Battle Creek Biomass Wood Chips - FY17

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

The Veterans Administration (VA) is seeking a consistent supply of biomass fuel (wood chips) of reliable quantity, quality, and size for the combined heat and power (CHP) plant at the Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), 5500 Armstrong Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49037. The contractor will provide approximately 119,000 cubic yards of biomass wood chips per year to fuel the CHP plant.



The VA contemplates award of a firm, fixed-price (FFP) with economic price adjustment, requirements-type contract (See FAR 16.503) for a one (1) year base period of performance with two (2) option years. The base period of performance is anticipated to be October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Option year one will be from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, and option year two will be October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.



ADMINISTRATIVE:



The solicitation will be issued as a "Request for Proposal" (RFP) conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 15, and will be evaluated in accordance with the procedures therein. The solicitation will be 100% set aside for small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 321113 (Sawmills) applies to this procurement, and has a small business size standard of 500 employees. The solicitation will be issued on or about July 13, 2016 via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website (https://www.fbo.gov/) and bids will be due on or about August 10, 2016 at 4:00PM (EDT). The actual due date for bids will be provided in the solicitation once it is published to the FBO website.



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