Are you a qualified contractor or consultant ready to make a significant impact on Napa’s wildfire resilience? Napa County is seeking experienced professionals to assist in the development and implementation of innovative Firewise strategies. Our goal is to create a safer, more defensible community that can withstand the threats posed by wildfires. If you’re passionate about environmental protection and community safety, we invite you to submit your proposal for this critical project. Please open proposals below.
Open Proposals
Mayacamas Cavedale Trinity Triangle Fuel Reduction Project
Posted: October 14, 2026
Full RFP (Click Here)
The Mayacamas Cavedale Trinity Triangle Fuel Reduction Project (CTTFRP) will complete important wildfire resilience work related to
fuel reduction and improved wildfire response that tightly integrates with regionally collaborative efforts to establish a robust ridgeline fuel break to prevent or diminish a future fire that is similar in nature to the 2017 Nuns Fire. The proposed project’s ridgeline fuel-break creates an effective, continuous containment opportunity along the ridgeline border between Sonoma and Napa
Project Summary: This RFP covers 55 acres of sheep/goat grazing services to reduce hazardous fine fuels, invasive and undesirable vegetation, and ladder fuels. A combination of both species can chosen by the awardee that they feel will best achieve the project objectives. Grazing shall be conducted using sheep/goats at a stocking density, duration, and frequency sufficient to achieve effective vegetation reduction while minimizing soil disturbance, erosion, and damage to desirable native vegetation, trees, and other protected resources. The treatment objective is to reduce continuous and flashy fuels and create a discontinuous, lower-fuel condition consistent with the project’s wildfire hazard reduction goals, resulting in a fuel model of TU/TU3 or GR2. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing sheep/goats, herding or containment, temporary fencing and/or other necessary control measures, water, supplemental feed if required, and daily management of the herd. Herd must show negative testing results for Johnies (yo-knees) disease. Protocols must be implemented for not introducing invasive seeds in the coats of the animals. Grazing shall continue until the specified treatment objectives are achieved, as determined by the Project Manager, with particular attention to areas of dense understory, grass, brush, and other targeted fuels identified in the project area.
- Mandatory Bid Walk: Wednesday, October 23, 2026 at 10AM PDT
- Location: Mayacamas Volunteer Fire Department: 3252 Trinity Rd, Glen Ellen, California. MVFF acceptance of bids for this project is contingent upon attending the full bid walk.
- Final RFP Questions Due: All questions regarding the bid walk and this RFP must be submitted to info@mayacamasvff.org and peter@napafirewise.org by Friday October 30, 2026, 5 PM. Responses to questions will be circulated by Tuesday November 3 2026.
- Proposal due: All proposals must be emailed to info@mayacamasvff.org and peter@napafirewise.org by Friday November 6, 2026 5 PM. Proposals received after this date/time will not be accepted. Proposals must include the Bid Form completed and include insurance documents that are required by the attached Agreement.
Contact: Project Lead (PL) & Primary Contact: Peter Lecourt – peter@napafirewise.org – 707-291-8395
To be considered for any Napa Firewise project, contractors are required to posses the following:
- Comprehensive or Commercial General Liability Insurance at least as broad as Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability Coverage (occurrence form CG 0001), in an amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence for any one (1) incident, including, without limitation, personal injury, death and property damage. If a general aggregate limit is used, such limit shall apply separately hereto or shall be twice the required occurrence limit.
- The Comprehensive or Commercial General Liability Policy shall provide that NCFF, and its agents, officers, officials, directors and volunteers, and the California Firesafe Council, the State of California, and their respective officers, agents, employees and servants, are covered as additional insured for liability arising out of the operations performed by, or on behalf of, CONTRACTOR. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to NCFF or its agents, officers, officials, directors and volunteers. Said policy shall also contain a provision stating that such coverage:
- Includes contractual liability.
- Does not contain exclusions as to property damage caused by explosion or collapse of structures or underground damage, commonly referred to as “XCUHazards.”
- Is the primary insurance with regard to NCFF.
- Does not contain a pro-rata, excess only and/or escape clause.
- Contains a cross liability, severability of interest or separation of insureds clause.
- The Comprehensive or Commercial General Liability Policy shall provide that NCFF, and its agents, officers, officials, directors and volunteers, and the California Firesafe Council, the State of California, and their respective officers, agents, employees and servants, are covered as additional insured for liability arising out of the operations performed by, or on behalf of, CONTRACTOR. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to NCFF or its agents, officers, officials, directors and volunteers. Said policy shall also contain a provision stating that such coverage:
- Automobile/Motor Liability Insurance with a limit of liability not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit coverage. Such insurance shall include coverage of all owned, hired and non-owned vehicles and be at least as broad as Insurance Service Offices Form Code 1 (any auto).
- Workers’ Compensation Insurance, as required by the California Labor Code, with statutory limits, and Employers Liability Insurance with a limit of no less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per accident for bodily injury or disease. Said policy shall contain, or be endorsed to contain, a waiver of subrogation against NCFF and its agents, officers, officials, directors and volunteers.
- Please note that in addition to the general requirements outlined in this RFP, individual grant projects may have supplementary contractor requirements.