Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Invitation to Bid - State Land Office Price Agreements for Forestry / Prescribed Fire

Subject: Invitation to Bid - State Land Office Price Agreements for Forestry / Prescribed Fire

The New Mexico State Land Office’s Fuels Mitigation and Prescribed Fire Services Price Agreements (PA’s) have been opened for bidding.

Bids are due by February 15, 2012 and the Invitation to Bid (ITB) may be downloaded from HERE. Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who may be interested.

More at http://catroncounty.blogspot.com/2012/01/

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Catron County Commission Meeting Date Change

Public Notice

The regular scheduled Catron County Commission Meeting for Wednesday, January 18, 2012 has been changed to Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM.  Meetings will resume their regular schedule Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 9:00 AM.  Meetings will be held in the Commission Meeting room on the 2nd floor of the Catron County Courthouse.  Agendas will be available before the meetings at www.catroncounty.us .  For more information, contact Sarah Merklein, County Manager at (575) 533-6423 or by email at ccmanager@gilanet.com
  
/s/
Sarah Merklein
Catron County Manager


Publications:
Silver City Daily Press
Thursday, January 5, 2012

El Defensor Chieftain
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Wildfire & Emergency Support Vendors for USFS

FOREST SERVICE ANNOUNCES MEETING FOR VENDORS INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING WILDFIRES & OTHER EMERGENCY INCIDENTS

Silver City, NM; January 6, 2012--The USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, announces a meeting for vendors interested in providing resources to support wildfires and other emergency incidents on January 26, 2012, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The meeting is scheduled via video teleconferencing (VTC) at multiple locations throughout New Mexico and Arizona.

In southwest New Mexico, the VTC is scheduled at the Gila National Forest Supervisor’s Office, 3005 E. Camino del Bosque, Silver City. To find the location of other VTC locations, call the Supervisor’s Office at 575.388.8201. Office hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Learn about the registration required to become a government vendor, how to find and respond to a solicitation through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, and how to read and understand contract requirements for specific equipment.  The following resource types will be obtained by competitive solicitation for Fiscal Year 2012:
•           Mobile laundry units
•           Potable and gray water trucks/Trailer-mounted handwashing units
•           Portable toilets/Wheelchair accessible portable toilets/Portable handwash units
•           Fuel tenders
•           Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Apparatus (formerly Crash Rescue Trucks)
•           Miscellaneous Heavy Equipment (feller bunchers/masticators/road graders/skidders)

Although not an inclusive list, some other common types of equipment used to support  emergency incidents include: 
•           All terrain vehicles (ATVs) and Utility Vehicles (UTVs)
•           Chainsaw repair kits
•           Chippers
•           Coach bus
•           Computers and Printers
•           Copiers
•           Heavy Equipment (dozers/excavators/transports)
•           Mechanic with Service Truck
•           Mobile Sleeper Units
•           Vehicle rentals (passenger vehicles and trucks without operators)
•           Vehicle with Driver (usually owned by individuals or small business and used to haul supplies)
•           Water Handling Equipment (support & tactical water tenders and engines)

Interested vendors can also obtain information about VIPR on the Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php.  Current solicitation notices are published on the Internet at https://www.fbo.gov.  Enter VIPR into the search box.                      - End -