Road Maintenance

Added: Jan 26, 2018 11:35 am Modified: Feb 09, 2018 8:44 amTrack Changes Amendment #1, full solicitation added 02/09/2018

The U.S. Forest Service, Minnesota Shared Service Contracting Unit has a requirement for various road maintenance services located on the Superior National Forest, to include Lake, Cook, and St. Louis counties in Minnesota. Specific project areas will be identified on each Task Order. Work includes but is not limited to the following: General Road and Bridge Maintenance, Road Reshaping, Road decommissioning, Spot Surfacing, Culvert installation, and Gate installation. Additional work will be identified on the solicitation.

Contractor shall furnish all supplies, materials, tools, equipment, labor, supervision and transportation to complete work on time and within schedule in compliance with the specifications.

The Contractor shall use products and materials that promote energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, use of recovered materials, that are environmentally preferable, and are made from biobased materials (e.g. insulating foam, composite panels, concrete with fly ash, wood and concrete sealers) to the maximum extent possible without jeopardizing the intended end use or detracting from the overall quality delivered.

The purpose of this contract is to provide a pool of contractors available to provide Road Reshaping, Spot Surfacing, Culvert installation, and Gate installation. This contract is being set up as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) according to FAR Part 52.216-22. Work will be done in compliance with the specifications, provisions and terms and conditions of this contract and each IDIQ task order. Task orders will be competed amongst the contractors that are awarded part of the parent IDIQ. Each IDIQ task order will be task and location specific allowing time for vendors to visit the site and formulate an appropriate quote for that specific task. No individual IDIQ call shall exceed $250,000.00 the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, according to FAR 13.303-5. . The Government may award one or more contracts as a result of the Request for Proposal. The resulting contract(s) will be awarded for a base year. The not-to-exceed total contract value of $1,000,000. The guaranteed minimum amount for the program is $2,500.

A deadline for submitting quotes will be in the posted solicitation. Contracting Office Address: USDA US Forest Service, Superior National Forest, 8901 Grand Ave Place, Duluth, Minnesota 55808

Place of Performance:

Work can be on lands managed by the US Forest Service anywhere in the Superior National Forest.

Period of Performance:

The estimated period of performance is from date of award and will last one year (base year). Contract may be extended four additional years.
 
This is a synopsis, the full solicitation (1263A9R180003) documents including specifications will be issued on or about February 9, 2018. Deadline for proposals will be March 13, 2018. 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. Interested vendors should register to receive notifications through this site.