Road Maintenance - Brushing, Klamath National Forest
**PLEASE READ: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UNTIL THE SOLICIATION IS ISSUED ON THE DATE IDENTIFIED BELOW.
SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS:
The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) requiring both price and technical proposals responding to evaluation criteria described in the solicitation. Documents will be available to download from this website on or about July 23, 2014.
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of this synopsis/solicitation and any resultant contract is to secure services for the cutting of road side vegetation along National Forest roads within the boundaries and jurisdictions of the Klamath National Forest. Unless otherwise provided, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation and materials, and perform all work necessary to successfully accomplish this project.
The Contractor shall assume all risk, loss, damage, or expense arising out of the prosecution of the work, except as otherwise provided in the contract.
PROJECT LOCATION AND ACCESS:
The work location for this road maintenance project is across a variety of Forest Service roads on the Happy Camp Ranger District, of the Klamath National Forest. All roads are within Siskiyou County.
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
The period of performance of this contract is October 6, 2014 through June 30, 2015. This longer period of performance is to accommodate anticipated weather and condition delays.
SITE VISIT:
Offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award.
Note: A scheduled site visit is not planned. However as mentioned in the above FAR clause, it is strongly advised to interested vendors to thoroughly investigate the site to determine the full extent of the work and the quantities of materials needed.
SET-ASIDE:
This procurement is 100% set aside for small business. NAICS code 115310, with a size standard of $7.0 million average annual receipts.
RESPONSE TIME:
Offers will be accepted at the Northern California Acquisition Service Area, Redding Office, located within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest Headquarters at 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002 NO LATER than the date and time indicated on the solicitation.
SAM REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:
Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, see solicitation documents for details. SAM is a consolidation of the former Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and On-line Representation and Certification Application (ORCA) databases.
PLAN HOLDERS LISTS:.
The Interested Vendors List (IVL) on this site has replaced the Plan Holders Lists available in the past. To register as an interested vendor, select Register as an Interested Vendor and follow directions on the site. The IVL is the only such list maintained for this procurement.
Lara A. Newburn, Phone 530 226.2453, Fax 530 226 2474, Email [email protected] - Sherece R. Hanger, Procurement Assistant, Phone 5302262450, Fax 5302262474, Email [email protected]
