RECOVERY Special Botanical Rare Plant Propagation

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



RECOVERY SPECIAL BOTANICAL RARE PLANT PROPAGATION



The U.S. Forest Service, EROC-NW, servicing Region 6 has a requirement for a contractor to grow sensitive plants from native seed provided by the Forest Service. The contractor shall provide all labor, facilities, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals.



**THIS IS A COMBINED SOLICITATION/SYNOPSIS--QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED**



Project Location and Description

The Titan trail brushing project site is located on the Ketchikan Ranger District in Misty Fiord National Monument near the City of Hyder, Alaska. The City of Hyder, Alaska is approximately 79 miles Northeast of Ketchikan Alaska. The Titan trailhead is 4.35 miles north of Hyder, AK just off the Salmon River road (state access road).



**NOTES**

--Additional work details are outlined in the attached solicitation.

--There will not be a Pre-bid meeting offered by the Government for site inspection.



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 non-price factors considered.



The following evaluation factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: Past Performance, Experience and Capability, 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 111421. The size standard is $0.75 million. Contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). The solicitation with specifications and Service Contract Act wage rates will be posted to the FedBizOps website www.fbo.gov. 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.