SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- USAG WEST POINT TIMER INVENTORY - DRAFT SOW
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC - West Point, 681 Hardee Place, West Point, New York, 10996-1514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 10996-1514
- Solicitation Number
- W911SD-16-T-0295
- Point of Contact
- David L. Ariosto, Phone: 8459388205
- E-Mail Address
-
david.l.ariosto.civ@mail.mil
(david.l.ariosto.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- DRAFT SOW SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS W911SD-16-T-0295 PR#0010841092 THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure a TIMBER INVENTORY on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought synopsis with information sufficient to support a set-aside. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price. This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is/are:115310 Support Activities for Forestry with a size standard of $7.5 MILLION. It is the intent of this contract to procure Quick Plot common stand exams during the period of time of award September 30, 2017 for the USMA-West Point Installation. The contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, equipment, tools, materials, and incidentals thereto, except as otherwise noted in this solicitation. The USMA Natural Resources Branch proposes to contract for technical forestry services to conduct forest inventories using the Common Stand Exam (CSE) Quick Plot protocol. Its purpose is to obtain the site, setting, and tree characteristics and required to identify stand conditions and capabilities. Work includes collecting silvicultural and other pertinent data and may include examining aerial photographs to accurately delineate revised stand boundaries. This data is required so that current future timber harvest areas can be identified, negative impacts to natural systems can be mitigated, and the understanding of the natural conditions within the contract area are current. Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) and Technical Exhibits with workload data (for services). In response to this sources sought, please provide: 1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code. 2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any. 3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. [Tailor the information requested to the requirement, e.g. lead time for implementation, proposed solution, alternative solution, security clearances, bonding requirements, etc., as applicable.] 4. Information to help determine if the requirement (item or service) is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc. 5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns. 6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Dean Carsello, at dean.m.carsello.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-2419, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the FedBizOpps notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion. 7. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services. 8. Please include the solicitation number W911SD-16-T-0295 in your email response to preclude your reply being treated as JUNK or SPAM.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: UNITED STATES ARMY GARRISON, WEST POINT, WEST POINT, New York, 10996-1514, United States
- Zip Code: 10996-1514
- Zip Code: 10996-1514
- Record
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