Region 6 Professional and Forestry Services IDIQ

The USDA Forest Service, Northwest Contracting Area anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal for an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) multi-year service contract. This contract shall provide scientific and professional services contributing to the vegetation management program, and other professional services used for land and resource management by the USDA Forest Service and other government entities.

The purpose of any resultant contract(s) is to provide a pool of contractors to perform work via competitive task orders for land use and natural resource projects. There will be two main categories in the contracts, the first being Professional Natural Resource Related Items and Activities and the second covering Forestry Resource Related Items and Activities. Work under the awarded contracts may relate to the following typical subject areas. This list is not all-inclusive:

1. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Support;
2. Data Collection and Analysis
3. Natural Resource Studies Minerals and Geology;
4. Water Resources
5. Air Quality and Smoke Management
6. Timber - Vegetation - Silviculture
7. Designation and Cruising
8. Fuels Reduction and Treatments
9. Logging and Transportation System Planning
10. Logging and Road Analysis
11. Fisheries and Wildlife
12. Scenery Management
13. Landscape Analysis and Watershed Assessments
14. Recreation
15. Heritage Resource Surveys and Studies
16. Socio-Economic Studies
17. Lands
18. Geographic Information System

Multiple Awards are anticipated. Awards for both categories may be made for specific activities or the entire category as a whole. The resulting contract(s) will be awarded for a period of five years for a shared ceiling amount of $4,900,000.00. The minimum guarantee amount is $1,000.00.

A deadline for submitting proposals will be in the posted solicitation. Contracting Office Address: USDA US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055.

In order to receive award under this RFP the successful offeror shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), and have completed the Online Representations and Certifications (www.orca.gov) data base.

NAICS and size standard are as follows:

Professional Resource Services: NAICS - 541620, size standard $14.0 M

Forestry Services - NAICS - 115310, size standard $7.0M.

This project is being solicited as a 100% set aside for Small Business. All work is to comply with local, Federal and State codes and is subject to Department of Labor wage rates.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Work can be on lands managed by the US Forest Service or "Service First" agency (http://www.fs.fed.us/servicefirst/) managed lands in Region Six (Oregon and Washington). Some of the work may be located on private land adjacent to forest lands or forest lands with mining claims on them.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The estimated period of performance for the base contract is from May 30, 2014 through May 30, 2018.

This is a synopsis. The full solicitation documents including specifications will be issued on or about March 28, 2014. Deadline for proposals will be on or about April 21, 2014. The solicitation and related documents will ONLY be available for download at http://fbo.gov/. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed out.

Register as an interested vendor on this site to receive notifications on any changes or additional information related to this synopsis via email. Questions concerning the solicitation must be in writing and sent via email to Donna Mullen, Contract Specialist, at dmmullen@fs.fed.us.

The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.