Friends of Harriman State Park Request for Proposals

ANNOUNCING: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

TRAIL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONS PLAN for

HARRIMAN STATE PARK OF IDAHO and ADJACENT NATIONAL FOREST LANDS

The Friends of Harriman State Park (FHSP) is hereby soliciting proposals from qualified firms interested in developing a comprehensive management/operations plan for the existing non-motorized trail system within Harriman State Park of Idaho and the Harriman Wildlife Refuge.

Deliverables will include an agency/public outreach plan; a scope of work that includes resource conservation as well as recreational objectives; an assessment of current conditions; a conceptual redesign of the trail system for use in public engagement; and both draft and final trail management plans.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Submit to Friends of Harriman State Park at this email address:

friendsofharrimantrails@gmail.com

PREPROPOSAL ZOOM MEETING Tuesday, July 23 – 10:00 am MDT

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Any questions must be submitted in writing no later than July 31

to: friendsofharrimantrails@gmail.com

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is for consulting services to prepare a management/operations plan for rehabilitating and maintaining the four-season, multi-use, non-motorized trail system inside Harriman State Park of Idaho and on adjacent National Forest lands. Designed and constructed in the early 1980s, the existing 22-mile trail system initially served hikers, anglers and classic Nordic skiers, but use has expanded to include skate skiers and fat bikers in winter and mountain bikers, trail runners and horseback riders in the summer/fall months. The shared trail system has had few restrictions outside of seasonal closures for waterfowl nesting on certain trails, and it has long supported a commercial horse concession. Trail damage has become more serious and more evident as trail use has steadily increased thanks to the growth of tourism in the Island Park resort area and nearby Yellowstone National Park.

The Friends of Harriman State Park is procuring these consulting services on behalf of and in

coordination with Harriman State Park and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR). Other involved parties include the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF), Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDPR), the Snake River Trails Alliance, and equestrian groups (e.g. horse concessioner; Eagle Rock Chapter of Backcountry Horsemen of Idaho).

Frequently Asked RFP Questions

Please reach us at friendsofharrimantrails@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Is a business license (issued by a City Clerk) required to be considered, or will an ID business registration (issued by the Secretary of State) suffice? Does this apply to all consultants (prime and sub) or just the prime consultant?

An Idaho Business Registration is sufficient for the prime

Regarding the proposed budgets, do you expect to see labor rates for all scope or just travel?

The more detailed the budget, the better. We would appreciate seeing your labor rates.

How long has the mentioned trail intern program been in operation? Do they have a multi year data set?

For many years, Friends of Harriman State Park has been fortunate to host a student intern from Washington and Lee University for 8-9 weeks each summer at no cost to us. We usually request skill sets for the work we are doing at the time, so the internship has not been specific to trails necessarily.

However, last year our intern and several volunteers mapped most of the trail system using GIS and took photos at each significant waypoint. Because it was a student project, we are not providing it as a resource for the bidding process, but it will be available to the successful bidder in developing their final scope of work. Any bidder would be free to indicate in their proposal where a college intern might fit into their summer field work or analysis. Please itemize the skills you would be seeking to give valuable experience to the WLU student assigned to our organization each summer.

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