2015 common stand exam IDIQ

Added: Mar 16, 2015 6:59 pm RFP AG-8173-S-15-0004

USDA Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests has a requirement for Common Stand Exam services.

This solicitation is set-aside 100 percent for Small Businesses under the NAICS 115310 ($19.0 million).

The intent of this work is to collect Common Stand Exam data for Ranger Districts of Alpine, Black Mesa, Clifton, Lakeside, and Springerville. Workload and pricing for the contract will be determined by using a per plot basis on individual task orders.

The Government anticipates awarding Firm Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards from this procurement. The Government anticipates awarding a minimum of three contracts by the use of evaluation factors . The anticipated period of performance for each awarded contract will be from date-of-award through 3-years (or if maximum order limitation is reached). The minimum order shall be $500 per awarded contract over the 3-year term. No funding is attached to the award of this IDIQ. When funding is appropriated by Congress and provided to the Contracting Officer, task orders will be obligated with that funding. The maximum dollar amount of award (combined total of all individual awarded contracts) for this IDIQ shall not exceed $1 million.

The Request For Proposals (RFP) will be available (uploaded to www.fbo.gov) on or after March 27, 2015. Interested parties should submit an offer in accordance with the requirements of the solicitation. Special attention should be paid to the submission requirements/instructions in Section L and Section M of the solicitation.

No formal site visit will be held as the variety of plots that could be encountered across the forest varies greatly. Responses to this solicitation may be sent by email in PDF file format to the Contracting Officer (all submittal and deadline requirements shall be met) wabbott@fs.fed.us on or before the closing date and time for the solicitation.

The Closing Date and Time for responses to this RFP shall be April 30, 2015, 4:00 p.m. MST (State of Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time).