MODIFICATION
B -- San Xavier Farms Planning & Economic Analysis
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of ReclamationLower Colorado RegionRegional Office500 Fir StreetBoulder CityNV89005US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- R14PS00025
- Response Due
- 4/4/2014
- Archive Date
- 5/4/2014
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth Bailey
- E-Mail Address
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Elizabeth Bailey
(eebailey@usbr.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Reclamation has a requirement for agricultural planning services to support the development of farm plan alternatives at the San Xavier Cooperative Association (SXCA) located on the San Xavier District Reservation (SXD) of the Tohono O'odham Nation. (Located 8 miles south of Tucson, AZ). Currently, SXCA farms on part of the land under a lease agreement with the landowners, producing alfalfa, sudan grass, and oat hay. An additional 1100 acres that are adjacent to the areas currently being farmed have been identified and surveyed for possible development of a farm extension. Farm plan alternatives are required to evaluate potential crops, potential livestock integration, and market opportunities to develop a comprehensive business plan that lays out long term goals and objectives of the full farm while focusing on maintaining the farm's long term sustainability for the benefit of the farm's landowners under a 25 to 40 year lease term. Additionally, the plan shall evaluate and make recommendations regarding what type of irrigation system(s) should be used for the farm extension that most effectively support the alternatives for the extension. This plan is key to development of the extension in a manner that provides for ongoing operation, maintenance and replacement of the infrastructure and equipment while providing economic benefits to lessees. Additionally, the farm plan alternatives shall incorporate the values and goals of the SXCA and the O'odham culture in consideration of alternatives and practices being recommended. Current farming practices are consistent with natural or organic methods with no use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides for both the traditional and large scale crop production. Ultimately, the business plan will be used to support a new 40 year lease of allotted land covering both the rehab and extension areas. The contractor will be required to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials and supervision as needed to perform the effort described including costs associated with but not limited to the following; validity of tests, investigations, market surveys, site surveys, global positioning system surveys, verifying the accuracy and completeness of the agricultural data; assuring the validity of the market analyses and the projected revenues and for assuring the accuracy and completeness of alternative farm layouts and irrigation requirements. The anticipated duration of active work is 6 months which includes time for Reclamation's review, coordination and comments on the required submittals, as well as the contractor's presentation of findings. After the planning phase is completed, the contractor will be required to provide limited consultation services during the preliminary design phase and required to attend periodic update meetings for up to twelve months. This requirement has an 18 month performance period. This requirement is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. North American Industry Classification (NAICS Code) is 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is 14 million. A formal solicitation package will be posted on Federal Business Opportunities web site at http://www.fedbizopps on or before March 30, 2014. Complete details on this requirement will be described in Solicitation No. R14PS00025 - Attachment 1 - Statement of Work. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 12 Commercial Procedures. One award will be made using Best Value Source Selection Criteria. Technical proposals will be required to be submitted approximately 30 days after the solicitation package posts on the Federal Business Opportunities web site. The proposals will be evaluated by a technical panel in accordance with the Commercial Evaluation Criteria found in the solicitation package. Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal provides the overall best value to the Government technically and pricewise. Technical merit will carry more weight in the award evaluation process than price. The following technical evaluation factors (listed below in descending order of importance) must be addressed by each offeror in their technical proposal; 1.Experience 2.Key Personnel 3.Technical Approach 4.Past Performance (doing the same work or similar work) a.Timely Delivery b.Quality / Customer Satisfaction Although technical merit is more important in the award evaluation process than price, all proposals will be evaluated for price reasonableness. Solicitation packages will only be available electronically and can be obtained through the Federal Business Opportunities site www.fedbizopps.gov. Once posted, the solicitation package will contain a complete description of the requirement and provide timeframes and instructions for how to prepare and submit a proposal. It is expected that Solicitation R14PS00025 shall have Attachments. Please note that the Federal Business Opportunities Page has a link to Fedconnect where you can down load the solicitation package and all applicable attachments. https://www.fedconnect.net/ The Solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be issued electronically through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) (www.fedbizopps.gov) website, in accordance with FAR Subpart 4.5 and 5.102(a)(1). Hard copies will not be provided by mail. As most public libraries have resources available to electronically access and download the Solicitation, the Government is under no obligation to provide hard copies or maintain bidders list. It is the responsibility of all interested parties to periodically access the FBO website to check for and obtain any amendments which may be issued and to ensure that they have the most current information. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for receipt of proposals may render your proposal nonresponsive and result in the rejection of your proposal. All offerors are required to have a current registration in SAM - System For Award Management to be eligible for contract award. Offerors should register at https://www.sam.gov/. Written questions may be submitted to Liz Bailey at eebailey@usbr.gov.
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