Presolicitation Notice 12837120R0017 4.27.20 amendment 1.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 3 Acquisition Management

Caring for the Land and Serving People Printed on Recycled Paper

April 27, 2020

THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, REQUEST

FOR QUOTE, OR AN INVITATION FOR BID. NO SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS

ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Region 3, AQM intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a firm fixed-price, professional land surveying services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for National Forests located in the States of Arizona and New Mexico, for the United States Forest Service, Southwestern Region 3.

The anticipated requirement will be issued under RFP Number 12837120R0017. The RFP is expected to be posted to Contract Opportunities at https://beta.sam.gov/ in May 2020 (second to third week).

This procurement will be conducted utilizing 100% Small Business Concern, awarding two (2) to four (4) Negotiated, Firm-Fixed Price, IDIQ Contracts for Architectural and Engineering (A/E) Services in accordance with FAR Subpart 36.6.

SELECTION PROCESS: The Government seeks the most highly qualified firm to perform the required services based on the demonstrated competence and qualifications in accordance with the following selection criteria listed in descending order of importance: 1. Professional qualifications, specialized experience, technical competence and registration of key personnel, and past experience.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541370 with the annual size standard of $16.5M.

Project Description: ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO NATIONAL FORESTS PROFESSIONAL

LAND SURVEYING SERVICES

Project Location: States of Arizona and New Mexico

The performance of work under this contract involves the location and identification of National Forest System (NFS) land boundaries coincident with other ownerships. This may include, but is not limited to all aspects of boundary and right-of-way surveys encompassing retracement surveys, dependent resurveys, section subdivision surveys, metes-and-bounds surveys, right-of-way surveys of the Public Land Survey System, Homestead Entry Surveys, Mineral Surveys, Small Tracts Act, Townsite Act Surveys, and Education Land Grant Act Surveys, as well as, marking, posting, and maintaining NFS land boundaries.

The Government intends to post all notices/amendments related to this solicitation on government point of entry (GPE) Contract Opportunities at https://beta.sam.gov/.

All interested firms must be registered on Contract Opportunities web site in order to obtain the solicitation documents and all information regarding the solicitation. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be provided. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to check the website daily https://beta.sam.gov/ https://beta.sam.gov/ for any updates/amendments. Offerors are encouraged to check the FBO web site frequently in order to be notified of any changes to this solicitation.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors submitting bids, proposals, or quotes on USDA Forest Service solicitations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.

Failure to register in the SAM database will make an Offeror ineligible for award. The SAM website can be accessed at www.sam.gov/portal/SAM.

Points-of-contact for this Pre-Solicitation Notice:

David Watson Email: David.l.watson@usda.gov Telephone: (602) 225-5350