1. 1 Contract Prescribed Burning Gary Starkovich PatRick Corporation Nov. 30-Dec. 1-2, 2004

2. 2 PatRick Corporations National Headquarters Wildland & Prescribed Fire Specialists PO Box 758, Redmond, OR 97756

3. 3 About PatRick Corporation PatRick was founded in 1971: Started contract prescribed burning in 1972. Since then we have had contracts with the following organizations. - Private Timber Companies and land owners - USDA Forest Service - USDI Bureau of Land Management - USDI US Fish and Wildlife Service - State of Oregon

4. 4 Prescribed Fire Skills  Prescribed Fire Leadership positions PatRick Corporation has on its staff :  3 Prescribed Fire Managers Type 1 (RXM1)  5 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 1 (RXB1)  1 Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN)  Multiple numbers of Ignition Specialists and Holding Specialists.

5. 5 Suppression Skills 2 Incident Commanders Type 2 (ICT2) 3 Division/Group Supervisors (DIVS) 2 Task Force Leader (TFLD) 4 Strike Team Leader Crew (STCR) 6 Strike Team Leader Engine (STEN) 14 Crew Boss (Single Resource) (CRWB) 14 Engine Boss (Single Resource) (ENGB)

6. 6 Training & Certification:  All viable Contractor employees meet or exceed the requirements outlined in NWCG Wildland and Prescribed Fire Qualification System Guide, PMS 310-1, January 2000. Certification is through an MOU with NWCG member groups.  The USDA and USDI along with other federal, state, tribal and private timber companies each have specific direction related to fuels treatment efforts. Prudent contractors are aware of these requirements.

7. 7 Types of projects accomplished under contracts  Contractors are not unlike the agencies. We are involved with the same type of work you are. We have the same skills. We are trained and certified as you are.

8. 8 Some of the projects contractors have completed. --- Fuels Management projects ---  Large and small scale underburning projects  Clear cut burning  Range, meadow and brush field conversion burning  Wetlands burning The viable contractors use hand, aerial, terra-torches and ATV mounted ignition devices.  Machine piling and burning of piles.  Hand piling and burning of piles.  Fireline construction, hand and mechanized.

9. 9 Projects (cont.)  Fuels inventory and/or establishment of photo plots  Writing burn plans (complete packages)  Location of property lines / boundaries  Fire Safe Programs (WUI) --- Other Projects --- Thinning, tree planting, cone collection, pruning, clearing of utility right of ways, trail construction, spraying, taking over wildfires from the USFS after control, hurricane and space shuttle recovery projects.

10. 10 Types of Contracts Request for Proposals (RFP) Best Value Contract with Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) What is Best Value procurement?

11. 11 What Is Best Value Procurement Best value techniques have long been used in federal procurements, particularly for research and development where the emphasis has been on contractor ideas and abilities as well as cost. The current trend within government is to apply best value to other areas when it is clear that the government can benefit. The public and private sector emphasis on effective use of government funds and efficient conduction of government business has brought into prominence the use of best value procurements.

12. 12 Best value procurements also have enjoyed long use within private industry. Here the past performance of the seller and reliability of the product and the firm are often the deciding factors. Lower costs could have been achieved by obtaining a product or service from another supplier, but industry has found that, in many situations, going with the low bidder is a false economy. Best value techniques for government procurements are more complex than for the private sector. In government contracting the seller has rights unknown in the private sector. These rights evolve from the wide variety of laws, regulations, and precedents in federal contracting that are designed to foster fairness and integrity. Yet government contracting officials, often justifiably, see these as obstacles to using best value procurements.

13. 13 Although there is no universally accepted definition for best value, for purposes of this presentation, we will define best value as a process used in competitive negotiated contracting to select the most advantageous offer by evaluating and comparing factors in addition to cost or price. Best value is not: Automatic award to the low price (with due consideration given to responsiveness, responsibility, and reasonableness); nor Automatic award to the lowest priced technically accepted proposal. Rather, best value is taking both price and preestablished nonprice factors into consideration in awarding a contract. In fact, any procurement that permits the government to make award to other that the lowest acceptable offer can be classified as a best value procurement.

14. 14 Most important for business to understand is that best value is a process – one that both an extraordinary degree of choice and a extraordinary number of ground rules to the government and, by extension, a different playing field to the offeror. It’s worth reminding ourselves that best value is used only in “competitive negotiated contracting.” Sealed bids cannot be used in best value contracting, since the government cannot consider evaluation factors other than price and price-related factors. Thus, the procurement instrument used for best value is the request for proposal (RFP). Only the negotiated method of procurement may be used for best value procurements.

15. 15 Types of Contracts Request for Quotes (RFQ)  No competitive process.  Not performance based.  Anyone can qualify with some basic requirements.  Low bid award.  Minimum of 3 bids.

16. 16 What Makes a Contract Viable Quantity (number of acres) Economy of scale Dollars available (per acre cost) Proximity (location) Burning Window (continuous or broken) True Partnership (shared responsibilities) Liability (contractors, state regulations on 3 rd party burning, [Who lights the match]).

17. 17 Local workforce availability Availability of facilities Proximity to lodging (motels) Feeding (restaurants) Local customs (No work on Sunday, etc.) Viability (cont.)

18. 18 We will be here all week to answer any specific question you may have. Do you have questions?

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