USDA Forest Service National Tower IDIQ

Added: Sep 21, 2012 2:48 pm Amendment #006 is issued to provide responses to contractor questions submitted on September 14, 2012.

Added: Sep 07, 2012 5:08 pm

Amdenment #005 is issued to provide additional clarifications for the solicitation.  Please find attached revised documents to the solicitation.

Added: Aug 28, 2012 4:41 pm

This amendment to the solicitation changes the date of the final submission of the RFP. The new date for the submission of the RFP is hereby changed as follows; Friday, September 21, 2012 at 4:00pm Mountain Standard Time. The time and date for submission of questions pertaining only to pricing information is hereby changed as follows; Friday, September 7, 2012 at 4:00pm Mountain Standard Time.  There  will be an amendment forth coming on pricing information to the solicitation.

Added: Aug 24, 2012 3:49 pm This amendment to the solicitation is for the revised responses to prior questions and responses posted on Amendment 0002.

Added: Aug 16, 2012 11:00 am This amendment to the solicitation changes the date of final submission of the RFP.  The new date for submission of the RFP is hereby changed as follows:  Friday, August 31, 2012 at 4:00pm Mountain Standard Time.  Also, attached are clarification questions, Task Order 0001 and Davis Bacon Wage Rates for the sites located on Task Order 0001 for Geotechnical Investigations.

Added: Aug 06, 2012 2:26 pm

This amendment to the solicitation changes the time and date of submission of questions.  The new date and time for submission of questions is hereby changed as follows:  Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm, Mountain Standard Time. 

Added: Jul 25, 2012 12:26 pm This is the Solicitation for a competitive set-aside 8(a) Firm Fixed Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) construction contract. This acquisition is being synopsized under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 238110. All other firms are deemed ineligible to submit offers. Small business size standard is $14,000,000.00.

National Tower IDIQ Scope: The contractor shall provide services for tower and antenna installation. The services shall include: site visits, tower and site engineering, P.E. certified drawings for Self-Supporting towers to include total "Turnkey" solution of ground preparation, tower related materials, entry panels, grounding system that meets Motorola R-56 standards and pre-build and post build resistivity testing results, purchase and installation of antennas and related material to include coaxial cable, Polyphasers and ground bus bars and mounting hardware to meet Forest Service standards. The contractor shall be required to obtain construction bonding and requisite insurance sufficient to support the individual construction of towers, as appropriate.

Place of Performance: National Forest System.

Period of Performance: The performance period is one (1) base period with four (4) option years.

Added: Jul 05, 2012 2:23 pm THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION for a competitive set-aside 8(a) Firm Fixed Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) construction contract. This acquisition is being synopsized under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 238110. All other firms are deemed ineligible to submit offers. Small business size standard is $14,000,000.00.

National Tower IDIQ Scope: The contractor shall provide services for tower and antenna installation. The services shall include: site visits, tower and site engineering, P.E. certified drawings for Self-Supporting towers to include total "Turnkey" solution of ground preparation, tower related materials, entry panels, grounding system that meets Motorola R-56 standards and pre-build and post build resistivity testing results, purchase and installation of antennas and related material to include coaxial cable, Polyphasers and ground bus bars and mounting hardware to meet Forest Service standards. The contractor shall be required to obtain construction bonding and requisite insurance sufficient to support the individual construction of towers, as appropriate.

Place of Performance: National Forest System.

Period of Performance: The performance period is one (1) base period with four (4) option years.

The Government intends to award up to 3 Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract(s) with FFP task orders. Individual task orders will be competed among all awarded contracts . All entities awarded a contract under this effort will be provided a fair opportunity to compete in ALL task orders. The solicitation will be issued via Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) at https://www.fbo.gov/. No paper copies of the solicitation, specifications, plans or bidders mailing list will be issued from this office. Telephone requests will not be accepted. You must register on the FBO site in order to receive notification of changes to the solicitation. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to be eligible for award. The CCR site is http://www.ccr.gov. When the solicitation is downloaded, it is important to read the solicitation COMPLETELY, as there are milestones that MUST be met by the prospective offeror in order for the proposal to be considered responsive. There will be no preannouncement of when the solicitation will be available; however, the issuance date for this solicitation is anticipated to be on or about 20 Jul 2012 with a closing date 30 days after issuance. Points of Contact: James GMC. Bailey, Contracting Officer, at (505) 563-7052, email jgbailey@fs.fed.us or Brendell J. Gallegos, Contracting Officer, at (505) 563-7241, email: bgallegos@fs.fed.us.