Wildlife Friendly Fencing Phase 1

The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana State Office intends to solicit proposals for construction activities to remove and reconstruct approximately 17 miles of four strand barbed and barbless wire fence located in Beaverhead County, Montana.

BLM will issue Solicitation Number 140L3623R0007 via https://sam.gov/content/opportunities, at the link provided in this notice. The principal components of the work to be performed include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Fence Removal
2. Fence Reconstruction
3. Mowing/Removal of Brush
4. Disposal of Debris

Pursuant to Part 15 and Part 36 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, BLM intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) on or around April 19, 2024. The estimated price range of this acquisition is between $250,000 and $500,000. BLM anticipates issuing the RFP under the total small business set-aside program. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990 and the associated Small Business Size Standard is $45.0 Million.

A single contract award will be made to the offeror that submits a proposal that has been determined to be the best value based on the Tradeoff Procedures within the Federal Acquisition Regulations. A firm-fixed priced contract is contemplated. Proposals will be due on or around
May 16, 2024 to Emma Padeken, epadeken@blm.gov. Offerors shall submit electronic proposals as a response to the anticipated solicitation.

For further information about the requirement, offerors should contact Emma Padeken, epadeken@blm.gov.

SAM: Effective July 29, 2012, any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract or agreement. SAM is an official website of the U.S. government. There is no cost to use SAM. You can use this site for FREE to:
• Register to do business with the U.S. government;
• Update or renew your entity registration;
• Check status of an entity registration;
• Search for entity registration and exclusion records

Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM website accessed through https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ or by the Federal Service Desk at 1-866-606-8220.

IPP: Payment requests for the anticipated contract must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). IPP is a secure, web-based service that more efficiently managements government invoicing from contract through payment notification at no charge to federal agencies and their vendors. The IPP website address is https://www.ipp.gov/. The contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitted request for payment. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Customer Support Team via email IPPCustomerSupport@fiscal.treasury.gov or via phone at 1-866-973-3131.

If the contractor is unable to comply with the requirements to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the contract must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal.