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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT.
FSM 2400 – TIMBER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2450 – TIMBER SALE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Supplement No.: 2400-2012-2
Effective Date: November 21, 2012
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: JOEL A. KRAUSE
Acting Deputy Regional Forester
Date Approved: 11/20/2012
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to
this title was 2400-2012-1 to FSM 2400_zero_code.
New Document
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2 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
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(Supplement 2400-2001-1, 7/9/2001)
2 Pages
Digest: In order by code, summarize the main additions, revisions, or removal of direction
incorporated in this supplement.
2450.43 – Moves authority to approve Regional special provisions to 2404.15.
2452.43 – Moves information on Sale Administration Certification Program to 2452.47.
2452.47 – Incorporates text previously found in 2452.43. Adds a minimum passing score for the
written examination for Timber Sale Administrators.
2456.14 – Moves text related to bid bonds to 2456.2 to be consistent with parent document.
2456.2 – Incorporates text related to bid bonds previously found in 2456.14.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 2400-2012-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/21/2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2400 – TIMBER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2450 – TIMBER SALE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
2452 - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FUNDAMENTALS
2452.43 – Minimum Requirements for Sale Administrators
Timber Sale Administrators in Region 1 must meet the National requirements in FSM 2452.43
and Region 1 requirements in FSH 2409.15, Chapter 10.
2452.47 – Certification Programs
The Region 1 certification process for Timber Sale Administrators will consist of passing the
Inter-Regional Timber Sale Administration Written Examination with a minimum score of 75%
and successfully completing the field examination on an active sale administered by the Sale
Administrator. The field examination will be performed by a team lead by a Certified Regional
Forester’s Representative using the national standardized examination process described in FSH
2409.15, Chapter 10. No employee is to perform in the decision-making role of sale
administrator before successfully passing the written test. The sale administrator trainee shall
receive on-the-job experience in the company of a certified sale administrator during the period
preceding certification. Once certification is achieved, a follow-up re-certification will be
conducted every four years on each certified sale administrator to insure continued performance
at national standards.
2456.14 – Penal Sum of the Performance Bond
Contracting Officers are authorized to increase the sum of the performance bond above 10
percent of the bid value when needed to cover work required of the purchaser after the logging
season is complete.
2456.2 – Bid Bonds in Timber Sales
Regional Forester authorization is required to increase bid bonds above 10 percent of the bid
value in cases involving deficit sales and sales with unusual requirements.