1a.Instructions for Proposal-PNW STWD BPA_Updated_March2025.pdf
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Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This is an Instructions for Submitting Proposal document for the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Stewardship Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) covering multiple National Forests in Washington and Oregon. The BPA is open and continuous with no set due date for submissions.
The document outlines submission requirements including separate technical and pricing proposals. Technical proposals must address four evaluation criteria: Key Personnel, Equipment, Relevant Past Performance, and Benefit to Local Community. Pricing proposals must include rates for all items in the Schedule of Items for each National Forest the contractor wishes to work with, based on hypothetical scenarios. These "shelf rates" will be used for BPA award evaluation, with actual project-specific pricing to be quoted later through individual Call Orders. Multiple awards will be made, and future Call Orders will only be sent to awarded BPA holders. All contractors must be actively registered in SAM.gov to be eligible for award. Proposals should be emailed to both Nikki Layton and Ingrid Anderson at their USDA email addresses. The BPA covers services that do not include commercial product removal, focusing on hazardous fuels and restoration work across ten National Forests.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST (PNW) STEWARDSHIP BPA – US FOREST SERVICE
Colville, Gifford Pinchot, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Mt. Hood, Okanogan-Wenatchee, Olympic, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umpqua and Willamette National Forests in Washington and Oregon.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSAL
Thank you for your interest in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)) Stewardship BPA. This BPA remains open and continuous meaning that submissions can be made at any time; there is no due date. In order to be considered responsive, you will need to submit a technical proposal AND pricing proposal. Please submit the technical proposal and price proposal as separate documents.
Instructions for Submission of Offers are in Section 54 of the solicitation on Page 54 and provides instructions for proposal development that require the following:
1. The technical proposal shall address four specific evaluation criteria: Key Personnel, Equipment, Relevant Past Performance and Benefit to Local Community. Failure to adequately address these criteria may result in a determination of non-responsiveness.
2. The price proposal shall provide pricing for ALL Items in the Schedule of Items (see excel spreadsheet titled: A004-Revised Schedule of Items_12363N23Q4024) for each National Forest that your firm wishes to do business with (Items 2-13, 15-26, 30-41, etc.). Quotes should be specific to the Forest being quoted for and based on the hypothetical scenario as described on page 11 of the solicitation (Description of Conditions) and hypothetical, technical specifications of Appendix A. Pricing is required for ALL Items for the Forest you wish to do business with, even if you do not intend to perform and/or quote on future work of that type. The quantities vary to illustrate varying treatment sizes, so provide pricing on a per acre/mile basis multiplied by the given quantity for a total amount. These rates are ‘shelf rates’ that will be used for award evaluation purposes of this parent Blanket Purchase Agreement. Future Call/Orders issued under this BPA will provide contractors the opportunity to review actual project specifics, technical specifications, and Contractors will quote a firm-fixed price for that task.
3. Fill out page 1 of the Solicitation (titled: A004-SOLICITATION-PNW Stewardship BPA) and fill out and include the required representations and certifications (Sections 57-65) that are included in the solicitation beginning on Page 58.
Contractors are cautioned that awards of a Blanket Purchase Agreement are based, in part, on the pricing proposed herein, and subsequent contractor quotes for specific unit BPA Calls must be representative and reflective of those rates, or they shall be removed from the pool of contractors for that Forest. Therefore, it is imperative that each Contractor provide the Government with their best commercial rate for each activity and that those rates are to be similar to the quotes on individual BPA calls submitted for future specific projects.
Calls/Orders will be made for services that do not include the removal of commercial products; therefore, contractors are still encouraged to provide price and technical proposals for the National Forests with which contractors are interested in performing business.
Multiple awards will be made for this BPA upon technical and pricing evaluations. Future Call Orders for specific projects will be emailed to only the Contractors awarded under this BPA. All Contractors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov to be eligible for award under this solicitation. If not actively registered by time of proposal evaluations, you will not be given an award until actively registered. Registration in SAM is a free service. If your registration is not active, you will not be considered for award until active.
We understand this process is new and different, so please reach out if needed. If you have questions regarding the solicitation package or issues accessing the solicitation documents on https://www.sam.gov, contact Ingrid Anderson at ingrid.anderson@usda.gov or 541-527-5462.
Please email your offers to Nikki Layton nikki.layton@usda.gov, and Ingrid Anderson ingrid.anderson@usda.gov.
https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/ mailto:ingrid.anderson@usda.gov mailto:nikki.layton@usda.gov mailto:ingrid.anderson@usda.gov
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