North Zone Thinning IDIQ

The Black Hills National Forest has an anticipated requirement to obtain services for timber stand improvement with activities to include but not limited to: hand pre-commercial thinning, mechanical pre-commercial thinning with mastication, pre-commercial thinning with decking, hardwood release, hardwood regeneration, hand piling, fuel break construction, individual tree removal, mechanical fuel treatment chipping, and cutting and chunking. The contractor shall provide any and all labor, equipment, supplies, services, permits, supervision, workman's compensation, unemployment, and transportation to accomplish projects.

This will be a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to include a base year and two option years that will not exceed $5.5 million dollars. The Government reserves the right to make up to four awards.

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS:
Solicitation, , and related documents will be issued via FedBizOpps as a Request For Proposal (RFP). The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 115310.

NOTE: THIS IS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.

To ensure that you receive all information regarding this solicitation, you're encouraged to register for updates at www.fedbizopps.gov. It is anticipated that the solicitation (RFP) will be issued on or about April 23, 2014, with bids due on or about May 22, 2014. The solicitation (specifications, clauses and provisions, and forms) will only be available electronically on the FedBizOpps website. Potential offerors must register with FedBizOpps in order to have access to the solicitation material.

Offerors submitting a Request For Proposal are required by the FAR to use the System for Acquisition Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov). SAM is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage, and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in Solicitations. With SAM, vendors now have the ability to enter and maintain their representation and certification information. Vendors will need to review and/or update the SAM record when changes are necessary; annually to maintain an active status.

The primary point of contact for this solicitation is William Highland, Administrative Contracting Officer, (605) 716-1883, whighland@fs.fed.us the secondary point of contract is Alfred Heinrich, Contracting Officer, (605) 673-9355, alfredheinrich@fs.fed.us