SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Range Fencing and Vegetation Clearing Work - Blanket Purchase Agreement
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-9 Ohio River Basin - Monongahela NF, 200 Sycamore St, Elkin, West Virginia, 26241, United States
- ZIP Code
- 26241
- Solicitation Number
- AG-3434S-15-0007
- Archive Date
- 4/14/2015
- Point of Contact
- Carrie L Edwards, Phone: 304-536-2144
- E-Mail Address
-
cledwards@fs.fed.us
(cledwards@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Attachment #9 - FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - - Commercial Items (DEC 2014) Attachment #8 - FAR 52.214-4 Terms and Conditions - - Commercial Items (DEC 2014) Attachment #7 - Current Service Contract Act Wage Determination 1981-1254 Attachment #6 - Current Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2005-2573 Attachment #5 - OF-347 Attachment #4 - Experience / Past Performance Questionnaire Attachment #3 - Range Allotment Area Map Attachment #2 - Description / Specifications / Statement of Work Attachment #1 - Blanket Purchase Agreement DESCRIPTION: The Monongahela National Forest (managed by the USDA Forest Service) in West Virginia is seeking to form Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to accomplish Forest-wide range fencing and vegetation clearing work. Interested Vendors should submit prices for the work they are interested in performing and for the areas in which they are interested in performing as described in this announcement. The Contractor will be required to provide all labor, supervision, tools, equipment, transportation, supplies (unless otherwise designated), permits, licenses and incidentals as required in the Schedule of Items and Specifications of this announcement necessary to perform range fencing and vegetation clearing work. Work will include but is not necessarily limited to pasture reclamation (stump removal); pasture reclamation (flush cut stumps); cut back borders heavy cutting; cut back borders light cutting; barbed wire fence construction; removal of existing fence; clearing of fence lines; liming; pond cleaning; mechanical clearing of vegetation (brush mowing); loading / unloading of tree stem (logs) with attached root wads; transportation of tree stems (logs) with attached root wads; and loading / transporting / unloading of tree stems (logs) without root wads. A detailed description of each requirement can be found in the attached Description / Specifications / Statement of Work document. All work is to comply with applicable Local, State and Federal codes and is subject to Service Contract Act wage rates. LOCATION: Located within a day's drive of about ½ of the nation's population, the Monongahela National Forest is both popular and accessible; yet feels remote and wild. Considered by the Nature Conservancy to be in an area of global ecological importance, the Monongahela is one of the most biologically diverse national forests. The natural resources of the Forest lead to a wide number of uses ranging from extensive recreational opportunities to timber harvesting; from grazing of livestock to mineral extraction; and from clean drinking water to a place to simply recharge. Work will occur within the administrative boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest. The Forest occupies more than 919,000 acres in 10 counties in the north central highlands of West Virginia. It is anticipated that multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements will be awarded per geographic area. Interested Vendors may receive agreements for more than one area. The Forest consists of the following areas: NORTH Cheat Ranger District, PO Box 368, Parsons, WV 26287 On US Route 219 just east of Parsons West Virginia Counties: Pendleton; Preston; Randolph; Tucker Potomac Ranger District, HC 59 Box 240, Petersburg, WV 26847 1.5 miles south of Petersburg off Route 28/55 West Virginia Counties: Grant; Pendleton; Randolph CENTRAL Greenbrier Ranger District, Box 67, Bartow, WV 26920 On Route 92-250 just east of Bartow West Virginia Counties: Pocahontas; Randolph SOUTH Marlinton Ranger District, PO Box 210, Marlinton, WV 24954 On Cemetery Road off Route 39 at the eastern edge of Marlinton West Virginia Counties: Greenbrier; Pocahontas; Randolph; Webster White Sulphur Ranger District, 410 East Main Street, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986 One Route 60 in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Counties: Greenbrier; Pocahontas INFORMATION FOR OFFERORS: This is a combined synopsis / solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation AG-3434-S-15-0007 is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-78. The provisions of FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (APR 2014) apply to this solicitation. This solicitation will result in the award of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). • Award of a BPA will be based upon prices submitted, past performance and experience. • Multiple BPAs are expected to be awarded for each area. • The estimated dollar value of work to be ordered is expected to range from approximately $25,000 to $75,000 per year Forest wide. • The ACTUAL value of orders placed under an agreement will vary significantly within these numbers, depending on contingencies such as available budget, evolving management priorities, and unusually severe weather in any of the areas. • The effective period of each agreement will be five years or until the total spent under the agreement reaches $150,000 (whichever is sooner), or until termination of the agreement in writing by either the Government or the Vendor. • Blanket Purchase Agreements are not binding contractual documents, but Task Orders awarded under the Agreements will be binding contracts. • Awarded Task Orders will be subject to the Service Contract Act. • Awarded Task Orders will be subject to all terms and conditions described in the attached Blanket Purchase Agreement. • Single Task Orders could be awarded for as much as $75,000, depending on the circumstances necessitating the order and the work needing to be accomplished. • Work may be awarded non-competitively to BPA holders under the micro-purchase threshold of $2,500. Work will be competed as described in the Blanket Purchase Agreement among the BPA holders for each area between $2,500 and $75,000. • A solicitation for new Vendors interested in participating in the competitive BPA for this work will be issued in Fiscal Year 2016, and in each succeeding year, in response to which new agreements may be added to the competitive pool. This will be the only solicitation for Vendors interested in holding a BPA advertised during Fiscal Year 2015. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS: All Vendors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of an agreement. Registration in SAM may be completed on the Internet at http://www.sam.gov. SET ASIDE: This procurement is set aside for Small Businesses. The NAICS code is 115310 - Support Activities for Forestry and the Small Business Size Standard is $7.5 million average annual receipts. HOW TO MAKE AN OFFER: Responses to this solicitation in person, by email (cledwards@fs.fed.us), by fax (304-536-1897), or by mail to USDA, Forest Service, Monongahela National Forest, ATTN: Carrie Edwards, 410 East Main Street, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986, are due by 4:00PM, MARCH 30, 2015. In order to make an offer you will need to submit the following to the contracting office: • Page 1 of the attached Blanket Purchase Agreement form with all of your company's information filled out; • Pages 6&7 of the attached Blanket Purchase Agreement, Representations and Certifications; • Pages 8-10 of the attached Blanket Purchase Agreement with prices for each type of work in each area you are interested in working; and • Vendors should also submit a brief overview of their firm's capabilities and past experience with projects similar in scope and magnitude to this project (Attachment 4 - Experience / Past Performance Questionnaire)
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/718d9bce905c456dfeeb82101cdf8a1d)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Monongahela National Forest, Forest-Wide, West Virginia, United States
- Record
- SN03654598-W 20150301/150228000134-718d9bce905c456dfeeb82101cdf8a1d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |