SOURCES SOUGHT
F -- Timber Harvesting Services
- Notice Date
- 1/17/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 113310
— Logging
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG Garrison Contracting Division, 6001 Combat Drive, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-0000
- ZIP Code
- 21005-0000
- Solicitation Number
- W56ZTN-14-B-0001
- Response Due
- 1/27/2014
- Archive Date
- 3/18/2014
- Point of Contact
- David MacIntyre, 443-861-5015
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG Garrison Contracting Division
(david.a.macintyre.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources, (2) whether they are small businesses; HUB Zone small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. TIMBER HARVESTING SERVICES The Government is considering the sale of sawtimber and pulpwood products. The harvesting areas will consist of natural stands of oak, tulip, poplar, beech, and hickory trees. Both pine and hardwood trees will be marked for harvesting. Individual harvesting areas are bound by improved roads and/or creeks (hardwood drains), which are shown on all harvest maps. The purchaser will be responsible for the cutting down and removal of forest products. The harvesting areas are in a variety of locations on Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in Harford and Baltimore Counties in Maryland. Harvesting will occur in a variety of terrain, to include wetlands, coastal plain and piedmont. Harvesting areas combined will be approximately 250 acres per year. Contractors shall adhere to the harvesting boundaries as identified on the ground, as indicated on individual harvesting maps, or designated by the contracting officer or his/her authorized representative. The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Garrison Division, intends to issue an invitation for bids (IFB) for the sale of the following US Government timber products (bids shall be on a firm-fixed price quote mark per ton quote mark basis): 0001 Mixed Sawtimber/Pulpwood (Less than two acres) 0002 Mixed Sawtimber/Pulpwood (Two or more acres) 0003 Disaster/Emergency Services (Less than two acres) 0004 Disaster/Emergency Services (Two or more acres) Multiple awards are anticipated. The IFB will be issued in accordance with FAR Part 14, Sealed Bidding, and will be issued on or about 3 February 2014 via the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) portal (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/) to the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.fbo.gov. The IFB number is W56ZTN-14-B-0001; hard copies of the IFB will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor the Government Wide Point of Entry (GPE) for the IFB release and all subsequent amendments. This IFB will be issued as a 100% Small Business set-aside. The North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) is 113310. The details of the salients will be included in the IFB. All responsible sources are invited to submit a proposal which shall be considered by ACC-APG. PRE-BID CONFERENCE The Government will hold a pre-bid conference IAW FAR 14.207 on Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Building E5771, located on Magnolia Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground 21010. Interested firms may attend with a limit of two (2) attendees per firm. To register, submit attendees' names via email to gloria.r.velasquez.mil@mail.mil NLT Monday, 27 January at 3:30 p.m.; include the solicitation number (W56ZTN-14-B-0001) as the quote mark Subject quote mark line. Bidders are invited, urged, and cautioned to inspect the property to be sold prior to submitting a bid under this IFB. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. See attached DRAFT Statement of Work.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/ef49784c52da9c8d59c2ca6c6d3ae301)
- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG Garrison Contracting Division 6001 Combat Drive APG MD
- Zip Code: 21005
- Zip Code: 21005
- Record
- SN03270520-W 20140119/140117234332-ef49784c52da9c8d59c2ca6c6d3ae301 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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