Bighorn and Shoshone NF - Timber Sale Field Preparation IDIQ

This solicitation is to secure professional forestry services for timber sale, stewardship, or service contract preparatory field work on the Bighorn and Shoshone National Forests. Services include layout of units, traversing units with Global Positions Systems (GPS) according to Forest Service Handbook (FSH) direction, marking or re-marking of unit boundaries, marking or re-marking timber according to prescriptions identified on individual task orders, and cruising timber according to the FSH direction utilizing a variety of methods including, but not limited to, plot and sample tree based methods.

The Contractor will furnish all labor, equipment, transportation, supervision, supplies (except those designated as Government-furnished), and incidentals to perform the work in accordance with terms, specifications, conditions, and provisions as stated in this solicitation and any resultant contract.

No pre-proposal conference is scheduled. Potential offerors should submit all questions in writing to the address listed in Section L.8 of the solicitation. Questions will be taken until 3:00 p.m. on August 26, 2016. Questions after that date and time will not be answered. All questions with answers will be posted as an amendment to this solicitation.

The resultant contracts will be performance based indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts consisting of a base year with four one-year options. Ceiling price for awarded contracts is not to exceed $900,000.00. Task orders will be competitive with fair opportunity given among awardees. Anticipated contract awards is late September.

This is a Total Small Business Set-aside.