Greening Fire: Onsite Recycling and Waste Management Services on All-Hazard Incidents

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted Feb 26, 2019

Solicitation number: 129J6119Q0001
Agency: Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
Responses due: Apr 11, 2019, 8:00 PM ET
Set-aside: Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code: 562111 Solid Waste Collection
PSC: Not on record
Place of performance: See above for locations, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated Apr 4, 2019.

Notice text

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Update #6 · Latest · Apr 2, 2019

AMENDMENT 1: RESPONSE TO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS can be found in the attachments section of this solicitation.
Solicitation is also amended to reflect a due date of Friday, April 5, 2019 for any questions, in order to provide timely reponse prior to close date..

Update #5 · Mar 19, 2019

This solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ) prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.3, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is 129J6119Q0001. Acquisition is a total small business set-aside. The USDA Forest Service intends for this solicitation to result in multiple award Incident-Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPA's) for onsite recycling and waste management services at local/regional/national all-hazard incidents within the following Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) area:

Region 3
Southwest Geographic Area Coordination Center (Albuquerque, NM)

Region 5
Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (Redding, CA)
Southern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (Ontario, CA)

Region 6
Northwest Geographic Area Coordination Center (Portland, OR)

Interested parties may choose to respond for all areas or for select areas.
The vendor(s) will be responsible for all equipment, materials, supplies, transportation and personnel necessary to meet or exceed the specifications.

Award will be made to the offeror based on a combination of price and other factors as described in Exhibit G of the attached BPA Scope of Work.

The estimated start time for this agreement is May/June 2019. Agreement performance period is for three (3) years.

All responsible sources may submit a quote which, if timely received, shall be considered. Offerors must include the following items (also found in E.1 - Instruction to Offerors; see attached BPA Scope of Work) in order to be deemed a responsible offeror:

1) The signed Standard Form 1449, or signed document with the information noted in the Instruction to Offerors

2) Completed Pricing Schedule. At a minimum, base pricing and mileage rate for the desired coordination centers. (Responses for additional service items are optional.)

3) Capability Statement directly answering the technical factors as found in Exhibit G.

4) Electronically mailed (e-mailed) reference checks sent directly from the reference to Lydia.Moore-Ward@fs.fed.us. Reference checks will address the factors found in "Basis for Award", B.3(e)a.

Quotes must be submitted no later than 5:00PM Pacific Time, on April 11, 2019, electronically to the following email address: Lydia.Moore-Ward@usda.gov. Submitted quote must be good for 90 days after submission.

Questions/inquiries shall be submitted via email. No phone inquiries will be accepted. Please allow 48 hours for a response, either via email or via amendment (modification) to this solicitation notice. Please note the time frame above and plan accordingly.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-01, January 22, 2019.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement in 562111, Solid Waste Collection Services / Subsector 562 - Waste Management and Remediation Services, with a small business size standard of $38.5 million.

All prospective vendors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of a contract. Contractors shall ensure SAM registration is active. SAM registration is always free. The official SAM website is: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM.

Update #4 · Mar 19, 2019

This solicitation is a Request for Quote (RFQ) prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.3, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is 129J6119Q0001. Acquisition is a total small business set-aside.
The USDA Forest Service intends for this solicitation to result in multiple award Incident-Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPA's) for onsite recycling and waste management services at local/regional/national all-hazard incidents within the following Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) area: