SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- Helicopter Charter Services - NRCS UTAH
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2024 9:52:12 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 481211
— Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- FPAC BUS CNTR-ACQ DIV WASHINGTON DC 20250 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20250
- Solicitation Number
- 12FPC324Q0089
- Response Due
- 8/21/2024 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/05/2024
- Point of Contact
- Blake Boyer
- E-Mail Address
-
blake.boyer@usda.gov
(blake.boyer@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- Amendment 2: This solicitation is hereby amended to incorporate changed SOW in response to questions and answers, attach additional Questions and Answers, and change the quote due date to allow adequate time to respond. Major SOW changes are limited to the following:� Removes federally (OAS) carded requirement Changes maximum payload of the cargo per flight Please acknowledge all amendments with your response.� Please reference the Solicitation number 12FPC324Q0089 in your subject line. Questions are due no later than August 16, 2024, 5:00pm ET. Quotes are due no later than August 21, 2024, 5:00pm ET. Amendment 1: This solicitation is hereby amended to include the Questions and Answers and change the quote due date to allow adequate time to respond. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This combined synopsis/solicitation will result in a Firm Fixed Price commercial services contract. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is being issued to establish a Firm Fixed-Price contract for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)-Utah. The Government anticipates the award of one firm fixed priced contract resulting from this solicitation. Helicopter services are needed to measure snow characteristics and report site conditions at select snow courses and SNOTEL sites located at remote locations throughout Utah, Nevada, and the Eastern Sierras during winter months. Additional services will be needed, throughout the year, to ferry supplies and/or equipment to SNOTEL sites for new site installs, plus site repairs, upgrades, and/or maintenance. The contractor shall provide all labor, fuel, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, and management necessary to provide the charter services, and all repair and or replacement parts necessary to keep aircraft systems covered. Award will be made to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) quote. The performance period for this award is estimated to be August 9, 2024 � August 8, 2026. Performance shall begin as soon as possible. Place of performance will be throughout Utah, Nevada, and the Eastern Sierras, according to the attached statement of work. The period of performance will be from award through a base plus one 12-month option period. Base Period����������������� Date of award through 365 days Option Year One���������� Date of award through 365 days Helicopter services will be needed for: Surveys [winter and spring months]. Re-stocking SNOTEL sites with recharge and equipment [any time of year]. Re-building, repairs, upgrades, maintenance, or installing new SNOTEL sites [any time of year]. Additional helicopter services may be required [any time of year] to gather data and/or do site maintenance/repairs at SNOTEL and snow course sites in addition to expected usage (surveys, re-stocking, and re-building/installing sites). Based on the difficulty of the mission there are no known number of sites or location of sites that will require rebuilding/repairs due to natural events (e.g. forest fires, tree fall, or animal activity). Due to these circumstances the exact number of flight hours needed for each year cannot be accurately estimated. Please refer to the following documents which are hereby incorporated and made a part of this solicitation: Combined Synopsis and Solicitation with Terms and Conditions Attachment 1 � Statement of Work Attachment 2 � Quote Sheet Attachment 3 � Vendor Information Sheet Attachment 4 � Wage Determination Questions are due no later than August 16, 2024, 5:00pm ET. Quotes are due no later than August 21, 2024, 5:00pm ET. Any and all questions must be submitted in writing via email to Blake Boyer, Contract Specialist, at blake.boyer@usda.gov. Quotes shall be emailed on submitted on company letterhead, signed, dated and sent via email to Blake Boyer, Contract Specialist at blake.boyer@usda.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN07171825-F 20240817/240815230118 (samdaily.us)
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