IDIQ Facility Renovation and Construction, Cherokee National Forest

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Multiple-Award IDIQ for Forest Facility Renovation and Minor Construction Projects on the Cherokee National Forest. Construction-trade projects may include, but are not limited to: new construction or renovation work on buildings (including bathhouses or restrooms), campsites, pavilions, docks/piers, work centers, administrative buildings (including District Offices), etc., at Forest Service sites. Work may also include incidental road work and non-facility items, such as construction surveying and staking, clearing and grubbing, excavation, borrow, topsoil, concrete, asphalt, and culvert pipe.

Offerors will be required to submit a priced proposal based on a sample Task Order for Ocoee Scenic Byway Signs. This order will not be awarded at time of contract awards.

In addition to price, offerors will be evaluated on their relevant experience and past performance. For this solicitation, relevant experience would be small to very small ($150,000 or less) remodeling projects at dispersed isolated locations in the Cherokee National Forest geographic area under formal contract or purchase order with federal or state agencies.

Task Orders will be competed among awarded contractors. Time for performance of each order will vary and will be stated on the Order. Task Order quotes will be evaluated on price, performance on previous orders, and contractor availability. The guaranteed minimum amount for each awarded contract, inclusive of the base and all option periods, will be $3,000.

Period of performance is a base year and four option years. The estimated date of contract awards is May 1, 2012. Task orders will be competed among awarded contractors.

ESTIMATED PRICE RANGE: Price for each task order shall be between $2,000 and $150,000. Total task order awards for each awarded contract shall not exceed $500,000.

PROJECT LOCATIONS: Within the administrative boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest, including the Tennessee counties of Polk, Monroe, McMinn, Cocke, Greene, Sullivan, Johnson, Washington, Carter and Unicoi.

SET-ASIDE: This procurement is 100% Set-Aside for Small Businesses.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND DRAWINGS: The solicitation, AG-4756-S-12-0006 and related documents, will be issued via FedBizOpps as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and will be available for downloading on or about February 7, 2012 at the website address: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/.

All vendors are required to be registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) prior to award of a contract: http://www.ccr.gov/.