SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- VIPR I-BPA for Vehicle w/ Driver for Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 485999
— All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
- Contracting Office
- USFS Region 5 Fire & Aviation
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-9J61-S-14-7005
- Response Due
- 1/24/2014
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Steven Teves, 9166401057, steves@fs.fed.us, USFS Region 5 Fire & Aviation, 3237 Peacekeeper Way, Ste 101, McClellan, California, 95652;Terry Mitchell, 5302262415, tmitchell@fs.fed.us, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, California, 96002
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5), is soliciting quotes (RFQ) for Vehicle with Driver (includes SUV, Passenger Van, Pickup, and Stakeside) - for use during local, Regional, and Nationwide fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. The Contractor is responsible for all equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, personnel, and supervision and management of those personnel, necessary to meet or exceed the Agreement specifications. The Agreements will be competitively awarded within Region 5. The Government anticipates awarding multiple Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPA) using set asides for: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), HUBZone Small Businesses, and standard Small Businesses as defined under NAICS 485999. The Small Business size standard is 14.0 Million. The solicitation will be issued using the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system; to use VIPR you must have access to a computer with internet capabilities. Basic information about the VIPR system and a Vendor User Guide is located at: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php. Other information for vendors is listed below: 1) Vendors must have a valid e-mail address. An e-mail address is required for all of the following registrations. 2) Vendors must have a valid DUNS Number. Request a free DUNS Number from Dun and Bradstreet on the web at: https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/companylookup.htm. 3) Register in the System for Award Management (SAM) as stated in the solicitation. Vendors can access SAM at https://www.sam.gov/. (Further information is attached System for Award Management Successor Info attachment.) 4) Vendors are required to have a USDA Level 2 eAuthentication account that provides the ability to conduct official electronic business transactions. Information for obtaining a Level 2 eAuthentication account is available on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/eauth.php. 5) This solicitation will use the VIPR Vendor Application to respond to the solicitation. Vendors must register in this application on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php. All VIPR awarded documents are required to be issued in the following manner: the vendors primary company name must be the IRS approved TAX PAYER NAME. The TAX PAYER NAME must appear exactly as stated in SAM, including punctuation, spacing conventions, and spelling. (Further information is attached Registering Company Name in VIPR Vendor Application attachment.) The SOLICITATION will be available electronically only and will be posted to the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov on or about November 25, 2013. IMPORTANT: Electronic responses must be transmitted in the VIPR Vendor Application (http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php) by January 24, 2014, by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE ISSUED AND NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED; this is an ALL electronic process. 6) A pre-quote meeting will NOT be held. Information regarding Pacific Southwest Region 5 Incident Procurement is located at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/fire-aviation/management/?cid=stelprdb5303034. 7) Pre-Season Inspections will NOT be held. 8) For information on dispatch areas refer to the attached USFS Region 5 Dispatch Center Locations attachment. For further information, contact Steven Teves by e-mail at steves@fs.fed.us Contracting Office Address: U.S. Forest Service, 3237 Peacekeeper Way, Suite 101, McClellan, CA 95652 Contracting Point of Contact: Steven Teves (steves@fs.fed.us), (Work: 916-640-1057 / Fax: 916-640-1090/91) Terry Mitchell (tmitchell@fs.fed.us), (Work: 530 226-2415) Technical Point of Contact: Sue Zahn (szahn@fs.fed.us), (work: 951 217-5146) Dave Marion (dpmarion@fs.fed.us), (work: 530 414-5013)
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN03231152-W 20131110/131108233638-44c93cc502538e2de18484d1f1bfe08f (fbodaily.com)
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