12363N27Q4005.pdf

Land Management Integrated Resources BPA Call

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Issue Date: 10/26/2026

Due Date/Time:11/09/2026, 1400 (PT)

Contractor:

Enter BPA No.

12363N2__A______ Project Name FY 27 JHS LIFTING AND PROCESSING OF

TREE SEEDLINGS

BPA RFQ or

Call No.

12363N27Q4005 Location J. HERBERT STONE NURSERY, ROGUE

RIVER-SISKYOU NATIONAL FOREST

Set-Aside Small Business_X__ Unrestricted_____

This will only be sent out to the current BPA Award Holders as of Issue Date.

Contractor: Confirm business size by NAICS code below: Small___ Large___ Initial:______

NAICS Code Exception if Applicable:

Award

Information

__X___This is a single award call order. Contractor must provide pricing for all items listed under Box 20.

______This is a multi-award call order. Contractor needs to only provide pricing for all items listed under the specific award(s) they are interested in.

Contractor:

UEI:

Email:

Issuing and Billing Office:

19.

ITEM

NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

NAICS

Code (per Scope of Work)

21.

ESTIMATED

QUANTITY

22.

UNIT OF

MEASURE

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

1 Lifting of tree seedlings* 113210

1.1 1.0 Seedlings

14,675 Lineal

Ft $ $

1.2 Transplants (5 or 6 Rows per Bed) 4750

Lineal

Ft $ $

1.3 2-0 Seedlings 10,500 Lineal

Ft $ $

1.4 Transplant Q-plugs (9 rows per bed) 72,300

Lineal

Ft $ $

OPTIONAL

1.5 Lifting of Surplus Seedlings Up to 8,500

Lineal

Ft $ $

1.6 Lifting of Non Traditional Seedlings Up to 1,000

Linear

Ft

2 Processing of tree seedlings* 113210

2.1

Process 1-0 seedlings (Grading & Packaging), Estimated gross quantity greater than 1TH 925 Thousand $ $

2.2

Process 2-0 Seedlings (Grading & Packaging) Estimated gross quantity greater than 1TH 775 Thousand $ $

2.3

Process Transplant seedlings (Grading & Packaging) Estimated gross quantity greater than 1TH 3000 Thousand $ $

2.4

Process Styroblock plug seedlings (Popping, Grading & Packaging) Estimated gross quantity greater than 1TH 1250 Thousand $ $

OPTIONAL

2.5 Process seedlings for transplanting 20 Thousand

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Remarks: All clauses and provisions in the base BPA award are applicable to call orders, however clauses and/or provisions in BPA Call Orders take precedence. See Attachments for additional terms and conditions. The Period of Performance for this Call Order is from the

Date of Award through 07/31/2027. Specific item due dates or deliverable due dates are mandatory, not arbitrary, and must be met accordingly, regardless of the final period of performance date.

Total Price:

Contractor: (Name, Signature, and Date)

Date:

Requested By: (Name and Signature)

COR: Andrew Colyer

Ordered By: (Name and Signature)

Breanne Parker

Contracting Officer

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1. DESCRIPTION/STATEMENT OF WORK

This is a non-personal services contract to provide tree seedling lifting and processing at the J.

Herbert Stone Nursery. Services include bareroot seedling lifting, field packing, distribution and pick-up of seedling containers, popping or hand pulling containerized plug seedlings, grading, sorting, counting, pruning, and packaging of acceptable bareroot and containerized seedlings, and associated activities.

• "Lifting" includes hand lifting (pulling) of tree seedlings from undercut seedling beds,

• "Distribution and Pick-up of seedling containers" includes unloading of all empty containers and/or covering materials from the trailer, loading and stacking all filled containers onto trailers, loading bundles into bins, and moving empty containers which are on the ground in the vicinity of the lifters.

• Popping of containerized seedlings includes placing styroblock plug containers into a popping machine, removing the popped containers, and placing them onto seedling benches.

Hand pulling of non-standard containers will occur for container types that will not fit into the popping machines.

• Seedling processing includes grading, sorting, counting, pruning, and packaging of acceptable bareroot and containerized seedlings, and associated activities. *

*-See PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) and

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP)

for more detailed information.

2. SPECIFICATIONS:

*-See PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) and

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP):

2.0 Lifting Of Tree Seedlings – Specifications (page 3)

3.0 Processing Of Tree Seedlings – Specifications (page 9)

2.1 Key Personnel and Required Qualifications or Certifications

English speaking work leader and necessary personnel

2.2 Government Property FAR 52.245-1 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY (SEP 2021)

Seedling processing equipment, cleaning equipment, and supplies

3. PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

J Herbert Stone Nursery

2606 Old Stage Road

Central Point, OR 97504

US Forest Service Tree Seedling Nursery

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4. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

4.1 FAR 52.246-4 INSPECTION OF SERVICES--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)

a. Definition. “Services”, as used in this clause, includes services performed, workmanship, and material furnished or utilized in the performance of services.

b. The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the Government covering the services under this contract. Complete records of all inspection work performed by the Contractor shall be maintained and made available to the Government during contract performance and for as long afterwards as the contract requires.

c. The Government has the right to inspect and test all services called for by the contract, to the extent practicable at all times and places during the term of the contract. The Government shall perform inspections and tests in a manner that will not unduly delay the work.

d. If the Government performs inspections or tests on the premises of the Contractor or a subcontractor, the Contractor shall furnish, and shall require subcontractors to furnish, at no increase in contract price, all reasonable facilities and assistance for the safe and convenient performance of these duties.

e. If any of the services do not conform with contract requirements, the Government may require the

Contractor to perform the services again in conformity with contract requirements, at no increase in contract amount. When the defects in services cannot be corrected by reperformance, the

Government may—

1) Require the Contractor to take necessary action to ensure that future performance conforms to contract requirements; and

2) Reduce the contract price to reflect the reduced value of the services performed.

f. If the Contractor fails to promptly perform the services again or to take the necessary action to ensure future performance in conformity with contract requirements, the Government may—

1) By contract or otherwise, perform the services and charge to the Contractor any cost incurred by the Government that is directly related to the performance of such service; or

2) Terminate the contract for default.

4.2 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION PROCEDURES

(A) General Instructions

1) The Contractor shall conduct inspections of ie. nursery operations and record the results using procedures described herein. Inspections shall be maintained concurrent with contract work. Completed inspection forms shall be made available, when requested, to the Government within 24 hours of completion of each ie. operation and will remain part of the permanent contract file.

2) By submission of inspection forms to the Government, the Contractor is considered to be certifying that the unit is satisfactorily completed and that the inspection forms reflect the work accomplished.

3) The Contractor shall submit legible inspection forms. Illegible and incomplete forms shall be returned to the Contractor for correction and re-submission.

4) In the event the Contractor falsifies inspection results, as determined by the Contracting Officer, the

Government may declare the Contractor to be in default of the contract. Additionally, the Government may refer such falsifications to the US Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

1001 (Falsification of Government Documents) or 18 U.S.C. 287 (Fraud).

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4.3 GOVERNMENT INSPECTION PROCEDURES – COMPLIANCE INSPECTION:

See Section 9.0 in the Statement of Work.

5. COMMENCEMENT PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK

The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 3 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 07/31/2027.

6. POST AWARD CONFERENCE

A post award conference with the successful offeror is required. It will be scheduled within 7 days after the date of contract award. The conference will be held at J.Herbert Stone Nursery.

7. EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Contractor must send a technical capability statement briefly explaining:

How they intend to complete this contract as far as time frame, personnel, and deliverables as well as explaining experience in nursery work and lifting and processing seedlings in a large forest nursery harvest operation. Include relevant past performance information.

The Government will consider the relevance of past performance information obtained in relation to the scope of this procurement with respect to both similar efforts, and the length, scope, number, complexity, and diversity of contracts completed by the firm. Past performance, either positive or negative, which is considered by the Government to be more closely related to the scope of this effort will be given additional weight in the evaluation process.

Government evaluators may avail themselves of various federal, state, and local past performance databases. The Government may research offeror performance on any federal, state, local, and commercial contract performance of the offeror that is known to the Government, but not included on the submitted performance information. Additionally, the personal experience and evaluator knowledge of offeror performance may be utilized.

Quotes will be evaluated in two steps:

• Step 1: Quotes will be reviewed initially under a Pass/Fail evaluation to determine if the Technical

Capability meets requirements of the call order. Quotes must be signed. Those that do not meet the requirements will be marked unresponsive. Acceptable quotes will then be evaluated under Step 2.

• Step 2: Lowest Price with an acceptable quote will receive the award

8. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE:

Name: Andrew Colyer

Address: J Herbert Stone Nursery

2606 Old Stage Road

Central Point, OR 97502

Telephone: 541-858-6133

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9. LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

The following attachments are made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

Title Pages

Performance Work Statement

FY27-LiftPackPerformWorkStmt(PWS)QualAssurPlan

JHSN Field Map 1

Wage Determination 1977-0079 Rev. 83 8.13.2026 3

FAR Class Deviations and Updates (at end of this document) 2

Notice for Filing Agency Protests (at end of this document) 2

FAR Overhaul | FAR Companion Guide 1

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March 2025 Class Deviation

This Call Order incorporates two FAR class deviations to ensure compliance with Executive Orders 14148, 14173, 14168, and 14208, issued since January 20, 2025. It also removes references to AGAR clauses and provisions that have been rescinded. These updates reflect recent policy changes and remove outdated requirements, as detailed below.

The following FAR provisions and clauses are hereby removed in their entirety from the LMIR BPA:

• 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities

• 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity

• 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026/1

1/This provision was removed to comply with the Executive Order 14236 titled "Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions," dated March 14, 2025.

The following FAR clauses now include deviations to align with recent Executive Orders:

• 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

(MAY 2024) (DEVIATION FEB 2025)

• 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—

Commercial Products and Commercial Services (JAN 2025) (DEVIATION FEB 2025)

• 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification (MAY 2024) (DEVIATION FEB 2025)

• 52.223-2 Reporting of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (MAY 2024)

(DEVIATION FEB 2025)

Ther following references to AGAR Clauses and provisions are hereby removed to comply with AGAR

Rule 2024-22463 (89 FR 81014):

• AGAR 452.211-74 Period of Performance (FEB 1988)/2

• AGAR 452.215-73 Post Award Conference (NOV 1996) /2

• AGAR 452.219-70 Size Standard and NAICS Code Information (SEP 2001) /2

• AGAR 452.236-72 Use of Premises (NOV 1996) /2

• AGAR 452.236-77 Emergency Response (NOV 1996)

• AGAR 452.236-78 Fire Suppression and Liability (MAY 2014)

• AGAR 452.237-74 Key Personnel (FEB 1988) /2

2/AGAR clauses and provisions that were included in full text have been retained, with only the AGAR reference removed.

The following AGAR clauses is hereby included:

• AGAR 452.236-70 Emergency Response, Fire Suppression and Liability (NOV 2024)

The following FAR and AGAR clauses have been added, effective April 2026:

• FAR 52.222-90, Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors (APR 2026).

• AGAR Clause 452.203-72 Unenforceable Supplier Terms (APR 2026)

The following AGAR provisions and clauses have been added, effective August 2026, and apply as follows:

• 452.237-70 Employment Certification Requirements for H-2B and Migrant/Seasonal Agricultural Workers

(Aug 2026) for manual forestry or agricultural work including, but not limited to, tree planting, brush

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• 452.237-71 Qualifications of Contractor Employees (Aug 2026) where contractor employees will have access to Government facilities and sensitive information, including proprietary data and/or resources.

• 452.237-72 Key Personnel – Qualification Verification, Contractor Responsibility, and Substitutions (Aug

2026) where successful performance is dependent on the expertise of specific key personnel.

All call orders will incorporate these changes by reference at award.

Disclaimer: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements.

Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

In advancement of Section 2 of Executive Order 14208, the removal of requirements related to Executive

Order 14057 eliminates all non-statutory sustainability requirements or preferences in purchases of food service wares, including paper straws. In addition to removing requirements related to Executive Order

14057, the attachment also reflects recent updates to Code of Federal Regulation citations for the U.S.

Department of Agriculture’s BioPreferred® Program, a statutory purchasing preference program.

These class deviations will remain in effect until rescinded or incorporated into the FAR.

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As prescribed in AGAR 433.104-4 (a)(5)(ii), the following Notice for Filing Agency Protests shall be included in every solicitation.

NOTICE FOR FILING AGENCY PROTESTS

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ombudsman Program

The USDA is committed to issuing solicitations and awarding contracts in a fair and prompt manner. The Ombudsman Program for Agency Protests (OPAP) was established to address protest issues within the agency, providing an alternative to costly and time-consuming litigation.

Operating independently, OPAP offers relief comparable to that granted by the Government

Accountability Office (GAO). Interested parties are encouraged to resolve concerns through

USDA’s internal Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process before pursuing external forums such as the GAO. Concerns may be addressed informally or through a formal agency protest filed with either the Contracting Officer or the Ombudsman.

Informal Forum with the Ombudsman

1. Initial Point of Contact: Interested parties who believe a specific USDA procurement is unfair or otherwise defective should first direct their concerns to the applicable Contracting

Officer.

2. Escalation: If the Contracting Officer is unable to address their concerns, interested parties are encouraged to contact the USDA Ombudsman for Agency Protests. Under this informal process, the agency is not required to suspend contract award performance.

Utilization of the informal forum does not suspend any time requirement for filing a formal protest with the agency or other forums.

3. Required Information: To ensure a timely response, interested parties should provide the following information to the Ombudsman: solicitation/contract number, contracting office, Contracting Officer, and solicitation closing date (if applicable).

Formal Agency Protest with the Ombudsman

1. Effort to Resolve: Prior to submitting a formal agency protest, protesters must first use their best efforts to resolve their concerns with the Contracting Officer through open and frank discussions.

2. Independent Review: If the protester’s concerns remain unresolved, an Independent

Review is available by the Ombudsman. The protester may file a formal agency protest with either the Contracting Officer or, alternatively, with the Ombudsman under the OPAP program.

Contract awards or performance will be suspended during the protest period unless justified in writing for urgent and compelling reasons or determined in writing to be in the best interest of the Government.

3. Resolution Timeline: The agency’s goal is to resolve protests within 35 calendar days from the date of filing.

4. Required Information: Protests shall include the information set forth in FAR

33.104(a)(3). Failure to submit the required information may result in a delay or dismissal of the protest.

5. Timeliness: Protests must be filed within the timeframes specified in FAR 33.104.

6. Submission: Formal protests under the OPAP program should be submitted electronically to SPE.inquiry@usda.gov and the Contracting Officer.

Election of Forum. By initiating a protest with the USDA, the protester agrees not to pursue the same matter with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or any other external forum while the agency protest is pending. If a protest is filed externally, the agency protest will be dismissed.

Page last modified on October 15, 2025

FAR Overhaul | FAR Companion Guide mailto:SPE.inquiry@usda.gov

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Oct 30, 2025

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council has released an update to the FAR Companion as part of the ongoing Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Initiative, in accordance with Executive Order

14275 and OMB Memorandum M-25-26.

The following RFO update was posted on October 30, 2025:

• FAR Companion, Version 2.0, includes the initial release of FAR Companion (FC) parts

2, 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 52, and

53.

• Version 2.0 also includes updates to previously released content: update to FC 8.104 pertaining to “required use” contracts and providing more information and resources on Category

Management, including beta version content of the Category Management Buying Guide; update to FC 8.401 pertaining to evaluation factors; updates to FC 8.401(b) and FC 12.301 removing references to debriefings; new annotation under FC 8.401(b) related to sole source justification content for FSS orders; new annotation under FC 12.001 related to contracting methods for commercial construction; update to FC 11.204 to clarify brand name or equal as distinct from brand name justifications under FAR 6.104; updates to thresholds referenced due to the October 1, 2025 inflation adjustment rule; various citation corrections throughout; and changed “Reserved” to

“No additional guidance” when the FAR Companion does not provide any practice recommendations for that associated FAR part.

• FAR Companion, Version 2 is posted on www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul.

To view the FAR Companion, Version 2.0. inclusive of all parts and updates, visit: https://www.acquisition.gov/sites/default/files/page_file_uploads/far-companion.pdf

To view all available rewritten FAR Parts and agency deviations, visit: https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide.

Stay informed. View the latest FAR Overhaul news and announcements at: https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul.

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