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BPA Call Order Exceeding $25,000.00 Synopsis Requisition 1098063

The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS), Special Projects Operations Center (SPOC), Northwest Branch is issuing this synopsis as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against multiple award schedule BPAs for Forestry Stream Restoration, Tree Tipping, Wood Placement & Log Haul, awarded against solicitation number: AG-04R4-S-17-0017 for Stream Restoration, Tree Tipping, and Wood Placement.

Parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for precommercial Stream Restoration, Tree Tipping, and Wood Placement services within the Gifford Pinchott National Forest Work locations will be shown on vicinity maps and unit specific maps. General specifications are below.

Please contact John Nix at john.nix@usda.gov for additional information regarding the requirement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this acquisition is 115310, Support Activities for Forestry.

There is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this notification is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:

1) organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and

2) tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated;

2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements;

3) implement a successful project management plan that includes compliance with program schedules, cost containment, meeting/tracking performance, hiring/retention of key personnel, and risk mitigation; and

4) provide services under a performance-based service acquisition vehicle.

mailto:john.nix@usda.gov

This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPAs previously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at:

here. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

Submission Instructions: Parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by close of business June 14, 2023. All responses under this notice must be emailed to Anthony Buch at: john.nix@usda.gov.

If you have any questions concerning this synopsis notice, please contact the above noted individual.

Attachments:

1. Attachment 1: SOW for Wind River Phase 1 Restoration https://sam.gov/search/?index=opp&page=1&pageSize=25&sort=-modifiedDate&sfm%5Bstatus%5D%5Bis_active%5D=true&sfm%5Bstatus%5D%5Bis_inactive%5D=true&sfm%5BsimpleSearch%5D%5BkeywordRadio%5D=ALL&sfm%5BsimpleSearch%5D%5BkeywordTags%5D%5B0%5D%5Bkey%5D=1204T018Q0003&sfm%5BsimpleSearch%5D%5BkeywordTags%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=1204T018Q0003 mailto:john.nix@usda.gov AnthonyBuch Sticky Note This link goes to the wrong BPA solicitation. It needs to link to the stream restoration link.

AnthonyBuch Sticky Note This date should be 15 days from the date the notice is posted.

Statement of Work for Wind River Phase I Restoration

PROJECT LOCATION

Instream Project Location:

The instream restoration site is located approximately 45 miles northeast of Carson, Washington or 20 miles north of Carson, WA. The project are located north of Carson on Wind River Highway /USFS 30 road (Figure 1). The equipment will be used to place trees, gravel, and boulders below and above ordinary highwater areas of the Wind River.

Figure 1. Project location area.

Hourly Items based on low bid From BPA (Instream Project Work):

The Contracting Officers Representative (COR) will supply the engineered log jam designs and oversight.

The contractor will supply equipment and operator on an hourly rental basis to complete the following items:

• Reopen temporary roads to access Wind River project area. Estimated start date of July 1 to

September 30. Extended work into October may be allowed depending on precipitation and soil saturation levels.

• Mechanically tip 80 trees 22-43” DBH within the project sites riparian area.

• Construct log jams, as per the direction of Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COR).

Trenches will be excavated into stream banks or on gravel bars at marked locations. Depths and widths will be determined on-site by the COR. Trees are placed in the trenches and backfilled in lifts to the heights specified by the COR (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Typical log jam design to be constructed.