Aluminum Outboard Boats & Trailers

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services is soliciting quotations for one 20–22 foot welded aluminum outboard boat and tandem-axle trailer, with an option for one additional set, with quotations due May 11. The procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside; only small business concerns are eligible.

Place of performance is Moses Lake, Washington. The boats must be built to specified minimum salient characteristics and support Wildlife Services operations on the Columbia and Snake River systems, including endangered salmonid protection, bird and marine mammal hazing, and Northern Pikeminnow removal. The specified vessels are the Custom Weld Boats 20/22' Bush Outboard with 300 HP main engine and 9.9 HP kicker engine, and the Gateway Materials & Trailers GTT52/22 tandem-axle galvanized trailer; "or equal" products meeting all salient characteristics are acceptable if accompanied by detailed descriptive literature and documentation. All items must demonstrate clear traceability to the Original Equipment Manufacturer and include a Certificate of Conformance per FAR clause 52.246-15.

This is a firm-fixed-price Request for Quotation; no separate written solicitation will be issued. Evaluation criteria are Technical Acceptability (brand name or acceptable equal), Delivery (complete production and delivery schedule expressed in weeks), Price (evaluated for fairness and reasonableness; total evaluated price includes base and all options), and Past Performance (rated as Acceptable, Neutral, or Unacceptable). Offerors must hold prices firm for 90 calendar days from offer receipt. Delivery is F.O.B. Destination to Moses Lake. The NAICS code is 441222, Boat Dealers, with a small business size standard of $40.0 million. The PSC code is 1940, Small Craft.