SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Restoration Services, Seed and Vegetative Collections, Plant Propagation, and Invasive Plant Treatment Services for the Olympic National Forest
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-6 Western Washington Acquisition Area, Olympic NF, 1835 Black Lake Blvd. SW, Suite A, Olympia, Washington, 98512-5623
- ZIP Code
- 98512-5623
- Solicitation Number
- AG-05G2-S-10-0040
- Point of Contact
- Miley B Sutherland, Phone: 360-956-2471, Robin Shoal, Phone: 360-956-2376
- E-Mail Address
-
msutherland@fs.fed.us, rshoal@fs.fed.us
(msutherland@fs.fed.us, rshoal@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Olympic National Forest, Washington, intends to acquire by contract services for revegetation, erosion control, slope and soil stabilization, weed treatment, seed collection, plant propagation, and related work. Project sites may include recently decommissioned or closed roads, road-to-trail conversions, existing roadways, road cut and fill slopes, road shoulders, road repair sites, source pits, spoils areas, culvert removal/replacement, reconstructed stream banks, steep fill removals, floodplains, and riparian or wetland areas. Many projects will require manual or low-impact mechanical techniques. With the exception of services requiring heavy machinery, access may be difficult for some projects, involving hiking or ATVs to transport materials and labor over several miles of closed or decommissioned roads. This solicitation is for three basic types of services: (1) revegetation; (2) seed collection and plant propagation; and (3) invasive plant services. Revegetation services include hand and mechanical planting, bioengineering, seeding, mulching, and monitoring. Seed collection and plant propagation services include identifying and mapping seed or other plant material collection sites, collecting seed or other plant material from approved collection sites, and nursery propagation of plants from seed, rhizomes, or cuttings. Invasive plant services include treatment of invasive plant infestations by approved methods, inventory and mapping of invasive plant species on project sites, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness. Period for performance is from September 01, 2010, to August 31, 2015. Project Manager is Ms. Robin Shoal, 360-956-2376. The government will proceed to issue a solicitation commercial service as a Request for Proposals, under FAR Part 12. This acquisition is 100 percent set-aside for small business concerns. Offerors will be evaluated on price, past performance, technical approach, and personnel qualifications. Contract award will be to the offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, is the best value to the government Service Contract Act wage rates apply to any resulting contract. The proposed contract-type is indefinite quantity. This solicitation will be available on or about July 01, 2010. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the government. In accordance with FAR 4.1102(a), prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award of a contract. Lack of registration in the CCR on the part of the offeror will render an offeror ineligible for award. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov//. For additional information contact Miley Sutherland, Contracting Officer at 360-956-2471, and Robin Shoal, Project Engineer, at (360) 956-2376. Point of Contact Email your questions to the Western Washington Acquisition Group, Olympia, Washington, at msutherland@fs.fed.us.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/05G2/AG-05G2-S-10-0040/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Olympic National Forest, Olympia, Washington, 98512, United States
- Zip Code: 98512
- Zip Code: 98512
- Record
- SN02177405-W 20100617/100615234931-8105dd45cb2f265420723c1bd43841e0 (fbodaily.com)
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