Martin fire drill seeding - east & west, BLM elko, NV

MARTIN FIRE DRILL SEEDING - EAST & WEST
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office has a requirement for the drill seeding, using government furnished seed on approximately 21,234 acres over two project areas. Project is on BLM administered land within the BLM Elko District, Elko County, NV. The Service Contract Act (SCA) is applicable and the appropriate SCA Wage Decision will be included in the solicitation.
The BLM will issue a Total Small Business Set-Aside competitive solicitation on/about August 6, 2019. The project areas must be treated concurrently therefore BLM may consider issuing multiple awards.
The competitive solicitation, 140L3919Q0057, is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.5, Set-Asides for Small Business. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 115112, Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating and the size standard is $7.5M (per the SBA's Table of Small Business Size Standards).
A Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation package will be available electronically on or about Tuesday August 6, 2019 at www.fbo.gov and www.fedconnect.net. Quotes will be due no later than Friday August 23, 2019. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring www.fbo.gov and www.fedconnect.net for the release of the solicitation package, for any other pertinent information, and for downloading a complete copy of the solicitation package. The government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. To be eligible for contract award, offerors must be registered and complete the online Representations and Certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) data base via website: http://www.sam.gov.
Award will be based on Best Value to the Government in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror(s) or other than the highest technically rated offeror(s) when it is in the best interest of the Government.
This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any quote preparation costs. The primary Point of Contact is Ms. Kim Ferguson, Contracting Officer, at k1fergus@blm.gov. All questions must be submitted in writing to Kim Ferguson. Only written questions will be addressed.
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