Cold Hill Pre-harvest Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration with Herbicide on the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Cold Hill Pre-harvest Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration with Herbicide on the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Laurel County, Kentucky. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, tools, supervision, supplies and incidentals except as listed under government furnished property; to perform all work required to complete Cold Hill Pre-harvest Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration with Herbicide, in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions of this contract.

This combined synopsis/solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for commercial items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.

A site showing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 10:00 AM EST. Prospective offerors shall meet at the London Ranger District office located at 761 S. Laurel Road, London, KY 40744. Please confirm your plans to attend the site showing by emailing Jared Calvert at jared.calvert@usda.gov your name and number of attendees prior to June 11, 2019.

For technical questions and more information on the site showing contact Jared Calvert at (606) 670-7168 or email at jared.calvert@usda.gov, or Jacob Royse at (606) 864-4163, Extension 119 or email at jacob.royse@usda.gov. Please contact Sharon Martin at (859) 745-3131 or email at sharon.martin@usda.gov for all other questions.

This acquisition is 100% set aside for small business concerns.

If interested, please review the entire solicitation and attachments and refer to Page 6 of the solicitation to see what needs to be completed and returned with your Offer.

Offers are due by 4:30 PM EST on Friday, June 28, 2019.

All interested firms are advised that registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) formerly Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is required to be eligible for award of a contract. For more information, please check the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. Registration in SAM is free.

The Forest Service contemplates award of a firm-fixed price contract as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, therefore the evaluation procedures at FAR 13.106-2 will be used.