Award of Special Procurement Contract to Timberland Logging Enterprises, LLC
First date of publication: March 19th, 2024
A request for approval of a Special Procurement was presented to and approved by the City Council, acting as the Local Contract Review Board, on March 19th, 2024.
This Special Procurement is a “Contract- specific Special Procurement”. The proposed contracting procedure is direct award to Timberline Logging Enterprises, LLC for site specific forestry work on land owned by the citizens of Ashland. Timberline has direct experience in the Ashland Watershed and has availability to fulfill the City’s urgent need to reduce fire danger through tree cutting, yarding, and hauling that will result in cost savings.
It has been determined based on written findings that the Special Procurement will be unlikely to encourage favoritism in the awarding of public contracts or to substantially diminish competition for public contracts, and result in substantial cost savings or substantially promote the public interest in a manner that could not be realized by complying with the requirements that are applicable in ORS 279B.055, 279B.060, 279B.065, or 279B.070.
An affected person may protest the request for approval of a Special Procurement in accordance with ORS 279B.400 and OAR 137-047-0300. A written protest shall be delivered to the following address: City of Ashland, Purchasing Representative, 90 N. Mountain, Ashland, OR 97520. The seven (7) day protest period will expire at 10:00pm onMarch 25th, 2024.
This public notice is being published on the City’s Internet World Wide Web site at least seven days prior to the award of a public contract resulting from this request for approval of a Special Procurement.
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