1127759 - BPA Call Synopsis LWS Botany Surveys.pdf

BPA Call Order Exceeding $25,000.00 Synopsis Requisition 1127759

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 Botanical Surveys located at USDA’s Contract Portal, awarded against solicitation number:

1204N019Q0001 to perform botanical surveys to determine the presence or absence of target species, document and map locations and populations of target species, and provide an ecological description of the areas surveyed.

Parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement call is to conduct botanical surveys to determine the presence or absence of target species, document and map locations and populations of target species, and provide an ecological description for the areas surveyed including any special habitats encountered. Botanical surveys for this call will include target vascular, non-vascular, fungal, and invasive botanical species. Please contact Kevin D.

Flores at kevin.flores@usda.gov for additional information regarding the requirement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this acquisition is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services.

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:

mailto:kevin.flores@usda.gov

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.

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:

SAM.gov. 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 August 14, 2024. All responses under this notice must be emailed to Kevin D. Flores at: kevin.flores@usda.gov.

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

Attachments:

1. Attachment_A-1_Phase 3 Maps_Topo

2. Attachment_A-2_Phase 3 Maps_Ortho

3. Attachment_B-1_Target_TEPS_Botanical_Species_List_2021-GiffordPinchot

4. Attachment_B-2_Target_Survey_and_Manage_Botanical_Species_2014

5. Attachment_C_Invasive_Botanical_Species_List

6. Attachment_D_Table of Unit Acres

7. Attachment_E_R6_TES_Element_Occurrence_Field_Form

8. Attachment_F_Cryptogam_Voucher_Packet

9. Attachment_G_Cryptogam_Vouchering_Guidelines

10. Attachment_H_Target_Look-alike_Species

11. Attachment_I_R6_Invasive_Inventory_Field_Form

12. Attachment_J_Invasive_Plant_Infestations_Spreadsheet

13. Attachment_K_Guidelines_for_Documenting_Invasive_Plant_Infestations_2021 mailto:kevin.flores@usda.gov