SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- GROUND COVER AND SEEDING APPLICATION 2020 IDIQ
- Notice Date
- 2/23/2020 7:30:56 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Boise National Forest BOISE ID 83709 USA
- ZIP Code
- 83709
- Solicitation Number
- 12-0261-20-R-0002
- Response Due
- 3/4/2020 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/30/2020
- Point of Contact
- KAREN L. MORTHLAND, DuWayne Kimball
- E-Mail Address
-
Karen.morthland@usda.gov, duwayne.kimball@usda.gov
(Karen.morthland@usda.gov, duwayne.kimball@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, bids, or quotations. At this time, there are NO PROJECT PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS AVAILABLE. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. Region�s 1,3 and 4 of the U.S. Forest Service are doing market research to understand the number and types of contractors who have the capability and are interested in performing the following emergency response, rehabilitation, and restoration contract. � The areas to be included as treatment units for the Ground Cover and Seeding Application Project� may be within National Forest System land for Forest Service Regions 1, 3 and 4.� Most areas will be in mountainous terrain with elevations ranging from 1,000 ft. to 13,000 ft.� Applications of seed or mulch will generally be conducted in areas that are not accessible by ground equipment or in areas where it is more efficient to use aerial applications due to amounts of material to apply and large sizes of treatment units.� Treatment units will be identified in each task order.� Forest Service management direction includes emergency response, and rehabilitation/restoration of resources.� More specifically, management includes the implementation of emergency and non-emergency land treatments to meet the objectives of protecting important values within watersheds.� This potential emergency response, rehabilitation, and restoration contract includes the use of proven effective land treatments to meet agency objectives.� The land treatments that are part of this contract are applications of seed, wood straw, agricultural straw, and/or wood mulch.� These are common treatments that are used for the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) and other rehabilitation and restoration projects.� � Interested vendors should submit their company information and interest to: �karen.morthland@usda.gov. All information must be received by the Forest Service no later than 1200 MT on March 4, 2020�.� Interested vendors should attach informational material about their company including brochures, etc.� All information shall be submitted in Word or PDF format, not to exceed 10 pages, including all attachments.� � In the event of an award, this will be a total small business set-aside under NAICS Code 115310 � Support Activities Aerial Forest Mulching or Seeding ���� Disclaimer and Important Notes:� This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response.� An organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization�s qualifications to perform the work.� 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.� After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in at beta.sam.gov (FBO).� We anticipate this solicitation being available in Feb-Mar 2020; however, there is no guarantee or implication of a guarantee that this project will be solicited.� Responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.� Interested parties may register at beta.sam.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments or notices are issued and available for downloading.� Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list.� Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the beta.sam.gov ��site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. Primary Point of Contact: Karen Morthland CONTRACTING OFFICER karen.morthland@usda.gov
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/332f5eaa58ba4adf8bc3c8698b8f66a7/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05569881-F 20200225/200223230141 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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