Elko broadcast herbicide treatment

ELKO BROADCAST HERBICIDE TREATMENT
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office is acquiring vegetation treatment services on selected sites administered by the Elko District. The work consists of applying herbicides in select locations on BLM administered lands for the control of annual grasses including cheatgrass, medusahead, and ventenata. Ground disturbance is not allowed due to the potential to cause additional ground disturbance, the likelihood of spreading weeds, and impacts to cultural resources that are susceptible to damage by overland travel. The contractor shall determine the appropriate application method, with consideration of terrain limitations and presence of potential hazards in the project area. There are 9 project areas totaling 15,061 acres and are located throughout the Elko District BLM. The Solicitation will include contract documents with details of the project when it is released.
The treatment units are located in Elko County in Nevada. Service Contract Act (SCA) Wage Rate Requirements are applicable to this project and the appropriate SCA Wage Decision(s) will be included in the solicitation.
The BLM will issue a Total Small Business Set-Aside competitive solicitation on/about July 11, 2022. The BLM anticipates issuing a single firm fixed price award from this solicitation.
The competitive solicitation, 140L3922R0019, will be in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.5, Set-Asides for Small Business. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 115310, Support Activities for Forestry and the size standard is $8.0M (per the SBA¿s Table of Small Business Size Standards).
A Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation package will be available electronically on or about Monday July 11, 2022, at the SAM website located at www.sam.gov. Proposals will be due no later than Wednesday July 27, 2022. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring www.sam.gov for the release of the solicitation package, for any other pertinent information, and for downloading a complete copy of the solicitation package. The government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered, and currently active, and complete the online Representations and Certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base via website: http://www.sam.gov.
Award will be based on Best Value to the Government in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror(s).
This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. The primary Point of Contact is Matthew B. Merritt, Contracting Officer, at mbmerritt@blm.gov. All questions must be submitted in writing to Matthew B. Merritt. Only written questions will be addressed.