Flagging-Pilot Car Services

Pre-solicitation Notice

Solicitation Number: 12048923Q0015

Flagging/Pilot Car commercial services

Synopsis:

1. The Oregon Department of Transportation requires the U.S. Forest Service to post warning signs and/or provide flaggers/pilot cars whenever smoke can be seen from highways or obstructs motorist's visibility when driving on Oregon State Highways.
2. The contractor will provide Flagging/Pilot Car commercial services to USDA Forest Service in support of prescribed burning efforts for the entire Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland. Flagging locations may include, but are not limited to, Highway 20, Highway 26, Highway 97, Highway 58, or any other roads on or adjacent to the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland.  
3. The work is generally intermittent and of short duration. The Government requires a non-personal service, Indefinite Delivery, Requirements contract for the required services.  Services consist of contracting for three (3) Levels of Service (Attachment 1), and an overtime rate for each of these items, plus Electronic Reader (Message) Boards for a total of 6 Contract Line Item (s) per year . Hourly rates will include all costs for each stand-alone job, which entails flagging services required to secure a given site; flagging/signs at each end of the site and all support therein. There may be multiple sites along the same highway, and these will be viewed as separate jobs.  

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 561990 (All Other Support Services) and the size standard is $16.5 million. The Product Service Code is R706 (Support- Management: Logistics Support).

We anticipate issuing a Request for Quotes (RFQ) approximately 19 April 2023 at www.sam.gov., but all dates in this notice are subject to change. Any amendments applicable to the solicitation will be posted at the same site. To take advantage of business opportunities with the USDA Forest Service you must register your firm with the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.

The Forest Service intends to award one Firm-Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Flagging/Pilot Car services. Any award will be based on the best value to the Government. This requirement will be solicited as a total small business set-aside procurement that will consider past performance and price in the award decision; these evaluation factors are subject to change. Final evaluation factors will be defined in the solicitation.

POC: Dr. Jerome Watkins, Contracting Officer @Jerome.watkinsjr@usda.gov