Superior National Forest Mechanical Site Preparation

Added: Feb 24, 2015 12:06 pm The USDA Forest Service, Minnesota Shared Services Contracting Unit, Superior National Forest anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal for an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. It is the intent of this contract to secure site preparation services required for the Superior National Forest for the BASE year, and four options. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies (except those designated as Government-Furnished), and incidentals to perform all work necessary for site preparation.
Work sites are distributed in multiple locations on all the Districts throughout the Superior National Forest. Prospective bidders will have the opportunity to select what services and/or Districts to offer a proposal. Service categories are listed below:
• Winter Shearing (Post-harvest)
• Winter Shearing (Non-harvest restoration)
• Tractor Scarification (Post-harvest)
• Tractor Scarification (Non-harvest restoration)
• Power Disk Trench (Post-harvest)
• Power Disk Trench ( Non-harvest restoration)
• Shearing/Mulching/ Mastication (Post-harvest)
• Shearing/Mulching/ Mastication (Non-harvest restoration)
• Other Site Prep (Post-harvest)
• Other Site Prep (Non-harvest restoration)
The solicitation and related documents will ONLY be available for download at http://fbo.gov/ on or about March 12, 2015. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed out. Interested vendors should register to receive notifications through this site. The Government may award one or more contracts as a result of this Request for Proposal. The resulting contract(s) will be awarded for a base year and four optional years. The not-to-exceed total contract value is $2,500,000. The guaranteed minimum amount for the contract is $2,500.
NAICS: 115310, the size standard is $7Million. 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 applicable wage rates. Solicitation number: AG-63A9-S-15-0007. Questions concerning the solicitation must be in writing and sent via email to Clark Bartelt, Contracting Officer, clarkabartelt@fs.fed.us.
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.sam.gov) database and be a certified 100% Small Business. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Forest Service.
This is a synopsis, the full solicitation documents including specifications will be issued on or about March 12, 2015.