RECOVERY--F--Project Number LN10949, Aerial Spraying, Black Warrior/Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama

Furnish helicopter, labor, and all other materials and equipment to spray herbicide.

RECOVERY--Furnish helicopter, labor, and all other materials and equipment to spray herbicide. The Government will provide the necessary herbicide, adjuvant, and non-ionic surfactant. The contractor will be responsible for mixing the chemicals and preventing spills and will properly rinse and dispose of the chemical containers as well as all other trash that is generated. The work to be performed under this contract is at various locations on Coffeeville, Demopolis, and Warrior, Holt, Bankhead Lakes on the Lower Tombigbee and Black Warrior Lakes and Dannelly Reservoir on the Alabama River. The sites are located in Clarke, Choctaw, Marengo, Greene, Sumter, Hale, Monroe, Wilcox, Dallas, and Tuscaloosa Counties in Alabama. The Contractor may be required to perform spraying on rocked areas along the shoreline around 6 lock and dams on the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers and Cogon Grass below the Coffeeville Lock and Dam. It is anticipated that a fixed-price contract will be awarded to perform the work. This procurement is 100% set aside for small business using NAICS is 115310 for which the size standard is $6,500,000.00 average gross income for the past three years. The solicitation will only be issued as a direct download at the following website: https://www.fbo.gov. The solicitation is due to be posted on or about August 10, 2009. All prospective contractors must be registered in FBO before they will be allowed to download solicitation information. The solicitation will not be provided in a printed paper format, however, the Government reserves the right to revert to paper medium when it is determined to be in the Governments best interest. Therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website for solicitation posting and any changes to the solicitation. Those registering are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided.