SOURCES SOUGHT
F -- Vegetation Management Services
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561730
— Landscaping Services
- Contracting Office
- WAPA (UGP)US DOE/WESTERN AREA POWERPO BOX 1173BISMARCKND58502-1173US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DE-SOL-0007000
- Response Due
- 5/22/2014
- Archive Date
- 6/21/2014
- Point of Contact
- Michael Lowe
- E-Mail Address
-
Michael L. Lowe
(mlowe@wapa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration (Western) ? Upper Great Plains Region (UGP) has identified the need for Vegetation Management Services along electrical transmission line right-of-ways (ROW) in order to provide line clearance and access to the transmission line. The contractor is required to perform Line (ROW) Vegetation Management Services as needed at any location along the Upper Great Plains Region (UGPR) transmission line rights-of-ways in North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. The work will include the removal of vegetation (trees and bushes) within the right-of-way that are within 25 feet or could fall within 25 feet of the electric transmission line. The vegetation identified for removal and or trimming is defined as any woody perennial plant having several stems or branches arising from either the base or the trunk of the plant. The solicitation will have four Contract Line Items consisting of the following: Low Density Span (1-20 trees and or bushes requiring trimming or removal within that span), Medium Density Span (21-40 trees and or bushes requiring trimming or removal within that span), and High Density Span (41 and over trees and or bushes requiring trimming or removal within that span), Danger Tree Removal (identifies individual tree which may constitute a danger to the line). Span is defined as the distance between transmission line structures. The average size transmission line span is 1100 feet long by 130 feet wide. Vegetation will be counted the same whether it is trimmed or removed, large or small. Example: an electrical line span has 4 bushes that need removal, 6 trees that need trimming, and 2 trees that need total removal. This will be counted as a Low Density Span as the total number of vegetative trees and or bushes that need maintenance is 12. In addition, not all spans are the same size. However, the average sized span is 1100 feet long by 130 feet wide and should be used for quoting purposes. Task orders will be issued against the indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract based on the quoted amount against the solicitation?s Contract Line Items (Low Density, Medium Density, High Density, and Danger Tree Removal ). The contractor may be required to perform concurrent services at multiple locations with multiple crews within the seven state region. The contractor must also be able to comply with the required North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards and the Federal Energy Reliability Commission (FERC) requirements in the performance of the contract. The Statement of Work will include a provision requiring the contractor to be "available for on-site work within 72 hours of receiving notice to proceed from Western". The successful contractor must possess and maintain all required certifications for performing work up to the minimum approach distance to live parts for non-electrical workers as derived from OSHA standard 1910.333(C)(3)(i). Western is seeking information regarding all firms, both large and small, who have demonstrated experience in Vegetation Management Services along high voltage electrical transmission lines. Western will evaluate the past performance of firms performing this type of work. In addition, Western will evaluate the adequacy of a firm's safety plan for compliance with Western's Performance Work Statement as well as the relevant Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. Innovative comments/suggestions from industry on how to solicit this requirement are encouraged by the government. The methodology explained in this sources sought notice is only preliminary. The government reserves the right to accept suggestions from industry and solicit in accordance with those suggestions if it?s determined beneficial to do so. This is a preliminary notice only and a separate solicitation-specific synopsis will be published in Federal Business Opportunities in the near future. Business concerns that are capable of performing this type of work as outlined above are invited to provide information by email to mlowe@wapa.gov. All interested parties must identify whether they are a Large Business, Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, or a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business when responding to the above Sources Sought Notice.
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