Amendment - 12569R23Q7000 - 0003.pdf

This is Amendment 0003 to Solicitation 12569R23Q7000, a reopening of a Heavy Equipment Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for West Zone Regions 5 and 6. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) is reopening this solicitation for an open/season Onboarding period to support local, regional, and national fire suppression and wildfire/hazard incident activities. The amendment was issued by the USDA Forest Service, Nathan Stampke Incident Procurement ESB – West Zone on May 5, 2026, effective at 8:48 AM PDT.

Vendor quote responses are due no later than May 8, 2026, at 12:00 PST, submitted through the VIFR NextGen application at https://www.fs.usda.gov/business/solicitation/vendorapp.php. The Onboarding process operates under the terms of the original solicitation and uses the same evaluation factors and subfactors as the original solicitation. New quote submissions must meet all Acceptability Pass/Fail requirements and will be evaluated using the original evaluation factors. Any new IDIQ awards issued through Onboarding will be identical to original awards in all terms, conditions, and period of performance. The open/season Onboarding period runs concurrently with the USFS Contracting Officer's annual IDIQ review (Rollover modification process), and all newly awarded contractors or accepted resources will be eligible for dispatch and BPA Calls under existing ordering procedures following completion of these processes.