Timber Sale Prep Services

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation issued as Request for Proposal (RFP) 12444222R0002.  FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFP are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-07 and are available in full text via Internet access at https://www.acquisition.gov/far.

The United States Forest Service encourages the participation of small, disadvantaged, service-disabled veteran, and woman owned business enterprises.  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 115310 and the small business size standard is $8 million.  The proposed agreement is 100% set-aside for small business concerns.  Responsible small business concerns may submit an offer which will be considered by the Forest Service.

The Government requires performance of the work described in these documents to provide timber sale prep services for the National Forests in Mississippi and the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests (in Arkansas and Oklahoma) as further described in the performance work statement. Current wage determinations are attached for Arkansas and Oklahoma, and will be provided for Mississippi upon or prior to award.

Offers are due for this combined synopsis/solicitation on December 1, 2021 by 2:00PM Central Time and shall be delivered by the specified time electronically to jay.g.tobin@usda.gov.  All questions regarding this solicitation shall also be submitted via e-mail to this same address.

The Forest Service anticipates awarding Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) for these services as a result of this solicitation.

Offerors must be registered at the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to be eligible for award.