GAOA Escalante Ranger District Housing Upgrade

This announcement constitutes a Pre-Solicitation Notice/Synopsis in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.2. The Government intends to issue a formal solicitation via a Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR 15, following this announcement, on or about 15 calendar days from the publication of this announcement. The solicitation and if applicable, any amendments, shall be posted on SAM.gov. Responses will be due on or about 30 calendar days after the solicitation is posted, unless extended through an amendment. There may be a question and answer period/pre-proposal conference before proposals are due. Interested offerors must be active in SAM.gov at the date and time proposals are due to be eligible for award. Proposals submitted by contractors without an active record in SAM.gov will not be considered.

The U.S. Forest Service is soliciting offers for a single award, Firm-Fixed Price contract type with an estimated magnitude for the base and options between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The Government anticipates awarding a single contract for the GAOA Escalante Ranger District Housing Upgrade on the Dixie, National Forest, Garfield County, UT.

Scope of Work:
This project includes all work and materials necessary for the remodel of the existing Escalante bunkhouse building, conversion of an existing storage building to a laundry facility, and two window upgrades for two existing dwelling buildings.

This is a total small businesses set-aside.

Location:
A.  The project is located in the Escalante Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest, Garfield County, UT. There are three different project locations.
 1. Lower Housing: 60 W 100 N, Escalante, UT 84726
 2. Upper Housing: 87 E 200 N, Escalante, UT 84726
 3. Warehouse (future contract): 165N 700 W, Escalante, UT 84726

Disclaimer:
This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S.) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party's expense.

Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract.

No further information will be available until the solicitation is posted.