Amendment_1.pdf

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION / MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1 3

2. AMENDMENT NO. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO. 5. PROJECT NUMBER (if applic.)

1 4/11/2014 683029

6. ISSUED BY:

USDA Forest Service

Cherokee National Forest 2800 North Ocoee Street

Cleveland, TN 37312

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than 6.):

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR

[ x ]

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

AG-4756-S-14-0013

Vegetation Management Services, Cherokee NF

9B. DATED (see item 11)

3/24/2014

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER

10B. DATED (see item 13)

CODE FACILITY

11. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

[ X ] The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers [ ] is extended, [ X ] is not extended.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NOT REQUIRED prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing Items

8 and 15, and returning _____ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (if applicable)

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS,

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

A. THIS CHANGE IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO:

THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (specify type of modification and authority )

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor [ ] is, [ ] is not required to sign this document and return copy(s) to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT

Notes from Pre-Bid meeting and Pre-Bid meeting Attendees sign-in sheet are attached.

Two Sample Task Orders are attached; one for bareroot pine planting, and one for crop tree release, manual slashdown by chainsaw and herbicide application.

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (type or print)

NINA B. BARROW

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

BY:NINA B. BARROW 4/11/2014

(signature of authorized person) (signature of Contracting Officer)

NSN 7540-01-152-8070 30-105 SF 30 (REV. 10/83)

PRESCRIBED BY GSA/PREVIOUS EDITION UNUSABLE FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

Pre-Bid Meeting/Conference Call

Vegetation Management AG-4756-S-14-0013

April 8, 2014 @ 10:00 am

In Attendance for Forest Service: Nina Barrow, Contracting Officer

Jim Stelick, Forester, North Zone

Bob Lewis, Forest Silviculturist

Eric Taylor, Forester, South Zone

Donna Price, Procurement Technician

Contractors in Attendance: Brent Silk – PLM Lake and Land Management Corp., Littleton, NC

Nina Barrow opened the meeting and discussed the administrative portion of the solicitation:

This solicitation will result in award of one requirements contract with one base and four option years, exercised at the unilateral discretion of the Government

Quotation Submission Requirements were discussed (see bottom of page 2)

Evaluation Factors for Award – see page 3.

Option year pricing will be calculated by applying a 2.75% upward adjustment to each unit price per year.

This is a requirements contract where no work is guaranteed. All quantities listed in the Schedule of Items are estimated quantities for base year.

Specific work is ordered by Task Orders.

Question: how can I bid this project when I don’t know specifics, like acreage to be treated/planted, terrain, slope, and access? Can you provide a site visit? Answer: work may be ordered anywhere within the administrative boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest; therefore, a site visit cannot be offered. Pay items are broken out in different densities, spacings, and trees per acre to help account for differences in what a contractor will encounter on the ground.

Sample task orders will be furnished as an attachment to these Notes.

See page 6 of 49 – Tasks and Quantity Pricing, paragraph 4 – “If a requirement of a particular task order does not fit into the categories in the schedule, or circumstances exist which significantly increase or decrease the work required for a particular task, prices for that task order will be negotiated at the discretion of the Contracting

Officer.”

Forest Service is trying to do a better job with site prep burning for planting.

Herbicide is furnished by the Government.

Crews should be able to identifying of tree species during leaf-off.

Question: will Forest Service order much containerized trees for planting? Answer: we anticipate planting 60 acres of red spruce on the South Zone.

Forest Service will do the root pruning.

Barrow stated that a site superintendent was required to be on the ground during performance of each task order.