Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission’s Winter Recreation Program (Agency, State Parks or WSPRC) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide trail grooming services for approximately 120 miles of snowmobile trails located in the Cle Elum River Valley north of Roslyn WA, in Kittitas County, within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS, and extending east to the Teanaway Community Forest DNR/WDFW. Two Sno-Parks and two Staging Areas service this trail system. The nearest towns are Roslyn (5 miles) and Cle Elum (9 miles) away. ; ROOMER & IMPLEMENTS The following list identifies the content that must be included in each responsible submission. Snow groomer and towing equipment shall be capable of enduring extensive loading stress due to deep snow and mountainous terrain, with a closed, heated cab. Snow groomers shall be capable of grooming a path of a width of at least ten (10) feet in a single pass for the safety of snowmobilers. The blade of each groomer must be greater than the width of the groomer tracks and greater than the width of the rear tiller, compactor bar or drag, in order to be capable of pulling snow from the outside of the trail to fill depressions and irregularities. The tracks of the snow groomers shall each be at least thirty-six (36) inches wide for two-track machines and twenty-six (26) inches wide for four-track machines in order to provide the proper flotation in soft snow conditions. Snow groomers must be equipped with a tiller, drag or compactor bar. Snow groomer tillers, drags or compactor bars shall have a minimum width of ten (10) feet in order to achieve at least a 10-foot wide finished trail surface.
