Fuels Reduction & Management Contract - VALL

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This is the formal solicitation for an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for fuels reduction and management services for the Santa Fe Major Acquisition Buying Office (SF-MABO), Intermountain Region, of the National Park Service. The work of this contract will be performed at the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL), in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico (Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties).



THIS SOLICITATION IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Offers will NOT be accepted from concerns other than small businesses.



This contract shall provide required services in support of the VALL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Intermountain Region. Typical work under this contract will include wildland hazard fuels reduction and disposal, and related road management activities and services. The contract will require cutting, slashing, chipping, and hand-piling of vegetation, mastication, vegetation manipulation, and/or transport of vegetation in compliance with the specific requirements of individual task orders. Task order work will include furnishing labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to conduct thinning, slashing, lop and scatter, mastication, selective slashing, pruning, fuel modification zone construction, hand-piling and cover, transportation of logs, chips, and other vegetation, road opening / construction / maintenance, road decommissioning, constructing road barriers/obstructions.



It is the intent of the government to award at least two, but not more than four IDIQ contracts to qualified small business concerns, to perform the required contract services. The government is solely responsible for the decision to use any awarded contract as the appropriate vehicle for a particular task order / contract requirement, or to utilize an alternate procurement method. Determination of the best procurement method for performing required work will remain solely at the discretion of the government. Any task orders issued through the IDIQ contracts will be awarded as firm-fixed price actions. Award of task orders will be predicated on determination of best value to the government, and fair and reasonable pricing.



Each task order issued against the contract will be individually funded from different sources / types of funds by the customer requiring the work. The contract shall be awarded for a one year base period, and four one-year option periods for a potential aggregate total of five years. The total aggregate capacity of this contract shall not exceed $15 million dollars. Combined task order awards for the base year shall not exceed $3 million dollars. Combined task order awards for each exercised option year shall not exceed $3 million dollars. The government shall obligate itself to obtain not less than $5,000.00 in services for the base, and all exercised option periods.



The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), code for this contract is 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry, Fuels Management Services), the associated small business size standard is $19.0 million. The Product Service Code (PSC), is F006 - Land Treatment Practices.

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SOLICITATION P16PS01093

Fuels Reduction and Management Contract

Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL)





The purpose of this amendment is to provide additional information for the pre-proposal site visit and conference.





Pre-Proposal Site Visit & Conference:



Location: Visitor Contact Station in the Valle Grande.

Date: 6 September 2016.

Time: 9 AM, MT.

Directions: The Visitor Contact Station is ~2 miles off of Highway 4; the Hwy 4 entrance to the Valles Caldera is at mile marker 39.2 ----- See Attachment #18, Visitor Contact Station Map.



1. If you plan on attending the site visit, please send an e-mail to the individuals identified below saying that you intend to participate, and which company you represent. RSVP your intentions, and number of individuals in your party if more than one.



kelvin_smalls@nps.gov

robert_parmenter@nps.gov



2. All attendees must provide their own transportation out to the sites. A four wheel drive vehicle (truck / SUV), is highly recommended.



3. Attendees are encouraged to bring a sack lunch, water / fluids, for the site visit.



4. Please wear or bring hiking boots / appropriate footwear and clothing. Morning temperatures are usually very cool, but heats up later in the day.

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SOLICITATION P16PS01093

Fuels Reduction and Management Contract

Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL)





The purpose of this amendment is to address two solicitation issues. The first is to establish the location, date and time for the pre-proposal site visit and conference. The second is to replace the Clauses and Provisions sections of the solicitation. Several additions, deletions, and changes have been incorporated. The revised clauses & provisions document covers sections A through M.



Item 1: Pre-Proposal Site Visit & Conference:



Location: Visitor Contact Station in the Valle Grande.

Date: 6 September 2016.

Time: 9 AM, MT.

Directions: The Visitor Contact Station is ~2 miles off of Highway 4; the Hwy 4 entrance to the Valles Caldera is at mile marker 39.2 ----- See Attachment #18, Visitor Contact Station Map.





Item 2: Revised Clauses & Provisions:



See Attachment #19 ¿ Revised Clauses & Provisions

Added: Jul 01, 2016 10:42 am Modified: Aug 15, 2016 5:27 pmTrack Changes Fuels Reduction & Management Contract - VALL



This is the formal solicitation for an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for fuels reduction and management services for the Santa Fe Major Acquisition Buying Office (SF-MABO), Intermountain Region, of the National Park Service. The work of this contract will be performed at the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL), in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico (Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties).



THIS SOLICITATION IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Offers will NOT be accepted from concerns other than small businesses.



This contract shall provide required services in support of the VALL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Intermountain Region. Typical work under this contract will include wildland hazard fuels reduction and disposal, and related road management activities and services. The contract will require cutting, slashing, chipping, and hand-piling of vegetation, mastication, vegetation manipulation, and/or transport of vegetation in compliance with the specific requirements of individual task orders. Task order work will include furnishing labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to conduct thinning, slashing, lop and scatter, mastication, selective slashing, pruning, fuel modification zone construction, hand-piling and cover, transportation of logs, chips, and other vegetation, road opening / construction / maintenance, road decommissioning, constructing road barriers/obstructions.



It is the intent of the government to award at least two, but not more than four IDIQ contracts to qualified small business concerns, to perform the required contract services. The government is solely responsible for the decision to use any awarded contract as the appropriate vehicle for a particular task order / contract requirement, or to utilize an alternate procurement method. Determination of the best procurement method for performing required work will remain solely at the discretion of the government. Any task orders issued through the IDIQ contracts will be awarded as firm-fixed price actions. Award of task orders will be predicated on determination of best value to the government, and fair and reasonable pricing.



Each task order issued against the contract will be individually funded from different sources / types of funds by the customer requiring the work. The contract shall be awarded for a one year base period, and four one-year option periods for a potential aggregate total of five years. The total aggregate capacity of this contract shall not exceed $15 million dollars. Combined task order awards for the base year shall not exceed $3 million dollars. Combined task order awards for each exercised option year shall not exceed $3 million dollars. The government shall obligate itself to obtain not less than $5,000.00 in services for the base, and all exercised option periods.



The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), code for this contract is 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry, Fuels Management Services), the associated small business size standard is $19.0 million. The Product Service Code (PSC), is F006 - Land Treatment Practices.

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DESCRIPTION

This announcement serves as the pre-solicitation notice for an IDIQ contract(s) to provide fuels reduction and management services. The work of this contract will be performed at the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL), in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico (Sandoval and Rio Arriba Counties). Any future amendments to this notice or the formal solicitation will be available through www.fedbizopps.gov by entering the solicitation number P16PS01093 in the quick search block. This is a 100% total small business set-aside. Offers will not be accepted from concerns other than small businesses.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), code for this contract is 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry, Fuels Management Services), the associated small business size standard is $19.0 million. The Product Service Code (PSC), is F006 - Land Treatment Practices.

This contract shall provide required services in support of the VALL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Intermountain Region. Typical work under this contract will include wildland hazard fuels reduction and disposal, and related road management activities and services. The contract will require cutting, slashing, chipping, and hand-piling of vegetation, mastication, vegetation manipulation, and/or transport of vegetation in compliance with the specific requirements of individual task orders. Task order work will include furnishing labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary to conduct thinning, slashing, lop and scatter, mastication, selective slashing, pruning, fuel modification zone construction, hand-piling and cover, transportation of logs, chips, and other vegetation, road opening/construction/maintenance, road decommissioning, constructing road barriers/obstructions.

Task order project locations will include reforestation areas, natural and managed stands of timber of all ages, size, and species, shrub fields, or grass areas. Fuels may consist of natural standing live and dead fuels, natural dead and down fuels, activity slash, and naturally disturbed shrubs and trees. Fuel loadings will range from less than ½ tons per acre to as high as 100 tons or more per acre. Treatments such as thinning, brushing, piling, fuel-break construction and prescribed fire have been shown to reduce the risk of wildland fire as well as the severity of fires that do occur. It is the objective of this contract to treat fuels present on units identified by the NPS and their partners to reduce fuel loading and optimize the treatment of those fuels in the most effective manner. Specific project locations will be provided for each individual task order. Access to task order project areas is by seasonal dirt/gravel roads and old (abandoned) logging roads. Seasonal roads may be impassable for several days after heavy rains, or snow-blocked during the winter months. Local administrators will have the final decision as to whether a road is impassable and temporarily closed.

The government intends to award a contract(s) for a one year base period, and four one year option periods, for a potential aggregate total of five years. Total contract period, including all option periods, shall not exceed five (5) calendar years. Typical task orders will range in value from $25,000 to $400,000, with a minimum task order value of $2,000, and a maximum task order value of $1,000,000. The total aggregate value of all individual task orders placed against this contract shall not exceed $15,000,000. Bids / proposals for each task order will be solicited from the contractor(s) through a formal Task Order Request / Request for Quote process. The Government shall obligate itself to obtain not less than a total amount of $2,000.00 in services for the base, and all exercised option periods combined, for each awarded IDIQ contract.

The government is solely responsible for the decision to use any resulting contract as the appropriate contract vehicle for a particular task order / contract requirement, or to utilize an alternate procurement method. Determination of the best procurement method for performing contract work will remain solely at the discretion of the government. Any task orders issued through this contract will be awarded as firm-fixed price actions. Award of task orders will be predicated on determination of best value to the government, and fair and reasonable pricing.

It is the intention of the government to award either a single IDIQ contract, or multiple IDIQ contracts (up to three contracts), to qualified small business concerns, to perform the required contract services. All bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of this contract. Final pricing for the services required under this contract will be established by responses to this solicitation.

All eligible proposals shall be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation factors described below. The evaluation factors are listed in their order of importance. All evaluation factors, other than cost / price, when combined, are more important than cost or price. All prices submitted shall be as low / or lower than the unit prices charged the contractor's most favored customer for comparable services under similar terms and conditions. Offerors are reminded, to include their best technical and price terms in their initial offer, and should not assume that they will be given an opportunity to participate in discussions, or be asked to submit a revised proposal. The Government may make award to a conforming proposal without discussions, if deemed to be within the best interest of the Government.

• Technical Approach & Management Capability
• Experience & Past Performance
• Price / Cost

A total of five (5) task order requests may be issued, and awarded in conjunction with the formal solicitation, and will be used to aide in evaluation of the technical approach / management capability, and pricing factors. A tentative solicitation and award schedule is provided below.

Tentative Solicitation & Award Schedule
Milestone
Pre-Solicitation
1 July 2016 -------------- 22 July

Solicitation
25 July 2016 -------------- 25 August 2016

Evaluation & Award
29 August 2016 ---------- 12 September 2016

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