Fire Hose Refurb- Inspecting, testing, washing (cleaning), drying, rolling and repairing of Federal Government Fire Hose - Redmond Air Center (RAC)

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice announcement ONLY. This Pre-solicitation Notice is being posted to the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) website, (SAM.gov) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.204, Pre-solicitation notices. This pre-solicitation notice is prepared in accordance with FAR 5.207(a).

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Property and Procurement Services (PPS), Incident Procurement Operations (IPO) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in support of the Redmond Air Center (RAC) Northwest Area Incident Support Cache (NWK). Subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. The Resultant contract, if any, will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Stand-Alone Services Contract (Base Plus Four (4) Option Years).

1) Description of Services: Inspecting, Testing, Washing (cleaning), Drying, and Rolling of Federal Government Fire Hose
2) Proposed Solicitation Number: 1202SC23Q2710
3) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 561990-All Other Support Services, Small business size standard of $12M.
4) Product or Service Code: J012, Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment-Fire Control EQ
5) The Government anticipates issuing this solicitation as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.
6) Tentative Date for issuing pending Request for Quote (RFQ): 22 May 2023. All solicitation documents for this procurement will be provided free of charge through the GPE website.
7) Hose to be serviced includes:
     a)  1 inch x 100-foot Synthetic Type I
     b)  1 ½ inch x 100-foot Synthetic Type I
     c)  1 inch x 100-foot Synthetic Type II
     d)  1 ½ inch x 100-foot Synthetic Type II
8) Service Pick  Up and Delivery Address (Proposed):
     USDA Forest Service
     Redmond Air Center (RAC)
     1740 SE Ochoco Way
     Redmond, OR  97756
9) The technical point of contact is Hector Basso, hector.basso@usda.gov  - Phone: (541) 419-6096.
10) Contracting Specialist/Officer: Lindsey Christian, lindsey.christian@usda.gov - Phone: (406) 802-0825.

Period of Performance: The Base Period will begin at award and the Government anticipates a 12 month performance period with four option year periods.  Each successive Option Year Period (if exercised) is anticipated to be a 12 month performance period and will begin immediately upon expiration of the previous performance period.

Access to this pre-solicitation notice is being provided through the GPE website. This pre-solicitation notice is being synopsized before issuing any resulting solicitation. NO PAPER COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AND TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. You may obtain a copy of the solicitation at sam.gov. Potential quoters are responsible for monitoring this site for release of the solicitation package and any amendments.

FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES: USDA Forest Service requires that all Contractors doing business with this acquisition office must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). An award cannot be made unless the Contractor is registered in SAM. For additional information, and to register in SAM, please access the following website: https://www.sam.gov/SAM. In order to register with SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all Contractors must first have a Unique Entity Identifier [formerly known as a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS number]. A DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number may be acquired at the following website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.

Notice to Quoters: No response to this announcement is required or requested. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled at any time without warning. After solicitation, and prior to award, all offers may be rejected if in the best interest of the Government or the public. This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any offer and or quotation preparation costs.