Invasive Species/Rare Plants Vegetation Management Services IDIQ

Invasive Species/Rare Plants Vegetation Management Services IDIQ

The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, equipment, supplies, services, permits, and licenses necessary to survey, inventory, control, and monitor invasive species infestations and rare plant populations and provide mobilization and support services on the Boise NF, Caribou-Targhee NF and Curlew NG, Payette NF, Salmon-Challis NF, Sawtooth NF, and Challis and Salmon BLM Field Offices, (Southern Idaho Forests and Field Offices) during the period from the date of contract award through December 31, 2029.  Note that this contract would also cover the following Wilderness areas that are managed by the Idaho Forests and Field Offices: Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness, Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness, Jedediah Smith Wilderness, Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness, Sawtooth Wilderness, and Winegar Wilderness.  Likewise note that portions of the Caribou-Targhee NF fall within the state of Wyoming and portions of the Sawtooth NF fall within the state of Utah. Treatment in Wilderness areas and in other states require that Contractors be cognizant of and comply with the laws and regulations that govern activities solicited herein in states other than Idaho and in federally designated Wilderness areas.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Therefore, solicitation packages will not be provided at this time. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government anticipates a solicitation to be available on am.gov on/or about 1 April 2024; however, there is no guarantee or implication of a guarantee that this project will be solicited.

NOTE: To avoid a conflict of interest, any contractor proposing as a prime may not have a subcontractor who is also proposing as a prime.

All questions shall be in writing to the Contracting Officer listed below. Phone calls and personal visits for the purpose of discussing this solicitation with contracting/project management and/or engineering personnel are not allowed.

To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database; https://sam.gov/content/home

SUBMIT QUESTIONS ONLY TO: tanya.spanfellner@usda.gov. NO phone questions will be honored.

Questions will be answered in writing and posted to a Questions and Answer document and posted to https://beta.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to view the Q&A document BEFORE sending in questions as is may already be answered.

NAICS 115310 Support Activities for Forestry $11.5