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PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Cold Springs Fire Fence Repair

140L1221R0009

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Applegate Field Office has a requirement for fence repairs due to fire damage caused by the W-5 Cold Springs Fire that was ignited from a lightning storm system that moved through northeastern California and northwestern Nevada on August 18, 2020. The majority of the 59,775 acres that burned on BLM land managed by the Applegate Field Office ranged from low to moderate severity, with some areas burning with moderate to high severity. The fire damaged allotment boundary, internal pasture and riparian exclosure fences which will need to be removed and reconstructed. The objective is the construction, repair and removal of approximately 46,458 feet barbed wire fences (spread across 3 locations: Bare Creek Exclosure, Clarks Valley/Tule Mountain Allotment, and Red Rock Lake Allotment), and construction of steel pipe appurtenances (as per BLM Manual Handbook H-1741-1) to repair allotment boundary, internal pasture and riparian exclosure fences damaged by the W-5 Cold Springs Fire.

Key feature(s) of the project are:

The Contractor shall accomplish the construction, repair and removal of barbed wire fences and construction of steel pipe appurtenances to replace fire-damaged wooden H-braces on fences impacted by the W-5 Cold Springs Fire on BLM Applegate Field Office.

The estimated period of performance for this requirement is 12 months per location.

The BLM will issue a Total Small Business Set-Aside competitive solicitation near the early June 2021. The BLM anticipates issuing a single firm fixed price award from this solicitation. Davis Bacon Act (DBA) is applicable, and the appropriate DBA Wage Determination(s) will be included in the solicitation. The Magnitude is Between $250,000 and $500,000.

The competitive solicitation, 140L1221R0009, is in accordance with Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Part 19.5, Set-Asides for Small Business. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 238990 - All Other Specialty Trade Contractors. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is $16.5 million. All materials must be in accordance with the Buy American Act.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation package will be available electronically at https://sam.gov/ and will be posted for 30 days. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring System for Award Management (SAM) for the release of the solicitation package, any other pertinent information, and for downloading a complete copy of the solicitation package. The government will not provide paper copies or email the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered and complete the online Representations and Certification in the SAM data base via website:

http://www.sam.gov.

A site visit date, time and meeting location will be provided in the solicitation. Offerors are highly encouraged to attend the scheduled site visit to inspect the site and to ensure they fully understand the requirement and conditions that may affect the cost of the project, specifications, and performance.

Award will be based on best value to the Government in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs.

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