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Important Notice to Offerors Solicitation No. F15PS00505 Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Delivery Contract for Equipment Rental with Operator for the Fergus Falls Wetland Management District, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting offers for Rental Equipment with Operator for a Base year and two option years for Fergus Falls Wetland Management District and will include the counties of Grant and Douglas.

The proposed Rental Equipment with Operator contract will be used for (1) wetland restorations, repair of wetland restorations, and maintenance of water control structures, (2) tree removal and general earth moving, and (3) building site burial/cleanup.

Offerors are requested to respond to this solicitation by returning the offer form(s) provided.

Note: Your attention is directed to Section L, Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders, Paragraph L.5, “Submission of Proposals”.

In order to be considered for award of a contract, you are required to provide your technical qualifications, past performance information, and price proposal. See paragraph L.5 for instructions. Also complete and submit Section K, “Representations, Certifications, and Other Statement of Offerors”, with your proposal.

OTHER INSTRUCTIONS

A written no bid or no offer response reply is requested.

Type or print using dark ink To expedite the handling of your offer, please check the following items before mailing:

Is (are) the unit price(s) legible?

______Is (are) the evaluation factor requirements included in the quote package?

_____Are all solicitation modifications/amendments acknowledged?

_____ All entries completed as required (DUNS, TIN, etc.)?

Are changes or erasures initialed?

_____ Representations, Certifications and other Statements of Offerors or Respondents completed and included as requested in Section K?

Is the offer identified with your company’s name, signed and dated?

This is a Request for Proposal (RFP) and therefore, no public opening will be held. The results will not be public prior to award.

Facsimile quote is acceptable. The fax number is (612) 713-5151; however, the Contractor submitting quote via FAX will do so at their own risk and bear full responsibility to ensure timely and legible receipt of their quote. The Government will not guarantee the receipt capability of its fax machine and will not be responsible for quotes not received by fax for any reason including inoperability of Government owned fax machines. Hand carried quotes is acceptable. Telephone offers will not be accepted.

When submitting an offer, each envelope (including hand delivery and express mail pouches) must be sealed, marked and addressed as follows:

[Do not forget correct postage]

From:

(Offeror’s Business Name and Address)

To:

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Contracting and General Services ATTN: Lauretha Randle 5600 American Blvd, West

Suite 990 Bloomington, MN 55437-1458 Solicitation No.

F15PS00505

Offer For:

Equipment Rental with Operator – Fergus Falls WMD

Offer Due Date:

May 12, 2015 Offer Due Time:

4:00 PM (Central Time) For information on doing business with FWS, go to: http://midwest.fws.gov/contracting Please note: See attached message regarding contractor registration in the System Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Contractors must be registered to include the Online Certification and Representations (ORCA) to receive contracts and purchase orders from the FWS.