Stewardship Contracting Workshop

Sponsored by the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition & the Colville National Forest at the Colville Campus of the Community College of Spokane

985 South Elm Street, Colville, WA

Objectives:

• Help contractors, local collaborative participants, and agency personnel better understand the current stewardship contracting process
• Provide specific information/guidance to contractors considering submitting an offer/proposal in response to the Burnt Valley RFP

• Strengthen everyone’s understanding of best value contracting and how it can contribute to the achievement of both ecological and socio-economic project objectives
• Identify problems/concerns with the Burnt Valley RFP process and/or the IRC that should be considered when developing future offerings
• Strengthen everyone’s understanding of how to use the collaborative process in project planning, design, contract development and award, and monitoring including

Audience:

• Local contractors
• Members of Colville Coalition
• Agency

Monday April 18, 2005

Agenda Items

8:30-8:45 Welcome and introductions (Peter Griessman, Colville Coalition)

8:45-10:00 Overview of stewardship contracting (Ed Maffei and Cathy Van Alyne, USDA/Forest Service; Carol Daly, Flathead Policy Center)

§ General goals, objectives, authorities, different types of contracts

§ Community collaborative participation in stewardship contracting

§ Best value, end result contracting and how its use should enable better achievement of both ecological and socio-economic project goals

10:00 – 10:20 Break

10:20 – 12:00 Discussion of Burnt Valley Project (Ed Maffei, Cathy Van Alyne, and Mike Almas, USDA.Forest Service)

· How Burnt Valley project evolved

· Activities

- Commercial harvest

- Pre-commercial thinning

- Burning

- Piling/burning/other removal of non-merchantable material

- Road work

- Other

· Ecological and socio-economic goals

· Bonding, quality control process, and other technical requirements

· Special features, if any, of the RFP and or the project itself

· Contract award process, evaluation factors, weighting of factors

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Continue Q&A

2:00 – 2:15 Break

2:15 – 3:45 Discussion of community concerns/issues related to stewardship contracting (Mike Daugherty, Region 6 stewardship coordinator; Karen Steer, Sustainable Northwest; Carol Daly, and Ed Maffei)

· Collaboration

· Multiparty monitoring

· Local benefits

· Others

3:45 – 4:00 Wrap up/next steps

Many thanks to the support from Sustainable Northwest and from the Flathead Economic Policy Center who have contributed talent, time and money to this Workshop.

A NEW Forestry Coalition open Board Meeting will follow at 4:30 p.m.

(See separate cover for Meeting Agenda)