V -- Helicopter Services

Helicopter services using a Boeing 234 with ground crew for placement of log loads weighing up to 25,500 pounds to in-stream and on-land placement sites via external sling during the fall of 2003 and in 2004; work sites are located on both the Umpqua National Forest and the Siuslaw National Forest; the proposed contract will be an indefinite quantity contract for an estimated 50 flight hours, minimum $300,000 and maximum $500,000; negotiations will be conducted with Columbia Helicopters, Inc., Portland, OR under the authority of FAR 6.302-1; this is not a request for competitive proposals; hard copies of the solicitation will not be provided.