Aerial Spraying - Tenn Tom Waterway, Mississippi

Furnish helicopter, chemicals, labor, materials, and all things necessary to perform aquatic aerial spraying. The work will consist of using a helicopter to spray herbicide primarily onto floating water hyacinths, but also Cuban Bull Rush (Oxycaryum cubense), alligator weed, salvinia and possibly some other aquatic weeds. The contractor will also be required to provide a helicopter for aerial application of granular herbicides that will be provided by the government.

Areas to be treated could be for various locations on Demopolis, Gainesville, Aliceville, Columbus, Aberdeen Lakes, Amory, Wilkins, Fulton, Rankin, Montgomery Pools, Bay Springs Lake, and The Divide Section, Tenn-Tom Waterway; Greene, Sumter, Marengo and Pickens Counties in Alabama; Lowndes, Clay, Noxubee, Monroe, Tishomingo, Lee, Prentiss, and Itawamba Counties in Mississippi.

The Contractor may be required to perform like tasks on Wildlife Mitigation Lands as required above in the following counties: Mississippi Sharkey, Issaquena, Warren, Neshoba, Lauderdale, Jackson and Winston County. Alabama Baldwin, Mobile and Lowndes County

It is anticipated that an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will be awarded for a Base Year and Two One-Year Option Years. Task orders will be issued against the contract specifying the area and quantities to be treated. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business using NAICS is 115310 for which the size standard is $6,500,000.00 average gross income for the past three years.

The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://www.fbo.gov. The solicitation is due to be posted on or about June 30, 2009. All prospective contractors must be registered in FBO before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. The solicitation will not be provided in a printed paper format, however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Governments best interest. Therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to the solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.