Transcript 2006 engine_tender

Spring
Fire and Aviation
Leadership Team
Contracted Resources
April, 2006
Engine / Tender/Crew/Strike Teams/Falling
Module
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Agreement Engines
Agreement Tenders
Agreement Crews
Agreement Strike Teams, Engines and Crews
Agreement Falling Modules
PNW Contract Engines
National Contract Crews
Equipment and Training Inventory System (EaTIS)
Number of Vendors
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Eng
102
139
147
122
136
208
265
393
355
358
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In 2006, the solicitations were separated so vendors applied to the individual
solicitations.
2006
Tend
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Numbers of Engines
1996 – 2006
Type
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Proposed
Type 4
26
39
37
34
50
86
106
127
83
79
74
Type 5
13
14
12
5
7
3
7
16
6
4
7
Type 6
97
153
165
157
155
237
296
331
318
280
246
Type 7
58
37
24
8
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
Total
194
243
238
204
215
327
410
474
407
363
327
Number of Tenders
1996 – 2006
2006
Proposed
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Type 1
3
1
1
3
3
7
13
0
0
0
Type 2
49
77
71
70
74
128
160
295
258
250
215
Type 3
20
23
24
21
17
24
26
38
40
42
34
Total
72
101
96
94
94
159
199
333
298
292
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Strike Teams of Engines
 Five Engines of the same ICS Type, staffed
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appropriately
Strike Team Leader with vehicle
If the Strike Team is ordered for double shifts, the
contractor will provide a Strike Team Leader –
Engines for each shift.
Only Contractors who have been awarded an
Agreement will be authorized to provide a Strike
Team.
Strike Team Leader(s) Engines and all crew member
must be employees of the contractor providing the
Strike Team.
 The Strike Team Leader can only supervise the
employees in their strike team. They cannot
supervise agency employees or other contractors’
employees. And the Strike Team Leader cannot sign
Daily Shift Ticket as Supervisor.
 Strike Team has to be dispatched as a team,
mobilized as a team, utilized as a team and
demobilized as a team.
 Resources cannot be separated or broken apart.
 If a piece of equipment breaks down, the
Incident can choose to continue working the
rest of the Strike Team.
 The engine cannot be replaced by an engine
that is not on the Agreement. The rate would
be reduced by the respective charge for that
individual piece of equipment
Strike Teams of Crews
 Two crews offered by one Contractor with
same dispatch location
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41 properly trained employees
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Strike Team Leader for Crews with 4x4 vehicle
Two crew bosses
Six squad bosses
32 crew members
Strike Team Leader for Crew trainee can work
with STLC, with no agency compensation
 Crews must arrive at the incident at the same
time
 Cost – combination of cost of the two crews
plus STLC
Subsistence
 When fire camp is not available and
commuting is not feasible:
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Engines / Tenders
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Conus – $40 per person for lodging, plus $25 for
food / drink
Crews
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$50 per person for lodging, plus $39 for food /
drink
Regional Contract Engines
Type of Engine
Number
Location
Type 6
5
Okanogan
Type 6
5
Colville
Type 6
10
Klamath Falls
Type 6
5
LaGrande
Type 6
5
Grants Pass
Type 6
5
Pendleton
Type 6
5
John Day
Type 4
4
Bend
Type 6
6
Bend
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
NATIONAL TYPE 2-IA HANDCREW SERVICES
ITEM NO
TYPE
CREW
QTY
PROXIMITY TO
HOST UNIT
(miles radius)
HOST UNIT COORDINATION CENTER
MANDATORY
AVAILABILITY
PERIOD
1
IA
2 ea
50 miles
Wenatchee N.F. Wenatchee, WA
6/1-9/30
2
IA
2 ea
50 miles
Colville N.F., Colville WA
6/1-9/30
3
IA
2 ea
50 miles
Wallowa/Whitman N.F., La Grande, OR
6/1-9/30
4
IA
2 ea
50 miles
Umatilla N.F., Pendleton, OR
6/1-9/30
5
IA
2 ea
50 miles
Malheur N.F., John Day, OR
6/1-9/30
6
IA
4 ea
50 miles
Deschutes National Forest
6/1-9/30
7
IA
3 ea
50 miles
Siskiyou N.F., Grants Pass OR
6/1-9/30
8
IA
3 ea
50 miles
Winema N.F., Klamath Falls OR
6/1-9/30
9
IA
2 ea
50 miles
Willamette N.F., Oakridge OR
6/1-9/30
National Crew Contract
 Contract Crew can be assigned to Type 5
incidents – Type 2 Initial Attack configuration
at local unit direction
 Cannot direct or control government
employees
 Cannot direct or control another vendor’s
employees
IC5 – Type 2 IA Crew
 Responsible to Agency Administration
 All coordination and support operations are
through the agency duty officer or Type 4 or
higher Incident Commander
 Contractors can obtain experience
requirements
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Coach / evaluator – qualified Type 5 Incident
Commander or higher
EaTIS
 December 22, 2005 – Ron Hooper, Director
of Acquisition Management
 Decision to implement EaTIS nationally in
2006
 Based on need for standardization of EERA
equipment and methods of hire
 Need to streamline incident business processes
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Acquiring
Ordering
Utilizing and
Paying incident resources
 Recommendations included in GAO audit of
Forest Service EERA
 February 6, 2006
 Scaled back implementation of EaTIS
 Three Regions Piloting EaTIS in 2006
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Region 1
Region 5
Region 6
 and Two BLM units