Combined_Synopsis_-_Solicitation.doc

United States Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

INTERMOUNTAIN REGION

Post Office Box 728

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0728

Deer Mountain Fuels Reduction Project - ROMO Combined Synopsis / Solicitation Date of Issue / Post (Tentative):

5 August 2015

This is a combined synopsis / solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is P15PS02169, and the solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal. This solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Offers from other than small business will not be accepted or considered. The NAICS code is 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry, Fuels Management Services). The associated small business size standard is $19.0 million.

Prospective contractors shall / must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of this contract. Final pricing for the services required under this contract will be established by responses to this solicitation. All prices submitted shall be as low / or lower than the unit price charged the contractor’s most favored customer for comparable services under similar terms and conditions. It is the intent of the National Park Service to award a firm-fixed-price contract to the selected vendor. Any future amendments to this solicitation will be available through www.fedbizopps.gov by entering the solicitation number P15PS02169 in the quick search block.

A) Project Description: The primary goal of this project is to reduce the fuel load and change fuels arrangement inside the park boundary to reduce the threat of wildland fire to the adjacent community of Estes Park. Work includes felling standing trees, limbing remaining trees, cutting ladder fuels, bucking dead and down material, and piling all resulting material on site for future pile burning in deep snow conditions. All of this work must be conducted in a manner that protects park visitors, protects rare plants, preserves sensitive wildlife habitat, and minimizes the aesthetic impacts of the work onto the park. Future Pile burning will be conducted by Rocky Mountain National Park personnel and is not part of this contract.

B) Contract Type / Performance Period (Tentative): This solicitation will result in award of a firm fixed price contract to the vendor determined to be responsive, responsible, and whose offer provides the best value to the government. The tentative performance period for this contract is 1 September 2015 through 31 December 2015. Only one contract will be awarded under this solicitation.

C) Award Schedule: All dates are tentative and are subject to change.

· Issue Combined Synopsis / Solicitation: On or about 5 August 2015

· Proposals due: 21 August 2015

· Contract Award: On or about 31 August 2015

D) Pre-Proposal Site Visit / Conference: A pre-proposal site visit is scheduled for:

Date: Thursday, 13 August 2015 Time: 10:00 AM, MT Location: Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, Rocky Mountain National Park

E) Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) / Primary Point of Contact (POC):

Doug Watry 970 586-1211 doug_watry@nps.gov

F) Contracting Officer:

Kelvin Smalls 505-988-6083 kelvin_smalls@nps.gov G) Proposal Evaluation Factors: Award will be made to the Offeror presenting the best value to the Government. Selection will be based on price and non-price factors. The price factor is represented by the offeror’s proposed contract coefficients. All non-price factors are approximately equal in importance. The evaluation factors will be:

· Past Performance

· Technical Approach

· Price