B -- Marbled Murrelet Surveys

Conduct field surveys to detect Marbled Murrelets within designated survey sites and to collect related land bird information at those sites. This is an indefinite quantity contract, with a Base Year and one Option year. Bid Item 1A minimum guarantee: 40 ea (surveys); maximum: 70 ea (surveys); Bid Item 1B minimum guarantee: 50 ea (surveys); maximum: 100 ea (surveys). Contract period Base Year: Estimated start work September 27, 2002 to August 5, 2003. All Marbled Murrelets surveys shall be conducted as specified in "Methods for Surveying for Marbled Murrelets in Forests: A Protocol for Land Management and Research", dated April 15, 2002. Abnormal work hours will be required. All data collection shall be conducted between April 15 and August 5. The location, flagging and mapping of survey stations may be conducted prior to April 15. The Contractor will locate, flag, and map all survey stations. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, transportation and incidents except those items listed as Government-furnished property. If the second year option is exercised by the Forest Service, murrelet and land bird surveys will be conducted at the same locations, and vegetation data will be collected at those points where it was not collected in the base year. Location of project: Survey sites are located on the Happy Camp Ranger District, Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou County, California.