Seedling Lifting and Packing Services
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12569R20R0001
- Agency
- Forest Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Place of performance
- Watersmeet, Michigan, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This presolicitation notice seeks proposals for seedling lifting and packing services for the US Forest Service's JW Toumey Nursery in Watersmeet, Michigan. The contractor will lift and load bareroot seedlings from fields into tubs, transport tubs to the grading facility, grade and sort seedlings to customer specifications, package seedlings into bags or boxes, clean the grading facility, and provide optional fall and winter container seedling services. The base period of performance is April 2020 through December 2020, with four one-year option periods. Proposals will be evaluated on a performance basis. The solicitation is designated as a total small business set-aside and is expected to be posted to beta.SAM.gov in mid-January 2020, with a deadline for questions and proposals of January 10, 2020.
The applicable NAICS code is 115310 for support activities for forestry, with a small business size standard of $7.5 million. The contractor must furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, and quality control to lift, transport, grade, package and deliver approximately 500,000 bareroot seedlings annually during the base period. Optional services include fall lifting and winter container seedling work. The government anticipates awarding a performance-based services contract with one base year and four option years.
Notice text
This is a presolicitation notice only for Seedling Lifting and Packing Services for the US Forest Service, JW Toumey Nursery, located in Watersmeet, Michigan, in Gogebic County. This presolicitation notice is for information only and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a response to this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is voluntary. The services to be performed in this contract include lifting and loading of bareroot seedlings and processing of bareroot and container seedlings. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 115310. The Small Business Administration size standard is $7.5 million. Contractors are required to be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) beta.SAM.gov. No hard copies of the solicitation, supporting documents and applicable amendments, if any will be provided. To receive the entire solicitation package and any applicable amendments, prospective offerors must download them from the FBO website(beta.SAM.gov). The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, quality control and incidentals other than items specified as Government furnished, to perform all work necessary.
Services are typically performed between the months of March and May, with options for fall and winter work. The Government anticipates a Performance Based Service contract with a one-year base and four one-year option years. Estimated start work is spring 2020.
This is a synopsis only. A solicitation is anticipated to be posted to Federal Business Opportunities(FBO) mid-January.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Specifications Documents.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Seedling Lifting and Packing Services | Award Notice | |
| Seedling Lifting and Packing Services | Solicitation | |
| Seedling Lifting and Packing Services | Pre-Solicitation |
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