SPECIAL NOTICE
V -- Notice of Intent to Increase Contract Ceiling
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2020 7:37:41 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 481211
— Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Alaska Regional Office, R10 JUNEAU AK 99802 USA
- ZIP Code
- 99802
- Solicitation Number
- AG0109SN20901
- Response Due
- 8/13/2020 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/28/2020
- Point of Contact
- Mari Meiners, Phone: 9075868746, Denise M. Murphy, Phone: 9077439531, Fax: 9077439492
- E-Mail Address
-
mari.meiners@usda.gov, denise.murphy@usda.gov
(mari.meiners@usda.gov, denise.murphy@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- The USDA Forest Service, Region 10 Acquisition Management intends to increase the ceiling of contract number AG0109C179001 with Maritime Helicopters LLC, located at 3520 F.A.A Road, Homer AK 99603.� This increase is necessary to account for the following costs:� 1.�� �Economic Price Adjustments. �The specified flight rate (hourly rate) changes each year with application of an economic price adjustment. �The exact rates for options years are unknown at the time of award. �When calculating the total contract value (base + options), the base year hourly flight rate was used without applying any anticipated economic price adjustments. 2.�� �Total number of flight hours. �The original contract used an estimated number of flight hours per year to calculate the contract ceiling. �However, there are many factors that influence the actual number of flight hours required for each season�s work. �These factors include weather, weight and balance, and location of the vessel compared to the location of the landing zone. �These individual factors are impossible to calculate precisely when estimating hours and total cost of those hours over the life of the contract. 3.�� �Per-diem/lodging for helicopter crew. �The contract allows for per-diem/lodging for helicopter crew when vessel encounters rough waters or helicopter has necessary repairs and has to fly to land and remain overnight. �These expenses are impossible to calculate precisely since weather conditions or unanticipated repairs over the life of the contract are not predictable. 4.�� �Weather impacts to contract performance. �Weather impacts total flight hours and the number of plots that can be completed in a season. �Work that could not be completed during one season (mainly due to weather) is transferred to the next season. �Moving work from one season to the next results in a higher cost due to economic price adjustments to the hourly flight rate (see item #1 in this list). �It is impossible to predict the impacts that weather has on performance. 5.�� �It is estimated that the contract�s ceiling price will increase by approximately $500,000.00 with the exercise of option year four (4). This notice of intent to increase the contract ceiling is not a request for competitive proposals. �Any responses to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of the work would be advantages to the government. � There will be no solicitation available for competitive proposals. � A determination not to compete this contract ceiling increase based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. � �
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: AK, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05737296-F 20200731/200729230141 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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