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and conditions, and source selection procedures will be the same as under this original solicitation. The period of performance for the new awardees will not exceed the overall maximum term of the original IDIQ contract, including options.

INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS:

Return the following as your offer:

SF1449 completed and signed (Page 1).

Pricing (Page 3).

Representations (pages 23-35—pages 34 & 35 not included in sam)

Experience Questionnaire (Attachment 3) or past performance info (Refer to amended 52.212-1, page 17*)

Past Performance Questionnaires (Attachment 4) *

DOL MSPA Certification Information *

State Pesticide License Information *

Acknowledge any amendments issued.

Registered in System for Award Management (www.sam.gov).

NO BONDING IS REQUIRED

Write or type on outside of envelope in which the offer is submitted:

ATTENTION: Margie Yeaton AG-4146-S-15-0007 so that mailroom personnel will recognize document as an offer for this solicitation.

Proposals may be faxed to (334) 241-8177. PPQs may be forwarded via email, but E-MAIL PROPOSALS ARE NOT

PERMITTED.

CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (DEC 2014)

52.212-5 -- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items

(MAR 2015)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

(1) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Dec 2014)

(2) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (AUG 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(3) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) (Public Laws 108-77, 108-78 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

[Contracting Officer check as appropriate.]

X (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and

10 U.S.C. 2402).

X (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

X (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for

Debarment (Aug 2013) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

___ (9) 52.209-9, Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters (Jul 2013) (41 U.S.C. 2313).

X (10) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (May 2012) (section 738 of Division C of Public

Law 112-74, section 740 of Division C of Pub. L. 111-117, section 743 of Division D of Pub. L. 111-8, and section 745 of Division D of Pub. L. 110-161).

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(i)included. (i.e. Type of manual forest/silvicultural work performed (i.e. pre-commercial thinning, herbicide application, tree planting) quantities/acres involved, other type of similar work accomplished, type of equipment used (i.e. chain saws, back packs, hand tools).

(ii)Contract Number and Total Contract Value.

(iii)Period of Performance and/or completion date, and indicate whether or not the contracts were completed within the required performance time.

(iv)Client’s Name, Address, Telephone Number, and Point of Contact.

2) Past Performance Questionnaires:

(i) In addition to the requirement for a list of consecutive contracts, each offeror is responsible for sending the attached past performance questionnaire (PPQ) (Attachment 4) to no more than five (5) contractors for whom the most relevant contracts were performed or completed within the last three years for the same or similar type services. Once someone in that organization has completed the PPQ, he/she should submit the questionnaire directly to: National Forests in Alabama, Attn:

Margie Yeaton, 2946 Chestnut Street, Montgomery, AL 36107 or faxed to (334) 241-8177 or emailed to myeaton@fs.fed.us.

Completed questionnaires should be submitted no later than the offer due date and time indicated on Standard Form 1442. However, any PPQs may be accepted up until the evaluation starts.

(ii) If the contractor fails to submit PPQs, this could result in the contractor receiving a neutral rating for past performance. When only 1 to 2 PPQs are received in response to a solicitation, a lower past performance rating could result due to limited information available on which to base an evaluation.

3) Offerors lacking recent and relevant present/past performance experience may submit information regarding key personnel who have recent and relevant experience. In this case, offerors shall provide the following information, as a minimum, to allow government evaluators to conduct a present/past performance evaluation for those key personnel cited by the offeror.

(i) Name of Key Personnel

(ii) Complete Address

(iii) Telephone Number

(iv) Brief synopsis of relevant experience (a resume may be submitted)

iii. Technical: The contractor shall prepare a technical proposal not to exceed more than 25 pages (8 ½ x 11) which provides the information required for each of the following subfactors. Some of the information provided for past performance might also be used for this factor. No reference to proposed prices shall be made in the technical proposal.

1) Experience: The Contractor shall describe the skills, qualifications, and experience of the individual or contractor personnel in performing tasks similar to those identified in this solicitation. The contractor should provide specific examples of when the skills were used in the past three years. Also, describe the qualifications and experience of the individual(s), company and/or its principles and any contractors and subcontractors who are expected to be part of the Contractor’s team.

2) Alabama Pesticide Contractor’s and Applicator’s Licenses (Or recognized reciprocal state): Provide the Alabama or recognized reciprocal state’s pesticde contractor’s custom license and the applicator’s license. The state of Alabama does recognize the following licenses from SC, GA, TN, FL, LA, MS, OH and IN. If not currently in possession of the required contractor’s license or reciprocal state, explain the status of obtaining the license(s). (Applicable if offeror provides pricing for item 002)

3) US Department of Labor (DOL) MSPA Registration: Attach a copy of the certification of Registration with DOL. If not currently in possession of the registration, explain the status of obtaining the registration. If not applicable explain the reasons why.

(3) The experience questionnaire (Attachment 3) can be completed to provide the technical capability and past performance information requested. Additional information may be submitted to supplement this form as necessary. Offerors need to ensure all necessary past performance information is provided, as noted above.

NOTE: “Relevant past performance” is defined as Manual Forest /vegetation management/Silvicultural services to include herbicide applications and chainsaw/brush saw work and other forestry support services that use hand tools for same or similar services to those in the Statement of Work contained in this solicitation.

FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items (JAN 1999)

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(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Price, technical capability and past performance

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced.

Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

ADDENDA to 52.212-2 EVALUATION –COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(d) BASIS FOR CONTRACT AWARD: The basis for award will be an integrated assessment based on tradeoff between past performance and price. The Government will award the contract to the offeror who represents the best value to the Government in terms of past performance, technical capability, and price.

1. PRICE:

(1) Completeness: The proposed prices for the initial project(s) will be evaluated to ensure the proposed price(s) covers all requirements indicated in the respective specifications/statement of work and other attachments, exhibits, etc., applicable for the projects(s). Pricing does not have to be provided for all items. The contractor must provide pricing for one of the projects to be considered for award.

(2) Reasonableness: Prices are reasonable in comparison to estimates, prior prices paid, and competition and can be supported by suitable estimating techniques. The Government reserves the right to perform a price realism analysis to determine whether an offeror’s proposed prices are realistic for the work to be performed. If a price is determined unreasonably low to realistically perform the work for the proposed price; the offer will not be considered for contract award.

(3) Initial Project(s): The initial project(s) will be awarded as a task order to the offeror(s) who provide(s) the overall best value to the Government using the evaluation factors specified for the basic contract award. Award might be made to other than the low offer based upon best value criteria specified herein and to meet contract minimum guaranteed amounts. Successful offerors will not necessarily be awarded a task order for an initial project at the time of IDIQ contract award.

2. PAST PERFORMANCE: Past performance assessments shall be accomplished for all offerors in the competitive range

(expanded as needed). Each offeror shall be assigned one of the following ratings:

RATING DEFINITION

Exceptional/High

Confidence

Based on the offeror’s performance record, essentially no doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Very Good/Significant

Based on the offeror’s performance record, little doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Satisfactory/Confidence Based on the offeror’s performance record, some doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

Neutral/Unknown

No performance record identifiable (see FAR 15.305(a)(2) (iii) and (iv)).

Marginal/Little Confidence Based on the offeror’s performance record, substantial doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort. Changes to the offeror’s existing processes may be necessary in order to achieve contract requirements.

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Unsatisfactory/No

Based on the offeror’s performance record, extreme doubt exists that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort.

(1) A number of past performance references provided by offerors may be selected and investigated. Any derogatory past performance information obtained will be presented to the affected offeror, and that offeror will have an opportunity to respond with any mitigating facts. The final determination of past performance ratings shall rest with the contracting officer.

(2) An offeror with limited or no recent or relevant past performance will receive a rating of Neutral/Unknown

Confidence, and will not be rated favorably or unfavorably on past performance.

(3) Past performance shall be evaluated on the basis of the following subfactors of equal importance:

i. Contract Performance in relevant projects of the same size and scope .

ii. Quality of Service.

iii. Timeliness of Performance.

3. TECHNICAL CAPABILITY: Technical capability assessments shall be accomplished for all offerors, and each offeror shall be assigned one of the following ratings:

EXCEPTIONAL (E) The proposal exceeds the requirements of the RFP and provides an exceptional or outstanding approach that fully satisfies the Government’s requirements.

ACCEPTABLE (A) The proposal fully satisfies the requirements of the RFP and demonstrates a good understanding of the solicitation. The offeror has adequately addressed the Government’s requirements..

MARGINAL (M) The proposal does not fully meet the requirements of the RFP. Weaknesses are identified which would indicate an insufficient understanding of the Government’s requirements. With minor revisions or clarifications, the proposal has a reasonable chance of becoming technically acceptable.

UNACCEPTABLE (U) The proposal fails to satisfy requirements of the RFP and the approach contains an unacceptable level of risk to the Government. Major deficiencies have been identified in the proposal, which are either not correctable or would require major revision/rewrite to the proposal, without which the proposal doesn't have a reasonable chance of becoming technically acceptable.

Technical capability shall be evaluated on the basis of the following sub factors to determine minimum acceptability and identify any strengths or weaknesses. All other sub factors are of equal importance.

(1). Contractor has experience in performing the various types of manual forest / vegetation manaement/silvicultural services to be performed on this contract. A contractor with experience in multiple disciplines (i.e. herbicide application, chain saw/ brush saws. handtools) will be rated higher than a contractor with experience in onlyone type of service.

(2) Contractor has personnel with the necessary experience for contract performance.

(3) Ability to obtain a license in Alabama for herbicide applications or in a state with a reciprocal agreement. (To be awarded the task order for herbicide application, the contractor needs to be obtain necessary AL licenses ASAP but no later than 10 days after notification. (Applies if providing pricing for item 002)

(4) Ability to obtain a US DOL MSPA Reigstration.

4. Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are more important than price. Past performance is more important than technical capability.

5. The government reserves the right to award the contract to other than the lowest priced offeror.

(e) AWARD WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS. The Contracting Officer will only clarify the offerors’ information; no discussions are contemplated in accordance with FAR 15.306. Offerors may be given the opportunity to clarify relevance or adverse past performance to which the offeror has not previously had an opportunity to respond. Clarifications are limited exchanges between the

Government and offerors that may occur when award without discussions is contemplated. If discussions are determined to be necessary the procedures described in FAR 15.306 will be used.

52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Nov 2014)

ATTACHMENT 6A Task Order Information FY 2015 Talladega National Forest Herbicide Application

REVISED APR 14, 2015

ATTACHMENT 6A

TASK ORDER INFORMATION

FY 2015 Talladega National Forest Herbicide Application

Brief Description of the Requirement:

Non-personal services for herbicide application for site preparation treatment on the

Talladega National Forest at the locations listed in the provisions, and in compliance with the terms, specifications, conditions, and provisions of this solicitation/contract. . The

Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, transportation, supervision, supplies (except those designated as Government-furnished), and incidentals for herbicide application services for foliar application and cut surface treatments. Work is to be performed in accordance with the specifications in attachment 6. Priority for unit treatment has been added to this list of treatment units. They have been categorized by general location. Units south of State Road 77 have been given highest priority in order of treatment. Units north of State Road 77, but south of I-20 have been given secondary priority in order of treatment. Units north of I-20 are intended to be treated toward the end of the contract, with Sub-Items #1& #2 being the final units treated.

LIST OF TREATMENT UNITS

Sub-item

Description Reference District Latitude Longitude

1 – Treat

Last

Compartment

34/ Stand 5 -

35 Acres

Tall Pine Shoal Creek 33.79273 -85.5439

2 – Treat

Last

Compartment

34/ Stand 11

- 20 Acres

Tall Pine Shoal Creek 33.78838 -85.5428

3 –

Tertiary

Priority

Compartment

53/ Stand 28

- 48 Acres

Brymer Shoal Creek 33.69668 -85.5908

4 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

202/ Stand

18 - 27 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.54084 -85.8367

5 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

203/ Stand 8

- 29 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.54634 -85.8612

6 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

203/ Stand

15 - 63 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.54599 -85.8562

7 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

203/ Stand

30 - 20 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.54692 -85.8492

8 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

206/ Stand

19 - 23 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.53012 -85.7915

9 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

206/ Stand

19 - 29 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.52437 -85.794

10 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

206/ Stand

33 - 15 Acres

Duck Nest Talladega 33.55101 -85.789

11 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

212/ Stand

39 - 23 Acres

Dry Talladega 33.4976 -85.8298

12 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

212/ Stand

45 - 13 Acres

Dry Talladega 33.48976 -85.8306

13 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

214/ Stand

23 - 33 Acres

Dry Talladega 33.49027 -85.8259

14 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

214/ Stand

23 - 78 Acres

Dry Talladega 33.49366 -85.8236

15 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

217/ Stand 5

- 23 Acres

SticksNMore Talladega 33.46577 -85.8867

16 –

Secondary

Priority

Compartment

217/ Stand 5

- 35 Acres

SticksNMore Talladega 33.46255 -85.8916

17 – High

Priority

Compartment

265/ Stand

12 - 31 Acres

Sherman

Cliffs

Talladega 33.2949 -86.1095

18 – High

Priority

Compartment

265/ Stand

13 - 33 Acres

Sherman

Cliffs

Talladega 33.28996 -86.1078

19 – High

Priority

Compartment

275/ Stand 6

- 3 Acres

Hub Cap Talladega 33.25351 -86.118

20 – High

Priority

Compartment

275/ Stand 6

- 10 Acres

Hub Cap Talladega 33.25607 -86.1156

21 – High

Priority

Compartment

275/ Stand 9

- 9 Acres

Hub Cap Talladega 33.25154 -86.1102

22 – High

Priority

Compartment

275/ Stand 9

- 19 Acres

Hub Cap Talladega 33.24875 -86.1125

23 – High

Priority

Compartment

275/ Stand

16 - 12 Acres

Hub Cap Talladega 33.24733 -86.1228

24 – High

Priority

Compartment

275/ Stand

26 - 16 Acres

Hub Cap Talladega 33.24426 -86.1306

25 – High

Priority

Compartment

277/ Stand 6

- 70 Acres

Magnum Talladega 33.20583 -86.1508

26– High

Priority

Compartment

277/ Stand

12 - 30 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.20522 -86.1337

27 – High

Priority

Compartment

277/ Stand

20 - 26 Acres

Magnum Talladega 33.20183 -86.144

28 – High

Priority

Compartment

277/ Stand

21 - 12 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.202 -86.1279

29 – High

Priority

Compartment

278/ Stand

14 - 24 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.20409 -86.1145

30 – High

Priority

Compartment

282/ Stand

32 - 19 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.18806 -86.0959

31 – High

Priority

Compartment

283/ Stand

21 - 31 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.19887 -86.1143

32 – High

Priority

Compartment

283/ Stand

33 - 82 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.19849 -86.133

33 – High

Priority

Compartment

283/ Stand

35 - 14 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.19416 -86.1339

34 – High

Priority

Compartment

283/ Stand

37 - 17 Acres

Bee Gum Talladega 33.20002 -86.1199

35 – High

Priority

Compartment

285/ Stand 3

- 45 Acres

Magnum Talladega 33.20856 -86.1839

36 – High

Priority

Compartment

285/ Stand 9

- 76 Acres

Magnum Talladega 33.20762 -86.1737

TOTAL 1,091 Acres

CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO INSERT PRICE FOR THIS PROJECT ON SCHEDULE OF

ITEMS (ITEM 002)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Contract time will start as soon as possible following full spring leaf expansion, but MUST begin by June 28, 2015 as all treatments need to be completed by August 28, 2015. The contractor shall be required to commence work under this contract within 10 (ten) calendar days after the effective date of the Notice to

Proceed and shall complete the work within 60 calendar days from the effective date of the Notice to Proceed. No work can begin until after a pre-work conference is held.

NOTE: The Contracting Officer reserves the right to delete areas or to substitute, at the contract price, the same type and amount of work (+/- 300 acres) in other areas similar in topography and conditions within the respective Ranger District boundaries. They be selected in lieu of the original areas, when it is determined by the Contracting Officer that the original areas or portions thereof are unsuitable or unavailable for performance of the specified work

Attachment 6 FY 2015 Talladega National Forest Herbicide Application

6A – Task Order Information, 5 pages

6B -- Specifications, 11 pages

6 C – Maps, FY 2015 Chemical Site Prep, 53 pages

ATTACHMENT 6B Specifications Talladega NF Herbicide Application

REVISED APR 15, 2015

SPECIFICATIONS

FOR

TALLADEGA DIVISION

TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST

CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS FY2015

DURING GROWING SEASON

USING SPECIFIED HERBICIDES

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION/WORK STATEMENT

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

Scope

Furnish all labor, supplies, tools, transportation (except items specified in Division Government-

Furnished Property) and supervision necessary, including at least one individual fluent in both English and the native language of the field crew, for herbicide application by direct foliar spray (using manual pumping backpack sprayers) and injection methods. This contract is intended to complete 1,091 acres of chemical site preparation.

Description and Location

All areas within the boundaries of the Talladega Division which consists of the Shoal Creek and

Talladega Ranger Districts of the Talladega National Forest, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Clay and

Talladega Counties, Alabama. See attached vicinity and unit maps for locations of treatment areas.

*Transportation and Treatment Area Access – SubItem Units 17 and 18 (C265 S12

& C265 S13) will not be accessible with a large vehicle or trailer. Parts of the units may be accessible with a standard sized pickup, but the use of a UTV equipped with a tank is highly recommended. All other unit will be accessible from roads by larger trucks and trailers. A four-wheel drive vehicle may be helpful in some areas.

Description of Site Preparation Treatment Area

The site preparation treatment areas include recently harvested areas with scattered trees remaining that may have mature longleaf pine trees and seedlings present varying in age from one year old to several years old. There may be clumps of standing pine poletimber scattered in the treatment areas. It is strongly encouraged for contractor to satisfy themselves as to unit conditions prior to bid submission.

Boundaries

Boundaries of areas to be worked have been marked with 3 orange slashes painted on trees or flagging.

To avoid confusion, the COR or Contract Inspector will furnish and show type of delineation to the contractor upon request at the start of work on each treatment area. Some units may contain “special areas” that are designated on the ground by three white slashes painted on boundary trees. These areas are excluded from treatment and contractor personnel are instructed NOT to enter these areas.

Attachment 6 APPENDIX A

DAILY HERBICIDE TREATMENT RECORD

For FY2015 Herbicide Application Contract For Foliar Applications

This form is to be filled out by the Contractor Forman in charge on either a daily basis or at the completion of a SUBITEM, whichever occurs first. No herbicides will be issued until contractor supplies the COR or inspector this completed form for the previous days (or treatment units) work.

Weather Record

Wind Direction Wind Speed Starting Temperature & Humidity

Ending Temperature & Humidity

Precipitation (Y/N) & Time

Hack & Squirt Record Hack and Squirt Preformed (Y/N)

Number or Acres Treated Gallons of Solution Used

Additional Comments (Please use this section for recording Hack and Squirt treatments acres and herbicide usage volumes):

General Record Date Application Unit (SUBITEM No.)

Crew Forman Herbicide Mix (Major Chemical)

Starting Gallons of Solution

Gallons of Solution Mixed

Ending Gallons of Solution

Estimated Acres Treated

Start Time Ending Time

Notes Site Visit AG-4146-S-15-0007 Silvi IDIQ