MODIFICATION
F -- CadMan Timber Marking Contract - Amendment 1
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- 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
- 12569R18Q0008
- Archive Date
- 6/6/2018
- Point of Contact
- Erin Garcia, Phone: 2317232211
- E-Mail Address
-
egarcia02@fs.fed.us
(egarcia02@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Amendment 0002 Amended Combined Synopsis-Solicitation 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; 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 2005-96. 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 on the Huron-Manistee National Forests. 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 Cadillac-Manistee Ranger District of the Manistee National Forest in Wexford County, Michigan. The three line items, or Timber Sale Areas (Red Zone, Gridiron, and Touchdown) involve timber marking only on approximately 1041 acres. See detailed requirements described in the attached Statement of Work and Specifications, as well as the attached Marking Specifications for marking guides and detailed individual stand prescriptions. Schedule of Items: More than one contract may be awarded and prospective contractors may quote on any or all line items. (See last three pages of solicitation for Schedule of Items to be completed for quote submission.) Item - Description - Quantity - Unit Line Item 01 Red Zone Timber Marking Approx. 489 Acre Line Item 02 Gridiron Timber Marking Approx. 317 Acre Line Item 03 Touchdown Timber Marking Approx. 235 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: Red Zone must be completed before Gridiron. All work items for Red Zone must be completed by May 30, 2019. Gridiron and Touchdown must be completed by November 30th, 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 - this may take up to 2 weeks and requires a DUNS number, so it is highly recommended that interested parties register immediately in order to avoid any delays in award. 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 Erin Garcia at egarcia02@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 purchase order(s) as a result of this Request for Quotations to the responsible quoter(s) whose quote 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 quoter, waive minor informalities or irregularities in quotes received, or elect not to award at all. If necessary, the Government may conduct discussions with any or all quoters. It is in the quoter'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 a quoter can be responsible for these contracts. Quote should include both price and sufficient information for evaluation panel to determine whether or not the work can be completed on time (e.g. operating plan and/or list of employees and/or list of current contracts held by quoter). 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 paragraphs (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 4:00 Eastern on May 22, 2018 Please submit one complete copy of the above information to: USDA Forest Service - 12569R18Q0008 Erin Garcia, LSAT Contracting Officer 412 Red Apple Road Manistee, MI 49660 Offers may be submitted electronically to egarcia02@fs.fed.us, SUBJ: 12569R18Q0008 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 quote. 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 Erin Garcia at egarcia02@fs.fed.us or (231) 723-2211 with administrative questions concerning this solicitation. Contact Barb Heidel at bheidel@fs.fed.us or (231) 723-2211 for more information on technical questions concerning this solicitation. Added: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][added_on]" value="2018-04-13 13:37:05">Apr 13, 2018 1:37 pm Modified: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][modified_on]" value="2018-05-08 10:27:39">May 08, 2018 10:27 am Track Changes Amendment 2: -Changes the Delivery Details/Period of Performance; -Extends offer due date to May 22, 2018; and -Removes Panamana gun or equivalent requirement. See updates in CombinedSynopsisSolicitation-AMENDED Amendment 1 adds an attachment with questions and answers received through email.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Wexford County near, Harrietta, Michigan, 49638, United States
- Zip Code: 49638
- Zip Code: 49638
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