Indefinite Delivery/indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Service Contract Full & Open - Revegetation Services
Added: Jun 10, 2011 2:58 pm GENERAL: The Department of the Interior (DOI), National Park Service (NPS), is soliciting proposals from firms having the capability to perform the work described below for revegetation services. This solicitation will be issued electronically, on the Department of the Interior's National Business Center (NBC) web site, at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be made available. Prospective offerors desiring to conduct business with DOI are requested to register at the National Business Center. Proposal documents will be available in Microsoft Word, HTML and Adobe PDF. Offerors wishing to receive electronic notification of changes will need to register to receive notification of this specific solicitation at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. This service is provided for convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. Subscribers to this service are ultimately responsible for reviewing the http://ideasec.nbc.gov site for all information relevant to this solicitation. Plan holders will be required to visit this website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the contract documents. No other notifications will be sent.Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is an on-line system that is located on the Internet. Prior to ORCA, vendors were required to submit Representations and Certifications (Reps and Certs) for each individual large purchase contract award. Now, using ORCA, a contractor can enter their Reps and Certs information once for use on all Federal contracts. This site benefits not only the contractor by allowing him or her to maintain an accurate and complete record but also the Contracting Officer, as he or she can view every record, including archives, with the click of a mouse. The ORCA site can be found by going to http://www.bpn.gov and clicking on "Online Reps and Certs Application" on the left side of the screen. If you do not have access to the Internet or feel you need extra Internet help please contact the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) (www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm) closest to you. You are strongly encouraged to register in ORCA in responding to this solicitation. You are required to have an active registration in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to conduct business with the Federal Government. Proposed Issue Date: May 20, 2011. Title of Project: Eastern States IDIQ, Revegetation Services. NAICS: 113210 Location: Eastern States to include Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Description: The work of this contract involves providing technical assistance in the fields of plant revegetation, ecological restoration, and exotics control; providing invasives control services, and preparing revegetation plans. Other desired services include: prepare planting sites; local plan provisions; salvage plants from designated areas; deliver and install seeds and plants, and collect seed and cuttings; propagate native plants from DOI genetic stocks; hold and care for plants if project delays require; provide establishment care; and monitor revegetation/restoration success. These services may be required for native or non-native plants and applications. Work may be performed for units of DOI, USFS, COE, and NOAA. The majority of the work is anticipated to fall under the requirements of the Service Contract Act. All pricing in this IDIQ shall be in accordance with the Service Contract Act. In some instances, service bonds may be required. Type of Procurement: Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Commercial Services Contract - All services will be provided under an IDIQ contract. The base contract period will be for one year, with options to extend for four (4) additional one-year periods. Work will be ordered by issuance of firm fixed price or not-to-exceed type task orders. The maximum ordering limitation will be $20,000,000.00 for the life of the contract. Individual task orders will not exceed $5,000,000.00. The $20,000,000.00 maximum may be realized in a single year, or spread out over the life of the contract including all option years. The guaranteed minimum for the life of the contract, which includes the base period and all options exercised, is $25,000.00 The NPS intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts and compete task orders among the muliiple award IDIQ contract holders. Estimated Period of Performance: All work shall be completed in accordance with specific schedules and requirements outlined in the individual task orders issued under this IDIQ, and in compliance with the overall IDIQ contract period of performance. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered. It is the policy of the Government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. All offerors are strongly encouraged to contact their local Small Business Administration office, to post their need for qualified subcontractors on SUB-Net accessed at http://web.sba.gov/subnet/, and to utilize the Central Contractor Registration's (CCR) Dynamic Small Business Search for potential subcontractors within these various socio-economic categories. In order to be considered for award, all large businesses will be required to submit an acceptable Small, HubZone Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, Veteran-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan with their proposal. The NPS Subcontracting Goals for fiscal year 2011 for the participation of small businesses at a minimum are as follows: Small Business Concerns - 55%; Small Disadvantage Business Concerns - 25%; Small Women-Owned Business Concerns - 5%; Hubzone Small Business Concerns - 13%; Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns - 3%; Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business Concerns - 3%; 8(a) Concerns - 9%. Small Disadvantaged Business & HUBZone firms must be certified in accordance with solicitation clauses 52.219-8 -- Utilization of Small Business Concerns (May 2004) & 52.219-9 -- Small Business Subcontracting Plan (July 2005) (status of firms can be found on CCR's Dynamic SB Search). P11PS21000 Department of the Interior National Park Service
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