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

R -- A-76 Commercial Activities Study of Soils Mapping and Compilation Services, Charleston, 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-23-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 Soils Mapping and Compilation services at the NRCS Soil Survey office located in Charleston County, South Carolina. This is the first of two Sources Sought notices to be released prior to issuing a solicitation. Major duties include: soil investigation, soil classification, soil correlation and soil mapping in order to provide guidance to field soil scientists and others in map unit design, electronic map compilation, application of Soil Taxonomy in classification of soils, and interpreting the soils for many uses. Offerors must have basic understanding of soil surveying principles including use of appropriate field equipment and be able to interpret aerial photography and geomorphology/landscape analysis. Offerors must have basic skills in computer word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and Geographic Information Systems. The services provided include the ability to communicate orally and in writing to explain soil geomorphology, soil properties, and soil classification and interpretation in order to complete work according to USDA, NRCS technical standards. Must be able to collect, organize, and interpret data in order to provide soils information to USDA, NRCS staff, conservation district staff, and other partner agencies. 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 541370? (2) If small, does your firm qualify as an emerging, small business, a small, disadvantaged business, 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: Charleston, South Carolina

Zip Code: 29405

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00281914-W 20030320/030319061819 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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