Vegetation Management Services, Cherokee National Forest

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Contractor shall furnish all labor, transportation, supervision, equipment, supplies, permits, licenses and other incidentals necessary to provide Vegetation Management Services on an as-needed, requirements basis within the administrative boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. Contractor shall perform Manual Tree Planting, Site Preparation for Natural or Artificial Regeneration, Midstory Control, Crop Tree Release, Non-Native Invasive Species Control, and Southern Pine Beetle Suppression as directed by Task Orders issued in performance-based format.



The contract resulting from this solicitation will be a fixed-price requirements contract. All identified quantities of units of work as shown in this solicitation are ESTIMATED and are not guaranteed to be available. Performance period will be for 1 year from the date of award with four option periods. Each subsequent option period, if exercised, will apply a 2.75% upward adjustment to each base unit price.



ESTIMATED PRICE RANGE: between $500,000 and $1,000.000.



PROJECT LOCATION: Various locations within the Cherokee National Forest



SET-ASIDE: Project is 100% set aside for HUB-Zone Small Business.



SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS: The solicitation, AG-4756-S-09-0018, and related documents will be issued via FedBizOpps as a Request for Proposal and will be available for downloading on or about April 2, 2009 at the website address www.fbo.gov. A pre-bid teleconference date will be included in the solicitation. Vendors are required to register in the Central Contractor Registration database (CCR) at www.ccr.gov and in the Online Representations and Certifications Application database (ORCA) at www.bpn.gov prior to award of contract.