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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 20, 2003 FBO #0475
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- A-76 Commercial Activities Study of Soil Conservation Technician services in South Carolina

Notice Date

3/18/2003
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, South Carolina State Office, 1835 Assembly Street, Room 950, Columbia, SC, 29201-2489
 

ZIP Code

29201-2489
 

Solicitation Number

NRCS-22-SC-03
 

Point of Contact

Frank Killian, Contract Specialist, Phone 803-253-3974, Fax 803-253-3670,
 

E-Mail Address

frank.killian@sc.usda.gov
 

Description

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking sources for conducting an OMB Circular A-76 Commercial Direct Conversion of Soil Conservation Technician services at the NRCS field offices located in the towns of Aiken, Dillon, Kingstree, and Marion, South Carolina. This is the first of two Sources Sought notices to be released prior to issuing a solicitation. Duties include gathering resource data to assist landowners in identifying resource conservation needs, assisting in the development of basic conservation plans with landowners to address resource concerns, assisting landowners with the design, layout, and inspection of completed conservation practices, developing land treatment contracts utilizing existing USDA and other federal, state, and local cost-share programs and providing annual follow-up on existing contracts. Assistance provided will include working cooperatively with the local NRCS field office staff, local conservation district, private organizations, and other federal, state, and local partner agencies. Duties include assisting with conducting public education and information activities, conducting tours, presenting talks, documents activities with photographs, and preparing news articles as necessary. An effective knowledge of engineering design, surveying, global positioning systems, and computer use is required to fulfill the duties of these positions. Currently, Government personnel provide these services. Offerors are advised that a contract may not be awarded if the cost of contract performance is determined to be greater than the combined cost of in-house performance by Government personnel plus the cost of converting to contract performance. No solicitation exists at this time. A solicitation will be released on or about April 21, 2003. If you are interested in competing for this requirement, please indicate your interest via e-mail to Frank Killian at the address shown below no later than April 7, 2003. Prospective offerors must provide the name of firm, the return e-mail address, USPS mailing address , telephone number, facsimile number, point of contact and a brief statement of qualifications to perform the above services. In addition, prospective offerors are asked to respond to the following: (1) Is your firm considered to be a small business using the threshold for North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541990? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as an emerging, small business, a small disadvantaged business, or a veteran-owned business or a service-disabled veteran-owned small business? (3) If your firm is a small, disadvantaged business, indicate whether your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. (4) Is your firm a certified Hubzone small business? and (5) Is your firm a woman-owned business? Prospective offerors are asked to use e-mail to respond to this synopsis. Telephone and facsimile responses to this sources sought notice will not be accepted. The solicitation will be made available at www.fedbizopps.gov when it is released. Your complete response to this notice will help ensure that any sole source determination, set-asides, or other procurement preferences, applied to the resulting solicitation will be appropriate for the current market. Although strongly encouraged, response to this notice is not considered to be a condition for a firm?s participation in any solicitation.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Aiken, Dillon, Kingstree, Marion, South Carolina

Zip Code: 29???

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00281913-W 20030320/030319061818 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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