SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Eastern Blues Stewardship
- Notice Date
- 1/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 113310
— Logging
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-6 Blue Mountain Area, Wallowa-Whitman NF, 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon, 97814
- ZIP Code
- 97814
- Solicitation Number
- AG-04M3-S-15-0009
- Point of Contact
- Bryce Kamerdula, Phone: 541-523-1209, Gary Dillavou, Phone: 541-278-3841
- E-Mail Address
-
bhkkamerdula@fs.fed.us, gdillavou@fs.fed.us
(bhkkamerdula@fs.fed.us, gdillavou@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THE SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 09, 2015. This solicitation and any resultant blanket purchase agreement is a stewardship project in accordance with Section 8205 of Public Law 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014. This grants the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management authority to enter into stewardship contracting projects for up to 10 years with private persons or public or private entities, by contract or by agreement, to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests or public lands that meet local and rural community needs. Section 8205 supersedes the authority granted to the Forest Service in Section 347. This is a commercial item acquisition that has been tailored to fit the Government's method of trading goods for services. DESCRIPTION: The Eastern Blues Stewardship will result in multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (also known as a BPA with subsequent Call Orders), performance based service spanning approximately five (5) years. The Government intends to make multiple awards to companies/businesses with no minimum guarantees. The intent of this blanket purchase agreement is to reduce the potential of high intensity wildfire by removing and/or rearranging the existing fuel loading on selected project areas located on Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. It is anticipated that both commercial and non-commercial logging methods may be utilized, but not limited to other complex logging operations and activities. The resultant contracts will be firm-fixed price call order services with provisions for timber removal. PROJECT LOCATION: The project areas that are included in this solicitation are: Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests but is not limited to counties within the three forests, BLM lands, private, and state lands. Contractors shall furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, transportation, supplies (unless specified elsewhere as Government-furnished), and incidentals required to accomplish specified work in compliance with the terms, specifications, and provisions of each individual call order. The BPA and call orders issued under this contract shall require Service Contract Act wage rates or Davis-Bacon Wage rates or both depending on the specific activities within individual call orders. A pre-proposal conference will be scheduled. It is anticipated this conference will be held in February 2015.The exact date and time will be designated in the solicitation. Administrative point of contact is Gary Dillavou, telephone: (541) 278-3841 or Bryce Kamerdula at (541) 523-1209. Estimated project value will be determined by each individual call order. NAICS 113310 Logging with size of 500 employees. Stewardship authorities permit the Government to solicit this requirement as Unrestricted.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/04M3/AG-04M3-S-15-0009/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: P. O. Box 907, Baker City, Oregon, 97814, United States
- Zip Code: 97814
- Zip Code: 97814
- Record
- SN03620102-W 20150122/150120234516-86b5abda9b0630534ead37654f8c86a5 (fbodaily.com)
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