Forest wide Watershed and Wildlife Improvement

USDA, Forest Service, Ohio River Basin Procurement Cluster has a requirement for a contractor to provide labor, services, material and equipment necessary to perform watershed and wildlife improvement services on the Hoosier National Forest. The government intends to award at least one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, however, multiple awards are anticipated. Awards may be made by line item. The contract term will be base year plus four option years. The work will include seeding and mulching, hydro-seeding, no-till drill seeding, excavation, earthfill and compaction, silt fence installation, excavating and installing fabric check dams, installing gates or barrier posts, culvert and pipe installation/repair, providing tractor and implements with operator, clearing and grubbing, Emerald Ash Borer Sanitation, dumpsite cleanup, filling or capping old wells. Project location: Work sites are located on both the Brownstown Ranger District and the Tell City Ranger District. Counties are Brown, Lawrence, Crawford, Dubois, Monroe, Jackson, Orange, and Perry. Estimated cost is between $10 and $500K. All work is to comply with local, Federal and State codes and is subject to SCA wage rates. The requirement is being solicited as a 100% set-aside for Small Business. Solicitation number: AG-52B1-S-09-0016. NAICS: 237990, Size Standard: $31M. Multiple NAICS codes will be identified in the solicitation. This solicitation will be available ONLY electronically at the Federal Business Opportunities (FEDBIZOPPS) website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, on approximately March 5, 2009.