Contracting Officers in the Wildland Fire Agencies will obtain maximum competition that is practicable to use local contractor personnel. In order to do this, we have divided the country into 11 regions and numerous subgeographic areas within each regions. Contracting Officers will solicit competition from local vendors within each subgeoghraphic area, or vendors outside the subgeoghraphic area who hire a significant percentage of local personnel within the subgeographic area. In each subgeoghraphic area where there is a large number of projects, a lead Contracting Officer has been designated to solicit bids or offers from local vendors for all Wildland Fire Agencies. Several contracts will be awarded from which all Wildland Fire agencies will be authorized to order fuels treatment and burned area rehabilitation services within the subgeoghraphic area. The contracts are known as Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contracts.

If you click on a specific region, the name and telephone number of the lead Contracting Officer for each subgeographic area is listed. Please call the appropriate lead Contracting Officer if you wish to submit a bid order proposal for a specific subgeographic area.

These are not the only contracts that will be awarded. If an agency has a few small projects in isolated areas, its Contracting Officer will solicit and award contracts for those projects.

The Department of the Interior processes its purchase and contracts through the Interior Department Electronic Acquisition System (IDEAS). We encourage you to register in IDEAS if you wish to increase your opportunity to electronically bid on goods and services needed by the Federal government. You may register by clicking on http://ideasec.nbc.gov/ecprod/owa/ecmenu$.firstcount/ .

We have listed model statements of work which the lead Contracting Officers may use to solicit bids or offers. We have also provided a plan for the lead Contracting Officers to reach out to local vendors and help them with the bid or proposal process.