The Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a multiple-award, indefinite delivery contract to establish Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) for miscellaneous heavy equipment to support wildland fire suppression and prescribed project work in the Pacific Northwest Region 6. The contract is set aside for small businesses and has a potential value of $250,000. The prime contractor is White & Zumstein Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation.
The contracted services include the provision of heavy equipment, personnel, training, and certification necessary to meet the requirements specified in the solicitation. Contractors will be responsible for all equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, and staffing. The agreements will be competitively awarded to contractors within the advertised regional dispatch centers closest to their resource locations. Proposed rates should be based on 16-hour daily shifts and include all relevant costs. The Forest Service may periodically conduct an open season process to add additional contractors and/or resources during the contract period of performance, which runs through May 29, 2029.
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