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 for the Cherokee National Forest. 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, and other related activities as directed by Task Order.

One fixed-price requirements contract is expected to result from this solicitation. All identified quantities of units of work as shown in this solicitation are ESTIMATED for the base year 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 administrative boundaries of the Cherokee National Forest, including Polk, McMinn, Monroe, Cocke, Greene, Unicoi, Sullivan, Washington, Johnson, and Carter counties, Tennessee.

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

NOTE: Contractors will be required to furnish MSPA certification.

The State of Tennessee requires contractors to have both a Tennessee State Pesticide Applicator's license and a Tennessee pest control charter: http://www.tn.gov/agriculture/regulatory/licenses.shtml

SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS: The solicitation, AG-4756-S-14-0013, and related documents will be issued via FedBizOpps as a Request for Quotation following Commercial Item procedures and will be available for downloading on or about March 24, 2014 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 System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to award of contract.