Pre-Solicitation Notice: Tier 3 Freight Services - Incident Support

The USDA Forest Service's Property and Procurement Services, Incident Procurement Operations, intends to issue a Request for Quotation for commercially available Tier 3 freight services supporting National Interagency Support Cache locations, with responses due November 23, 2026, under a Total Small Business set-aside. The procurement will establish Blanket Purchase Agreements for delivering and picking up wildland fire and all-hazard emergency supplies and equipment at 12 cache locations in the Continental United States and Alaska, as directed by the National Interagency Incident Support Caches. The attachment summary lists 35 BPAs, with 2 to 4 per location, and offerors may bid one or multiple locations. Delivery and pickup may occur on unpaved federal, state, or county roads to remote locations.

Each location requires maintaining two trailers, one Type 1 (43' length) and one Type 2 (24' to 42' length), plus one box truck (12' to 26' length). Offerors must furnish tractors, trailers, and box trucks with English-fluent drivers ready within two hours of order placement. Offerors must also provide 24/7 communication with a seven-day staffed office, trailer rental within 24 hours, forklift operation, and the ability to provide hazmat-qualified drivers per 49 CFR.

BPAs run from award through December 31 of the awarded year, with pricing requested annually and annual reviews each year. Mileage is calculated round-trip from the designated dispatch point. The Government allows two hours of free loading and offloading, after which detention applies at the quoted hourly rate in 15-minute increments.

The notice carries NAICS 484110 (General Freight Trucking, Local) and PSC V112. The attachment summary sets a $30 million size standard, requires active SAM registration under NAICS 484110 at quote submission, and places RFQ release on or about November 23, 2026, quote close on or about December 21, 2026, and award start on or about December 28, 2026. These attachment dates conflict with the November 23 due date on the notice, so the RFQ will control the schedule.