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?