SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- HM - Chase Red Pine Timber Marking - 12569R18Q0015 Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2018
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-9 Lake States Acquisition Team (LSAT), 500 Hanson Lake Road, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 54501, United States
- ZIP Code
- 54501
- Solicitation Number
- 12569R18Q0015
- Archive Date
- 6/6/2018
- Point of Contact
- Annette C. Caliguri, Phone: 906-428-5842, Mark Shermak, Phone: 231-745-5858
- E-Mail Address
-
acaliguri@fs.fed.us, mshermak@fs.fed.us
(acaliguri@fs.fed.us, mshermak@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Attachment 4 - Experience Questionnaire Attachment 3 - Wage Determination Attachment 2 - Maps Attachment 1 - Statement of Work Chase Red Pine Timber Marking Combined Synopsis/Solicitation This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-97. This procurement is a total small-business set aside. The NAICS code is 115310 and the Small Business Size Standard is 7.5 million. Description of Requirement: The Lake States Acquisition Team announces an opportunity for Timber Marking on the Huron-Manistee National Forest in Michigan. It is the intent of this contract to secure labor, equipment and supplies necessary to accomplish timber marking in Red Pine stands scheduled for timber harvest on the Huron-Manistee National Forest. The four areas (Spruce Pines, Split, Eastman, and Pease Creek) involve timber marking only on approximately 1077 acres. Volume determination is not required. Along with timber marking the contractor will be required to keep a count of trees marked per Payment Unit by specie and product. Marking paint is required to be applied using a Panama sprayer or similar product, use of hand guns will not be allowed. Both Type A and Type C marking paint will be available for the Eastman and Pease Creek Timber Sale Areas. Only Type C marking paint will be used for the Spruce Pines and Split Timber Sale Areas. See detailed requirements described in the attached Statement of Work and Specifications, including individual sale unit marking guides, and the attached Maps, which include payment unit boundaries. Schedule of Items: More than one contract may be awarded and prospective contractors may bid on any or all line items. (See last three pages of solicitation for Schedule of Items to be completed for offer submission.) Item - Description - Quantity - Unit Line Item 01 Spruce Pines Timber, Marking, Approx. 237 Acre Line Item 02 Split Timber Marking, Approx. 154 Acre Line Item 03 Eastman Timber Marking, Approx. 378 Acre Line Item 04 Pease Creek Timber Marking, Approx. 308 Acre Delivery Details/Period of Performance: Estimated award date is May 25, 2018. The start date will be on/or about June 4, 2018. The completion dates are as follows: The completion dates are as follows: Item 01 - Spruce Pines must be completed by 12/15/2018; Item 02 - Split must be completed by 9/1/2019; Item 03 - Eastman must be completed by 5/1/2019; and Item 04 - Pease Creek must be completed by 6/1/2019. Vendors must be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) prior to receiving a government contract (formerly Central Contractors Registration or CCR). See www.sam.gov for details. All invoices are to be submitted via the electronic Invoice Processing Platform. This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account. The "Submit Invoice-to" address for USDA orders is the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The contractor must follow the instructions on how to register and submit invoices via IPP. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING. Please submit all questions to Annette Caliguri at acaliguri@fs.fed.us. Questions and answers will be posted to FBO so please check back often as it is the contractor's responsibility to remain up to date on all available Q&A's as well as any potential resulting modifications. All questions must be received no later than three days prior to solicitation close date, or the government is under no obligation to review and/or address the questions. Further provisions, clauses, and addenda including, but not limited to, commercial provisions 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3 and commercial clauses 52212-4, 52.212-5 are incorporated in the attached solicitation. Those that are incorporated by reference can be viewed in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far. The Government may issue one or more contracts as a result of this Request for Quotations to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: -Past Performance and Relevant Experience; -Technical Capability to meet the government requirement; -Capacity to complete work on time; -Utilization of biobased products; and -Price and overall cost to the Government. Technical and past performance, when combined, are equal to price. Offer Submission Information: The Government may issue an order to other than the lowest offeror, waive minor informalities or irregularities in offers received, or elect not to award at all. If necessary, the Government may conduct discussions with any or all offerors. It is in the offeror's best interest to fully respond to the Experience Questionnaire since an order may be issued on the basis of information received, without further discussion. Ability to meet the completion date will be considered as a primary factor to determine if an offeror can be responsible for these contracts. Offers should include both price and sufficient information for the evaluation panel to determine whether work can be completed on time (e.g. operating plan and/or list of employees and/or list of current contracts held by offeror). Award will be made on a Best Value basis and offers shall at a minimum, contain the items described in this section. Each offer shall contain sufficient information to enable a thorough evaluation. To be considered responsive, contractor must submit the following with offer: (1) Experience and Capabilities Questionnaire to define non-price evaluation factors and elements described under FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation- commercial Items including Biobased purchasing (use additional pages if necessary); (2) Offerors shall include representations in FAR 52.209.11; (3) Workforce Certification (4) Completed Schedule of Items, with pricing, including Offeror name, address, DUNS number, telephone number and name of contact person; and (5) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) online at www.sam.gov. All offers must be received by 4:30 Eastern on May 22nd, 2018 Please submit one complete copy of the above information to: USDA Forest Service - 12569R18Q0015 Annette Caliguri, LSAT Contracting Officer 820 Rains Drive Gladstone, MI 49837 Offers may be submitted electronically to acaliguri@fs.fed.us, SUBJ: 12569R18Q0015 If submitting via email please note file size limitations, formatting or other problems may hamper receipt so please verify that the contracting officer has received your offer. No facsimile offers will be considered per (c)(1) of FAR clause 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Competitive Acquisition. (Jan 2004). Incomplete offers will not be accepted. Contact Annette Caliguri at acaliguri@fs.fed.us or (906)428-5842 with administrative questions concerning this solicitation. Contact Mark Shermak at mshermak@fs.fed.us or (231)745-5858 for more information on technical questions concerning this solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Huron Manistee National Forest, Baldwin, Michigan, 49304, United States
- Zip Code: 49304
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