Cadastral Survey Services IDIQ on Various Region 9 National Forests

POSTED 3/21/23.   RESPONSE DATE remains as 3/30/23 at 4:00 p.m. ET

AMENDMENT 0001(2 documents): Corrected Schedule of Items for Chippewa National Forest.          Line Item 0001AC changed to be a category title only - no pricing required for this line item. If you select the Chippewa National Forest for consideration of survey work, the attached corrected Schedule of Items must be submitted as part of your RFP package.

The Eastern Region (R9) anticipates an opportunity to provide Architect and Engineering Services in support of Cadastral Survey Services within selected National Forests in the Eastern Region.

Cadastral Survey Work at Various Region 9 National Forests

Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type Contract for up to Seven (7) IDIQ Contracts for Cadastral Surveying Services within 5 National Forests and states as follows:

Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania (2 contracts, North Zone & South Zone)

Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota (1 contract)

Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan (2 contracts, Hiawatha NF -West and Hiawatha NF - East)

Ottawa National Forest, Michigan (1 contracts)

Finger Lakes National Forest, New York (1 contract)

** All Contracts Are Restricted to Small Business Firms**

The primary purpose of this acquisition is to provide professional land surveying services as required for administration of National Forest System (NFS) Lands in five different National Forests in the Eastern Region of the USDA, Forest Service. Forests are located in Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania. Work will include surveying and posting the legal property boundaries of land within the NFS, or Congressionally Designated Area boundaries (e.g. wilderness).

Performance requirements include, but are not limited to, identification, monumentation and perpetuation of property corners and controlling corners for land surveys performed to locate property boundaries, boundary conflict investigation, boundary line posting and maintenance of previously posted lines and corners, right-of- way surveys, geodetic control, mapping and other incidental work normally associated with the survey profession.

The Forest Service anticipates award of seven (7) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity basic contracts for a period not to exceed five years, with a maximum cumulative total of $2,000,000.00 per IDIQ contract. Individual task orders will be issued against a contract as program needs arise. The yearly task order totals may not necessarily be divided evenly among the awardees. The government guarantees to purchase a minimum of $2,500.00 in services for the contract period. During the period specified the Government shall place task orders totaling a minimum of $2,500.00, but not in excess of $500,000.00 per individual task order. This solicitation is being set aside for Small Businesses under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541370. The Small Business Administration size standard is $19 million.

This acquisition is for IDIQ contracts for five (5) Region 9 forests. Prospective bidders should complete the package in Section J (to include the SF-330) for the forest for which they wish to be considered. The contracts awarded will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for a total of 5 years. Estimated contract award date is on or about May 15, 2023.

Contractors are required to be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). No hard copies of the solicitation, supporting documents and applicable amendments, if any will be provided. To receive the entire solicitation package and any applicable amendments, prospective offerors must download them from the www.sam.gov website. All work performed under these contracts shall be under the direct supervision of a Professional Surveyor licensed in the state in which the work is performed. All surveys shall comply with applicable state laws and regulations, as well as applicable portions of the appropriate GLO/BLM Manual of Surveying Instructions. Each individual National Forest publishes technical specifications that coincide with the project work for the forest area.

A full solicitation package is attached.