BAER Gates- Fabricate and Supply

The U.S. Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest servicing Region 6 has a requirement of fabricating and delivering metal square tube gates. Work will include fabrication of 30 single gates at a width of 15'-4" and 2 double gates at a width of 34'-2". It is anticipated the gates shall be delivered to the following locations:

1) North Cascade Smokejumper Base (Twisp, WA):
18 Single Gates
0  Double Gates

2) Chelan Ranger Station Boneyard (Chelan, WA):
2 Single Gates
2  Double Gates

3) Okanogan Valley Office (Okanogan, WA):
10 Single Gates
0  Double Gates

Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies, incidental supplies necessary to perform all work described in accordance with drawings and specifications of the contract. Contractor will be paid for actual work performed.

The Contractor shall utilize products and materials that promote energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, use of recovered materials, that are environmentally preferable, and are made from bio based materials (e.g. insulating foam, composite panels, concrete with fly ash, wood and concrete sealers) to the maximum extent possible without jeopardizing the intended end use or detracting from the overall quality delivered.

It is anticipated that all project work is to be completed no later than April 1, 2016. Anticipated start work date is January 25, 2016.

A firm-fixed price contract is contemplated requiring submission of both technical quote and business quote. Award will be made to the offeror whose quote package offers the best value to the Government.

This acquisition is determined to be under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program and posted for 100% small business set aside. Contractors are required to be registered with System for Award Management (SAM). The "Submit Invoice-to" address for USDA orders is the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The contractor must follow the instructions on how to register and submit invoices via IPP as prescribed in the previous communications from USDA and Treasury. All invoices are to be submitted via the electronic Invoice Processing Platform. This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account.

The solicitation with specifications and wage rates will be posted to the https://www.fbo.gov/ website on or after January 5, 2016. No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed or issued. To receive the Request for Proposal package and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from the https://www.fbo.gov/ website.