12445123R0022 Presolicitation Notice Sam.gov.docx

12445123R0022 USDA-FS Road Maintenance/Construction Services: Kisatchie NF

Scope of Work: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Forest Service (FS) intends to solicit and award Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for road construction activities to cover multiple projects in the State of Louisiana.

Contract/Task Order Type/Limits: Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC).

The Government intends to award up to five pre-priced contracts per USDA National Forest Ranger Districts.

· Minimum Guarantee: $2,000 per contractor over the life of the contract

· Individual Contract Ceiling: awarded will have a ceiling of $1,250,000.00.

· All contracts will have:

Base Period - Date of Award through March 31, 2024 Option Year 1 - April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025 Option Year 2 - April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2026 Option Year 3 - April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027 Option Year 4 - April 1, 2027, through March 31, 2028

Set Aside: These contracts and associated task orders are set-aside 100% for small businesses. Size Standard: $45.0M

Authorized Contracting Units: These contracts are for the use of USDA contracting officers located within the designated Ranger District, Kisatchie National Forest, LA

Location(s): The USDA-FS will be the primary user. The contractor SHALL be able to provide the maintenance AND construction services in the entire USDA-FS Ranger District area Forest Details:

Caney Ranger District, (Homer, Louisiana) Calcasieu Ranger District (Boyce, Louisiana) Catahoula Ranger District (Bentley, Louisiana) Kisatchie Ranger District (Provencal, Louisiana) Winn Ranger District (Winnfield, Louisiana)

NAICS/PSC Codes: These IDIQ/MATOCS consist of Road Construction Services 237310 NAICS. The CO will determine the appropriate NAICS and associated US Department of Labor Wage determination based upon each task order. The contractor shall be able to perform all duties associated with the NAICS/PSC and sample SOW/Technical Specifications/Drawings.

Type of Work. The contractor shall provide all materials, labor, equipment, tools, transportation, supervision, expertise, and other incidentals necessary, except as otherwise provided, to successfully complete road MAINTENANCE services AND road CONSTRUCTION services on National Forest roads within the Kisatchie National Forest, in accordance with this performance work statement (PWS), exhibits, and industry standards.

Maps showing road locations may be obtained at individual District Offices.

Roads which may be designated to receive maintenance under this contract are limited to: (1) Roads under Forest Service jurisdiction and (2) Roads under other local jurisdiction that are designated for Forest Service maintenance under a cooperative agreement. Work to be performed under this contract is comprised of

ROAD MAINTENANCE SERVICES (not all inclusive) – Subject to Service Contract Act (SCA)

· Grading Aggregate Surfaced Roads

· Spot Surface Repair

· Cleaning and Reshaping Ditches

· Cleaning Cattle guards

· Roadside Mowing,

· Seeding and Fertilizing Roadsides

· Machine Placing Riprap

ROAD CONSTRUCTION SERVICES (not all inclusive) – Subject to Davis-Bacon Act (DBA)

· 6 ROAD RECONSTRUCTION includes 6.1 and 6.2

· 6.1 Slide Removal and Slump Repair

· 6.2 Ditch Reconstruction

· Machine Placed Rip Rap Class III

· Machine Placed Rip Rap, Winn Rock

· 5.8.1 Machine Placed Rock Rip Rap, Class II

· 5.6.1 CULVERT REPLACEMENT GOV. FURNISHED

· 5.6.2 CULVERT REPLACEMENT 36" DIA. ALUMINIZED CSP, 16 GA

· 5.6.3 CULVERT REPLACEMENT 24" DIA. ALUMINIZED CSP, 16 GA

· 5.6.4 CULVERT REPLACEMENT 18" DIA. ALUMINIZED CSP, 16 GA

Solicitation Availability. Solicitation will be available for download from sam.gov no earlier than 03 April 2023

SAM.GOV Registration. Note: prospective awardee shall be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base when submitting an offer and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of a contract resulting from this solicitation. Information on registration may be obtained via the internet at: http://www.sam.gov. All contractors and vendors must complete the electronic version of the Representations and Certifications in the SAM system. If at the time of receipt of offers, an Offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM database, the Offeror will not be considered for award.