SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY - NRI SOCAL.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY

NATIONAL RESOURCES INVENTORY

GRAZING LAND ON-SITE DATA COLLECTION - SOCAL

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2025-2029

The United States Department of Agriculture – FPAC – BC- Western Region, is conducting market research to determine the existence of interested LARGE AND SMALL business sources capable of providing furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities, except as otherwise specified, to perform national resources inventory grazing land on-site data collection in Southern California.

This contract requires collection of rangeland resources data at sample points found within selected sample segment boundaries on federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands for a period of up to five years. The specific segments and points are announced annually by the National NRI program manager during the second quarter of the Federal fiscal year. A task order will be issued once the annual list of segments and points is published. Note: No amount will be guaranteed on the contract beyond the minimum guarantee. Spatial data will be provided which identifies the coordinates of each point for the fiscal year season. These segments are located in Inyo, Riverside, San Bernardino, and potentially adjacent counties (i.e. Imperial, Mono, Kern) in southern California. Each inventory segment is roughly 160 acres in size and typically contains three points; field data will be collected for a maximum of two points at each segment. In some instances, only one point within a specific segment may be available due to accessibility, eligibility, or cultural resource issues. In the Base Year 2025, there are approximately 144 inventory segments with a maximum of 288 points selected for data collection. Please refer to the Statement of Work attachment for further detail.

This is not a Request for Proposals, but instead a market research method to determine interested sources prior to issuing the solicitation. The anticipated period of performance is a one (1) base year plus four (4) option years. The anticipated award will be a firm-fixed priced Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Task orders will be issued throughout the year based on the Government’s need.

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to obtain an indication of interest from both the large and small business community and obtain voluntary limited capability information of those interested sources.

A determination by the Government on the method of competing this requirement has not been made.

Based upon information currently available, the Government anticipates fulfilling this requirement with a complete open market.

The Government will not award a contract based on this Sources Sought Notice, the information received, nor reimburse participants for information they provide. Information provided is strictly voluntary.

This is not a Request for technical/management proposals. If you are an interested source and capable of fulfilling this entire requirement, please provide the following:

1) Company name and Point of Contact;

2) CAGE code or SAM UEI;

3) Socioeconomic Status (to include 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.), if applicable;

4) Security Clearance Level; and

5) A brief Statement of Capability (no more than 5 pages); which include the ability to meet the requirements specified in the PWS, and any Past Performance information on Government contracts of similar size and scope within the past three (3) years.

The intended NAICS code is 541990, All other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, with a size standard of $19.5M.

No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Information provided will not be used as a part of any subsequent solicitation requirement. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. No feedback will be provided regarding individual capabilities statements. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and/or any follow-up information requests.

Capability statements are due no later than 10:00 AM EST on Friday, January 10, 2025.

Please submit all responses via email to both points of contact listed below.

Point of Contact:

Ms. Marilyn Mactaggart Contracting Officer Marilyn.mactaggart@usda.gov

Point of Contact:

Blake Boyer Contract Specialist blake.boyer@usda.gov

Inquiries shall be directed to both point of contacts. Due to the nature of email, it is the contractor's responsibility to ensure email requests have been received by the Contracting Specialist and Contracting Officer.

mailto:Marilyn.mactaggart@usda.gov mailto:blake.boyer@usda.gov