Multiple Award IDIQ Task Order Contract for the Maintenance, Alteration, Repair and Construction of Forest Service System Roads, Trails, Bridges, and Recreation Areas within the George Washington & Jefferson NFs North Construction Contracting Zone

DESCRIPTION: Multiple Award IDIQ Task Order Contract for the Maintenance, Alteration, Repair and Construction of Forest Service System Roads, Trails, Bridges, and Recreation Areas within the George Washington & Jefferson National Forests' North Construction Contracting Zone.

Multiple contracts are expected to be awarded from this solicitation, depending upon available funding and responses received. For the initial solicitation response, Offerors will be required to submit priced proposals for two actual projects that may be awarded with initial contracts: Little River Arch Culvert Replacement, and Cullers Road FSR 4236 Culvert Replacement.

In addition to price, offerors will be evaluated on their relevant experience and past performance. For this solicitation, Most Relevant Experience would be small to very small ($150,000 or less) repair, maintenance, alteration and/or construction of roads, trails, bridges, and developed recreation areas, within a geographic area similar to that of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, by contract or by purchase order with federal or state agencies.

Future 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 base and all option periods, will be $2,000.

This solicitation is part of Phase II of the FY 2013 Acquisition Plan for the Maintenance and Construction of Roads and Bridges of the George Washington & Jefferson National Forests.

PROJECT LOCATIONS: As follows:

North River Ranger District, 401 Oakwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Virginia Counties: Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham. WV County: Pendleton.

Lee Ranger District, 102 Koontz Street, Edinburg, VA. Virginia Counties: Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren. West Virginia Counties: Hampshire and Hardy.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND SITE VISIT INFORMATION: Period of Performance for awarded contracts will be a base year and four option years. The estimated date for contract awards will be the second week of January 2013.
Site visit for the Little River Arch Culvert Replacement will be held July 2 beginning at 11:00 p.m. at the intersection of FS 96 (Calfpasture Road) and FS 95 (North River Road). GPS coordinates are: 38°20'8.88"N/79°14'40.43"W

ESTIMATED PRICE RANGE: Price for each Task Order shall be between $2,000 and $150,000. Total for all orders under awarded contracts shall not exceed $1,000,000.

SET ASIDE: This acquisition is 100% Set-Aside for Small Businesses. The NAICS code for this project is 237310; the small business size standard is $33.5 million. Only offers from vendors who qualify as a small business will be considered for award.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS: Solicitation AG-3395-S-13-0035 is being issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP) and is expected to be available for downloading on or around June 18, 2013 from FedBizOpps' web address: http://www.fbo.gov. The solicitation and related documents will only be issued electronically via FedBizOpps. The Government intends to award 3-5 contracts from this solicitation; however, that number may vary more or less depending upon funding forecasts, responses received and other relevant factors.
All vendors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (http://www.sam.gov) prior to award of a contract.