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.
Manual Treatment Phase I in Year 1 of Forest Health Grant Request for Proposal (RFP)
The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation (NCFF) invites proposals from qualified contractors for the execution of Year 1 forest health treatments within the Napa Veterans Home/Lighthouse for the Blind Forest Health Grant, encompassing manual thinning, piling, burning, and chipping across 45 acres. Detailed project scope, proposal requirements, and the selection process are outlined in the full RFP below.
Release Date: February 20, 2025
Proposals must be received no later than 5:00pm PST on 03/05/2025.
CONTACT PERSON:
Consultant Joe Reddan RPF 3187
Forest Health Operations Lead
Email: jreddan@napafirewise.org
Cell: (505) 426-4921
Mechanical Treatment Phase I in Year 1 of Forest Health Grant Request for Proposal (RFP)
The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation (NCFF) is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors for Year 1 of the Mechanical Napa Veterans Home/Lighthouse for the Blind Forest Health Grant, focusing on mastication across approximately 64 acres in Napa County. This project aims to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health through mechanical fuel reduction and variable density thinning, to be completed within the 2025 work season. Detailed project scope, proposal requirements, and the selection process are outlined in the full RFP below.
Release Date: February 27, 2025
Proposals must be received no later than 5:00pm PST on 03/19/2025.
CONTACT PERSON:
Consultant Joe Reddan RPF 3187
Forest Health Operations Lead
Email: jreddan@napafirewise.org
Cell: (505) 426-4921
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.