MODIFICATION
F -- VIPR I-BPA for Fuel Tender for Region 4 - Intermountain Region
- Notice Date
- 3/13/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 324110
— Petroleum Refineries
- Contracting Office
- IDAWY Acquisition Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-84M8-S-17-7006
- Response Due
- 4/3/2017
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2017
- Point of Contact
- Judy Martin, 2085575841, jbmartin@fs.fed.us, IDAWY Acquisition Service Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401;Tonya Campbell, 8016255811, tonyamcampbell@fs.fed.us, Region 4 Regional Office, Ogden, Utah, 84401
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region (Region 4), is soliciting quotes (RFQ) for Fuel Tender with qualified operators for use on a local, Regional, and Nationwide basis. The resources may be used in the protection of lands, to include but not be limited to, severity, fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. These agreements may be used by Federal and State Agencies located within the Intermountain (Great Basin) Region. Proposed rates shall include, but are not limited to, labor (as required), equipment, operating supplies, materials, State and Federal taxes (including workers compensation costs), insurance coverage, transportation costs, overhead, and profit, and any costs/fees necessary to ensure equipment/operators/crews meet(s) the specified standards. As required by the agreement, any costs associated with a contractor provided support truck for fuel, maintenance, and operator transportation; delivery/setup/takedown, mobilization/demobilization, power generation, and a Contractors representative attendance at the operational period briefings should also be included. Awards will not be made to vendors designating equipment City and State location more than 450 miles away from their selected Dispatch Center (under Section D.5.1 of the solicitation) within their quote. The Government anticipates awarding multiple preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) using a total Small Business set aside under NAICS 324110 and may give further consideration for HUBZone small business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned small business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). See Section B.6 -- SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ADVANTAGE APPLICABLE TO DPL RANKING within the solicitation. The Small Business size standard is 1500 employees. Only Small Businesses (with active SAM account verifying small business status under advertised NAICS) will be considered for award. All quotes are submitted electronically through the VIPR Vendor Web Application to be considered for award. See D.2 -- EQUIPMENT of the solicitation for Equipment Requirements, D.3 -- PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS for training and personnel requirements, and section D.16 INSPECTIONS of the solicitation for specific vendor submittal requirements and mandatory pre-award inspection information. Reminder: Award is not guaranteed. Any documented attempt to receive Government award through submittal of fraudulent vendor supporting documentation or fraudulent company information during the VIPR quote process will indicate a lack of business integrity or business honesty and will be considered grounds for a request of suspension and debarment of violating company. No award will be made and a record will be created for future award determinations. The Government will award a number of I-BPAs anticipated to meet incident resource needs resulting from this solicitation to responsible quoters whose quotes conforming to the solicitation will be advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. See B.3 -- BASIS OF AWARD within the solicitation. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: (1) Operational acceptability of equipment/resource offered to meet the Government requirement. (2) Price reasonableness (Price reasonableness may be based upon competition, government estimates, commercial pricing, historical data, etc.). Price reasonableness is a local Government-determined range and is considered both confidential and non-negotiable. (3) Past performance dependability risk. This solicitation will be available electronically only and will be posted to the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov on or about March 13, 2017. Electronic responses must be transmitted in the VIPR Vendor Application by 3:00 P.M. MST, April 3, 2017.
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