AMEND_4_01152015.pdf

Solicitation: AG-52B1-S-15-0007 Vegetation Management at the Mark Twain National Forest

Amendment 4:

CHANGES:

1. The following invoice information is hereby incorporated into this solicitation and any resulting contract:

The "Submit Invoice-to" address for USDA orders is the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The contractor must follow the instructions on how to register and submit invoices via IPP as prescribed in the previous communications from USDA and Treasury. All invoices are to be submitted via the electronic Invoice Processing Platform. This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. Quotes should acknowledge all solicitation amendments.

NOTES FROM PRE-QUOTE MEETING 7 SITE VISIT HELD 9 JANUARY 2015 at

10:00AM EST

1. Solicitation method is a Competitive RFQ.

2. Maximum value of the acquisition over five years for six contracts is $4.86M.

3. The Government went over each item under the Instructions for Quote Preparation.

4. The Government stated the close date for the solicitation which has since been amended.

5. Project Completion dates: Specific to each task order and in accordance with the basic contract.

6. A wage determination is applicable and attached.

7. The new federal minimum wage requirement clause was pointed out.

8. Safety, Green, Quality Control and other submittals are required if awarded within the timeframes identified in the PWS.

9. The action is not funded at this time as funding occurs on a per task order basis upon determination of need.

10. Quote acceptance time is 90 days.

11. A COR will be assigned to each basic contract and each task order.

12. The line item schedule is firm fixed price.

13. Evaluation factors are price and past performance.

14. A corrected line item schedule and location information was posted 7 January 2015.

https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm

15. A question about the requirement to work concurrent task orders was asked in terms of whether or not there is a probability many task orders may be issued at the same time in the same or multiple districts. The Government advised that planting is a very season specific item and there is more of a chance of task orders being issued at the same time for that type of work. The Contracting Officer stated that each contract’s task orders are stand-alone requirements with independent periods of performance. Contractors must be capable of performing concurrent task orders in accordance with the terms and conditions of the basic contract and specific task order. The Contracting Officer also referenced 52.216-19—Order Limitations as included in the solicitation.

16. No questions were permitted in the field during the site visit. All questions are to be submitting to the Contracting Officer in writing.

17. The Government reminded attendees of the requirement to have a current registration in SAM. The website is www.sam.gov and it is free to register and maintain.

18. Contractors were reminded to verify that SAM registrations contain the NAICS specific to this requirement. The NAICS is 115310 and the size standard is $7.5M.

19. A question about incumbent contractors and pricing was asked. The Government stated that the previous contracts were done in a different manner. The Government stated that the information was not available at this time this way, but it could be requested via FOIA. The Government stated the solicitation would not be halted due to FOIA requests.

20. The Government pointed out that this is a total small business set-aside.

21. The Government directed interested parties to the bio-preferred and biobased clauses and language as well as the requirement to submit a Green Plan if awarded a contract.

http://www.sam.gov/