1. Region 6 forest service fire procurement
NWSA Conference
February 17, 2015
Region 6 forest service fire procurement

2. FACT Personnel Supervisory Contract Specialist Contracting Officers
Ben McGrane
Program Lead , Aviation, Federal CO on IFCA
Contracting Officers
Jeanne Williams
Heavy Equipment, Fuel Tenders, Fallers, Misc. Heavy Equipment, Heavy Equipment w/Water, Weed Wash, Reefer Trailers, Vehicle w/drivers
Kermadine Barton
Mechanic with Service Truck, Potable/Gray Water Trucks/Trailer mounted Handwash, Chippers, Water Handling, Mobile Laundry Units
Purchasing Agent
Jan Drum
Supports Redmond Air Center, Cache, Training, Aviation program.
Procurement Technician
Juanita Dickson
Non-VIPR Resources

3. 2015 Regional Solicitations
Misc. Heavy Equipment
Feller/Buncher, Mulcher/Masticator, Road Grader, Skidder
Potable/gray water truck/trailer mounted hand wash stations
Chippers
Mobile laundry unit
Vehicles with Drivers (1 year only)
Note 1 – All are currently open in FedBizOpps
Note 2 – All rollover modifications are open.

4. Region 6
Contract Operations

5. Contract Operations Staff
Katie Mergel - Supervisory Contract Operations Specialist
Administration & Oversight of program
Liaison with FAM, Contracting, Contractors and State Partners
Administer MOUs
Training
Records Verification

6. Contract Operations Staff
Ron George – Contract Operations Specialist
Equipment Specialist
Administration of the Equipment MOUs
Quality Assurance of Inspectors
ICPI Coordination/Training
Member of Contract Equipment Task Team (CETT)
Provides input on Agreement specifications

7. Contract Operations Staff
Tony Largaespada – Contract Operations Assistant
Training/WCFT Notifications
Training/WCFT Monitoring

8. Training MOUs We have 7 MOUs with Fire Associations in the Pacific NW
We have 11 Public Training Providers (Colleges) in Oregon and 13 in Washington.
The Public Training Provider MOUs are currently being reviewed for renewal.

9. Records Verification MOUs
Currently we have 5 Companies that are providing services for verifications.
We require records verification for any employee who requires training beyond
RT-130.
3,500 records verified by MOU companies last season.

10. Equipment Inspection MOUs
Started small in 2014 to make sure that our processes were in place, inspected 70 pieces of equipment.
Recently added 4 additional providers for a total of 8.
In 2015 we will be inspecting:
Misc. Logging equipment, Potable/Gray Water Trucks, Trailer Mounted Handwash for approximately 400 pieces of equipment.

11. Equipment Utilization Fire Season 2014
Resource Orders Filled: 3,371 for a total of 32,798 days
Type 3, 4, 5, 6 Engines had 1,731 orders for 15,048 days
Interagency Fire Crews had 714 orders for 5,545 days on 125 incidents.
Region 6 has 757 Vendors with 2,438 pieces of equipment including fallers.

12. Incident Contract Project Inspectors
We are continuing to increase our capacity in the ICPI program.
We are providing coordination and oversight to the ICPI Program.
Increased communications via and conference calls throughout the summer
Training and Refreshers
Equipment Inspection Workshop

13. Collaboration
We continue to build relationships with our State/Federal partners in an effort to increase efficiencies
Vendor Road Show
Vendor Issue Form
Recommendations, Issues, etc.
Posted to FACT website

14. GACC Collaboration Pacific NW Contract Equipment Task Group Goals
Tasked by Incident Business Committee
Interagency participation
Goals
Coordinate ordering & hiring protocols for agencies and their contracts/agreements
Clarify when VIPR resources should be ordered, State Agreements, etc.
Develop incident inspection standards and ICPI coordination on inter-agency level.

15. Questions?