BPA - R6 Prescribed Burn Support

Pre-solicitation # 1240BK22Q0019

Title: BPA - R6 Prescribed Burn Support

NAICS: 115310 Support Activities for Forestry - Fuels Management Services, which has a small business size standard of $20.5 million dollars.

Synopsis:

The U.S. Forest Service will solicit a Request for Quotes (RFQ) to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for prescribed burn support. 

Services will be performed within the states of Oregon and Washington on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.

The BPA will require contractors that can provide all qualified/trained personnel, equipment and supplies (except those specified as Government furnished), tools, materials, supervision, transportation, lodging, and services necessary to perform wildfire hazard reduction through prescribed burning and mop-up operations, and related services. The contractors may be delegated responsibility for complete planning and implementation of prescribed burn operations. Contractors shall also be capable of performing work necessary to conduct fire line construction and/or maintenance (mechanical and/or hand line), brushing/lopping/scattering/pruning for vegetation modification in preparation for prescribed burning, fuels pullback, ignition, holding/suppression, snag felling, mop-up and patrol, fire line and road access repair.

Established BPAs will describe the ordering procedures of new requirements, and identify terms and conditions that will be incorporated into awarded task orders.  The Government will compete all requirements among all companies awarded a BPA, and issue an awarded task order (BPA call) to the contractor that represents the best value.

The solicitation is expected to be posted in early March, and will likely close on 31 March 2022.

Quoters must ensure registration in the System for Award Management database at https://www.sam.gov prior to any BPA award.

Please direct any questions to the attention of Eric Oldenkamp via e-mail at eric.oldenkamp@usda.gov.