Anchor Chaining - Ottawa National Forest
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the documents incorporate provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-02, 5/6/19.
This procurement is a total small-business set aside. The NAICS code is 238910 and the Small Business Size Standard is 15 MIL annual revenue.
Description of Requirement:
The Lake States Acquisition Team announces an opportunity on the Ottawa National Forest. It is the intent of this solicitation to secure services necessary to accomplish mechanical site preparation in accordance with the attached Statement of Work. Site preparation is to be done utilizing cable skidder (or equivalent type of equipment) and anchor chain (see Government Furnish Property in Statement of Work). Site preparation activity is intended to supply ground scarification to prepare the seed bed for natural regeneration. Activity will also break up slash concentrations and reduce potential fire hazards. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment (skidder/or equivalent), supervision, transportation of chains to and from the worksites, and supplies (except those designated as Government-furnished property in Statement of Work) & incidentals. The project areas are located on the Ottawa National Forest, Kenton Ranger District in Baraga County, Michigan. See detailed requirements described in the attached Statement of Work and Maps.
Delivery Details/Period of Performance:
Estimated award date is June 21, 2019. The period of performance will be July 15, 2019 through September 30, 2019. Some line items may need to be released from the timber sale contract before work can begin. This may delay the start of work until later in the summer on some units.
Schedule of Items:
(See OFFER SUMBISSION PACKAGE attachment for Schedule of Items to be completed for offer submission as well as other requirements.)
The Government intends to award one fixed price contract with period of performance is July 15, 2019 through September 30, 2019. The amount will include all costs associated with the requirements as outlined in the Statement of Work. All labor costs must be in compliance with the attached Federal Wage Determination.
All line items are within previously cut jack pine stands with red pine leave trees. It is strongly advised to look at these sites prior to submitting an offer. Line Item 1 (Blueberry Patch #3) has the North Country Scenic Hiking trailing running through the project area. See the Statement of Work for description of Access and Conditions.
Line Item Number - Sale Area - Est. Qty. - UOM - Unit Amount - Total Amount
Item 1- Blueberry Patch #3, 35 Acres, Unit Amount _____ Total Amount ______
Item 2 - Blueberry Patch #4, 38 Acres, Unit Amount _____ Total Amount ______
Item 3 - Blueberry Patch #5, 41 Acres, Unit Amount _____ Total Amount ______
Vendors must be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) prior to receiving a government contract (formerly Central Contractors Registration or CCR). See www.sam.gov for details - this may take up to 2 weeks and requires a DUNS number, so it is highly recommended that interested parties register immediately in order to avoid any delays in award.
All invoices are to be submitted via the electronic Invoice Processing Platform. This is a mandatory requirement initiated by the U.S. Department of Treasury and you can find more information at this website https://www.ipp.gov/index.htm. Please make sure that your company has registered at https://www.ipp.gov/vendors/enrollment-vendors.htm to establish your account. The "Submit Invoice-to" address for USDA orders is the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP). The contractor must follow the instructions on how to register and submit invoices via IPP.
ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING. Please submit all questions to Erin Garcia at erin.garcia@usda.gov. Questions and answers will be posted to FBO and is the contractor's responsibility to remain up to date on all Q&As as well as any potential resulting amendments. All questions must be received not later than three days prior to the solicitation close date, or the government is under no obligation to review and/or address the questions.
Further provisions, clauses, and addenda including, but not limited to, commercial provisions 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3 and commercial clauses 52212-4, 52.212-5 are incorporated in the attached solicitation. Those that are incorporated by reference can be viewed in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov/far.
The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.
The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
•Past Performance;
•Experience and Capability to meet the government requirement;
•Biobased Purchasing; and
•Price and overall cost the the government
Technical and past performance factors, when combined, are equal to price.
The Government may issue an order to other than the lowest offeror, waive minor informalities or irregularities in offers received, or elect not to award at all. If necessary, the Government may conduct discussions with any or all offerors. It is in the offeror's best interest to fully respond to the Experience Questionnaire since an order may be issued on the basis of information received, without further discussion.
Award will be made on a Best Value basis and offers shall at a minimum, contain the items described in this section. Each offer shall contain sufficient information to enable a thorough evaluation.
To be considered responsive, contractor must submit the following with offer:
1.Completed Schedule of Items, with pricing, including Offeror name, address, DUNS number, telephone number and name of contact person;
2.Experience and Capabilities Questionnaire to define non-price evaluation factors and elements. Offeror must respond to the other factors as described under FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items including applicable Biobased purchasing (use additional pages if necessary).
3.Offerors shall include representations in FAR 52.209.11; and
4.Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its offer. An offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) online at www.sam.gov.
All offers must be received by 4:00pm Eastern on June 17, 2019.
Please submit one complete copy of the above information to:
USDA Forest Service - 12569R19Q0029
Erin Garcia, LSAT Contracting Officer
412 Red Apple Road
Manistee, MI 49660
Offers may be submitted electronically to egarcia02@fs.fed.us, SUBJ: 12569R19Q0029
If submitting via email please note file size limitations, formatting or other problems may hamper receipt so please verify that the contracting officer has received your quote.
No facsimile offers will be considered per (c)(1) of FAR clause 52.215-1 Instructions to Offerors -- Competitive Acquisition. (Jan 2004). Incomplete offers will not be accepted.
Contact Erin Garcia at erin.garcia@usda.gov or (231) 723-2211 with administrative questions concerning this solicitation.
Contact Michael Strieter at michael.b.strieter@usda.gov or (906) 852-3500 ext. 8524033 for more information on technical questions concerning this solicitation.
See Combined Synopsis-Solicitation and attachments for further information.
Erin Garcia, Contract Specialist, Phone 231-723-2211 x3149, Email erin.garcia@usda.gov
