SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- VIPR I-BPA for Weed Washing Units for Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- 3237 Peacekeeper Way
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-9J61-S-16-7004
- Response Due
- 2/27/2016
- Archive Date
- 7/29/2016
- Point of Contact
- Wendy Whiteman, 5302262351, wwhiteman@fs.fed.us, 3237 Peacekeeper Way, McClellan, California, 95652
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5 - California), is soliciting quotes (RFQ) for Weed Washing Units for use during local, Regional, and Nationwide fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. The Contractor is responsible for all equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, personnel, and supervision and management of those personnel, necessary to meet or exceed the Agreement specifications. The Agreements will be competitively awarded within Region 5. The Government anticipates awarding multiple Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPA's) using set-asides for: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB's), HUBZone Small Businesses, and standard Small Businesses as defined under NAICS 115310. The Small Business size standard is $19 million. The solicitation will be issued using the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system; to use VIPR you must have access to a computer with internet capabilities. Basic information about the VIPR system and a Vendor User Guide is located at: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php. Other information for vendors is listed below: 1) Vendors must have a valid e-mail address. An e-mail address is required for all of the following registrations. 2) Vendors must have a valid DUNS Number. Request a free DUNS Number from Dun and Bradstreet on the web at: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/. 3) Register in the System for Award Management (SAM) as stated in the solicitation. Vendors can access SAM at https://www.sam.gov/. (Further information is included in the SAM Quick Start Guide.) 4) Vendors are required to have a USDA Level 2 eAuthentication account that provides the ability to conduct official electronic business transactions. Information for obtaining a Level 2 eAuthentication account is available on the web at-- http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/eauth.php. 5) This solicitation will use the VIPR Vendor Application to respond to the solicitation. Vendors must register and submit a quote electronically in this application; found on the web at-- http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php. The SOLICITATION will be available electronically only and will be posted to the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov/ on or about January 13, 2016. IMPORTANT: Electronic responses must be transmitted in the VIPR Vendor Application (http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php) by February 26, 2016, by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, unless an amendment states otherwise. NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE ISSUED AND NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED. 6) A pre-quote meeting will NOT be held. Information regarding the Region 5 Incident Procurement Program is located at-- http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/fire-aviation/management/?cid=stelprdb5303034. 7) Pre-Season Inspections will not be held for weed washing units. 8) For information on dispatch areas refer to the attached USFS Region 5 Dispatch Center Locations attachment. For further information, contact Wendy Whiteman by e-mail at wwhiteman@fs.fed.us Contracting Office Address: U.S. Forest Service, 3237 Peacekeeper Way, Suite 101, McClellan, CA 95652 Contracting Points of Contact: Wendy Whiteman (email wwhiteman@fs.fed.us, phone 916-640-1219, FAX 916-640-1090/1091) Terry Mitchell (email tmitchell@fs.fed.us, phone 530-226-2415) Technical Point of Contact: Sue Zahn (email szahn@fs.fed.us, phone 951-217-5146)
- Web Link
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- Record
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