Tree Climbing to Pick Cones with Ripe Seeds

The U.S. Forest Service is conducting market research to determine the amount of competition in the market for contractors that can climb designated trees and pick cones with ripe seeds. The various locations may include the Fremont-Winema National Forest (NF), Rogue River-Siskiyou NF, Umpqua NF, Willamette NF, and the Siuslaw NF, which are all located in Oregon.

The 2017 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this effort is 113210 - Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products, which has a size standard of $11,000,000.00. The Government is only seeking capability statements from companies that are considered a small business under NAICS 113210. The small businesses that do submit a capability statement should also identify if their company falls under any of the following socioeconomic categories:

1. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

2. Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) - identify if your company is currently in the 8(a) program

3. Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)

4. Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB)

5. Economically Disadvantage Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Small businesses interested in future requirements should submit a capabilities statement that provides the following:

1. Company Name, Point of Contact name, email address, and phone number,

2. DUNS number,

3. Business size (large or small) under NAICS 113210 (size standard $11,000,000.00). If you are a small business, include your socioeconomic classification (e.g. 8(a), HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantage Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)),

4. Statement of Technical Capability,

5. Relevant past performance within the last 10 years, and

6. Safety Standards

Response deadline: 1400 Pacific Standard Time, 15 March 2018.

Submit to: eoldenkamp@fs.fed.us with "Tree Climbing & Cone Collecting" in the subject line. If time doesn't permit you to complete a capability statement, please call me at 541-225-6475.

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