RECOVERY - Hazardous Fuels Reduction

Added: Nov 04, 2009 12:41 pm The solicitation package for this project has been posted. Please pay close attention to the due date and submittal instructions included in Section L of the solicitation. Responses are due 19 November 2009 by 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

Added: Oct 27, 2009 12:53 pm RECOVERY This project is funded in whole by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).



The project is located on the Tahoe National Forest in Northern California. The work consists of manually thinning conifer trees utilizing hand tools and chainsaws, hand piling the thinned material and residual slash. Cover thinned piles with plastic. The work will encompass approximately 323 acres of forest. The anticipated performance period for this work will be 227 days after notice to proceed is issued.



This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotations and an electronic response will be due on or about 24 November 2009. Specific details for quotation submittal will be included in the solicitation package when posted to this site.



This solicitation is being conducted as a Small Business Administration HUBZone Set-aside under FAR Part 19.13. Offers will only be accepted from HUBZone certified providers.



This is a Commercial Services acquisition and the SYNOPSIS AND BIDDING TIMES HAVE BEEN SHORTENED in accordance with FAR Part 5.203 (a)(1), 12.205 (c) and 13.5. Potential offerors should take note of the reduced bidding time and plan accordingly. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. The solicitation with specifications will be released and posted to the https://www.fbo.gov website on or about 10 November 2009. No hard copies of the solicitation and applicable amendments will be mailed. To receive the Request for Quotation package and any applicable amendments, offerors must download them from the https://www.fbo.gov website.



An organized pre-bid site visit WILL NOT be conducted. Potential offerors are encouraged to visit the site on their own prior to submitting an offer. Please contact Steve Weaver at 530-994-3401 ext. 6642 or via email at s.weaver@fs.fed.us for more information about visiting the site.