B01_Synopsis_of_Proposed_Contract_Action_1.docx

Issue Date: 14 November 2022 Response Due Date: 4:00 PM (PST) (29 November 2022) NAICS Code: 115310 Subject: Sources Sought – Aquatic Restoration Services

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO CONTRACT AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Description:

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Office is seeking feedback from responsible vendors capable of providing Aquatic Restoration Services (ARS). This requirement is anticipated to be a Firm Fixed Price, indefinite-quantity type contract that shall be set aside for small business.

Background:

ARSs are required within the boundaries of the Coos Bay, Roseburg, Medford, and Northwest Oregon Districts of the Bureau of Land Management. ARS shall be performed within the boundaries of these Districts in or near streams, ponds, roads, forests, trails, and at facilities. Anticipated contract performance is one (1) base year (12 months) with four one year options periods. The anticipated mobilization period is 60 days after award with full performance to commence May 03, 2023.

Response Guidelines:

All responsible sources may submit a capability statement/ response to this sources sought that shall be considered by the agency and be provided as an attachment in an e-mail message addressed to the Point of Contacts (POCs), below, with the subject line “Response to Sources Sought – ARS_ DOILFBO230003” not later than 4:00 PM (PST) 29November 2022. Only electronic responses will be accepted and reviewed. Responses submitted by any other means will not be considered.

Instruction to Interested Parties:

POTENTIAL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE:

1) Company name, address, phone number & e-mail address for POC at the company

(2) Company’s DUNS number, UEI, Cage code and Tax ID number

(3) Small business size, socioeconomic categories, and type of ownership for the organization

(4) Staff expertise and experience along with their availability to perform work on this contract

(5) Respond to the inquiries listed below:

1. Please indicate if your company has experience with implementing aquatic restoration projects such as:

· Placing and constructing instream structures

· Creating and/or enhancing pools, floodplains, off-channel habitats, and pond areas

· Removing or modifying structures or devices used to control, discharge, or maintain water levels

· Replacing, adding, or removing culverts or bridges

· Felling trees or pushing or pulling trees over

· Improving road, recreational trails, and facilities

· Decommissioning, obliterating, or modifying roads, trails, and other features

· Other aquatic, riparian, and upland restoration activities

· Furnishing, transporting, delivering, and/or placing logs, rootwads, boulders and/or gravel to project locations

· Surveying, design, and permit preparation at projects related to instream, floodplain, off-channel, fish passage/culvert replacement improvement, or other habitat improvement projects.

2. Please indicate if your company has access to the following equipment. Many projects would not require each piece of equipment, or the maximum capacity listed:

· Cable-yarder capable of pulling over and placing trees up to 64-inches diameter at breast height (dbh) and up to 200 feet in length.

· Excavators equipped with:

(1) Choker cables and turning blocks capable of moving logs up to 64-inches diameter at the large end and up to 80 feet in length

(2) Bucket with minimum of one cubic yard capacity with rock teeth and hydraulic thumb

(3) Bucket (1/2 to 2 cubic yard) with at least two fixed and/or removable ripping shanks designed to till/decompact to a depth of 15-20 inches

(4) Ability to use chokers or log tongs with a bucket capable of manipulating 36-inch diameter logs or trees

· Log truck capable of handling logs up to 64-inches diameter at the large end and up to 80 feet long

· Self-loader capable of handling logs a minimum of 15,000 pounds (this is approximately equivalent to a log 50 feet in length and 28 to 36-inches diameter.

· Dump truck capable of hauling 10 cubic yards of boulder, gravel, and rootwads, and able to unload material without the assistance of an excavator or front-end loader.

· Rubber Tired Front End Loader capable of lifting and moving boulders up to 3 feet in diameter, with bucket capable of moving no less than two cubic yards of soil and rock.

· Rubber tired skidder capable of moving logs up to 64-inches diameter at the large end and up to 80 feet long

· Track dozer with six-way blade, winch, eye hook attachment, and chokers capable of moving logs up to 64-inches diameter and up to 80 feet long and boulders up to 6 feet across

· Portable ram type vibratory tamper with a shoe width of 8-11 inches diameter and capable of delivering at least 2,500 pounds of force per square feet per minute

3. Please indicate if your company can provide:

· Equipment operators for equipment listed above in Section 2.

· Choker setters

· Certified tree cutter equipped to fell trees up to 64-inches dbh experienced with directional falling and use of jacks and experienced with working around heavy equipment and use of chokers

· Certified tree climber with experience in tree pulling operations and capable of climbing trees up to 64-inches dbh

· Laborers capable of:

· Seeding and mulching restored streambanks, waste and borrow sites, and other bare soil areas

· Installing erosion and sediment control devices

· Removing invasive vegetation

· Planting native vegetation

· Installing fencing

· Operating vibratory tamper

· Installing and operating flow diversion structures

· Running and setting chokers

· Packing and hauling rigging gear to complete instream structures

· Assisting equipment operator with a variety of on-the-ground operations and equipment

· Traffic control that meets ODOT standards with certified flaggers and pilot vehicles where needed

· Materials required to divert flow from a worksite to create a dry work environment (may include gravity flow, trash pumps, and coffer dams)

· Permits to operate power driven machinery from the Oregon State Department of Forestry

· River run gravel, boulders, and logs if a task order requires the Contractor to furnish these

· Culverts specified in task orders

Please submit a written response via scan/email-attachment on company letterhead to the POCs listed below.

POC:

Written responses/email-attachments on company letterhead must be received by 4:00 PM (PST) 29 November 2022 in order to be considered. Email responses to POC Steven Jaimes, sjaimes@blm.gov AND blm_or_so_952_mail@blm.gov, with the subject line entitled “Response to Sources Sought – ARS_ DOILFBO230003”.