Elvida Grover Trust WRP Restoration

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) State Office in Salina, KS intends to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for Elvida Grover Trust Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) Restoration in Ford County, Kansas.

The work will consist of construction/enhancement of wetlands on a WRP easement including mobilization and demobilization, excavation, cover crop, range planting, chemical weed control and heavy disking.

In accordance with FAR 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project is $25,000.00 to $100,000.00. The NAICS code for this solicitation is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is $36.5M. The Product Service Code is Y1QA. The anticipated period of performance for this is 63 calendar days from the date the contractor receives the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

The solicitation will be a Total Small Business set-aside. The full solicitation package will be available on or about March 13 2015. Interested contractors must be registered in and must complete the annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov in order to be eligible for award.

Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the FedBizOpps website http://www.fbo.gov. Some contractor tools are as follows: 1. Register to receive Notification, and 2. Subscribe to the Mailing List for specific solicitations at Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov). FedBizOpps directs vendors to hyperlinks for Federal Business opportunities, such as solicitations, plans, specifications, and amendments. Check www.fbo.gov frequently for information and updates. Project specification files and drawings are portable document files (PDF).

For further information, contact Shaukat Syed, Contract Specialist, via email: Shaukat.syed@wdc.usda.gov or 817-509-3781