USDA Forest Service Region 1 Dust Palliative Application Amendment 1

The Special Notice is an amendment to solicitation 1284LM25Q0013 issued by the USDA Forest Service Region 1, addressing a dust palliative application contract for National Forests in northern Idaho and western Montana. The amendment was posted due to a technical issue with SAM.gov that prevented the original solicitation from being updated directly. The notice covers a contract for applying calcium chloride pellets to forest roads across the Lolo, Flathead, Kootenai, Bitterroot, and Idaho Panhandle National Forests. This is a small business set-aside contract with a NAICS code of 115310 and a size standard of $11.5M. The amendment specifically modifies the original solicitation by increasing the quantity of line item 0001, changing the proposed performance period, raising the contract ceiling, and extending the response deadline.

Contractors interested in this opportunity must submit a technical proposal including experience, a quality control plan, and past performance information, along with a price proposal by May 30, 2025, at 5:00 PM Mountain Time. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) with a base year from June 15, 2025, through June 14, 2026, and two potential option years. Eligible contractors must be small businesses capable of performing dust palliative application services, with specific requirements including precise material application rates and compliance with detailed technical specifications for calcium chloride pellets. The contract covers two primary line items: a residual application rate of 0.96 gal./SY (150 tons in base year, 60 tons in each option year) and a new application rate of 1.65#/SY (40 tons in base year and each option year). Proposals must be emailed to joanne.meiers@usda.gov, and contractors must complete and return the AMD 0001 document and signed SF-30 form by the specified deadline.