RECOVERY - 2010 PLANTING MATERIALS FOR WALLOWA-WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST, Union County, OREGON

THIS IS AN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 (ARRA) PROCUREMENT



RECOVERY 2010 Planting Material Purchase.



The U.S. Forest Service, EROC-NW, servicing Region 6 has a requirement for the purchase of 15 rolls of 47 field fencing (47 field/330 rolls), 1800 bags of top soil (1 cubic foot bags), 3,650 bags of chunk bark small (2 cubic/feet bags), and 600 ranch panels (50x16), and 5,000 steel T posts (5 133lbs/inch) to be delivered by April 1, 2010. This requirement is to purchase the above material for planting.



Multiple contractors MAY be selected but only one contractor per bid item (including its applicable sub-items).



**THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS--QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED** Your quote should only include the Schedule of Items, Contractor Information, and three references.



Delivery is to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, LaGrande Ranger District.



The Government intends to award a contract(s) resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Contractor(s) whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other non-price factors considered.



The following evaluation factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Past Performance and Price. The non-price evaluation factors are approximately equal in important to price.



This acquisition is a 100% Small Business set-aside. The North American Classification System Code (NAICS) is 444220. The size standard is $7.0 million.

Contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed or issued. To receive the solicitation and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from www.fbo.gov.



NOTE: The prospective awardee shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) data base prior to award. Information on registration may be obtained via the internet at: http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423. All contractors and vendors must complete the electronic version of the Representations and Certifications in the ORCA system. The ORCA site can be found by going to http://www.bpn.gov and clicking on the Online Reps and Certs Application.