SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- VIPR I-BPA for Water Handling for Region 4 - Intermountain Region
- Notice Date
- 12/14/2018
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Region 4 Regional Office
- ZIP Code
- 84401
- Solicitation Number
- 1284M819Q7003
- Response Due
- 2/20/2019
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2019
- Point of Contact
- Tonya Campbell, 8016255811, tonyamcampbell@fs.fed.us, Region 4 Regional Office, Ogden, Utah, 84401;Judy Martin, 2085575841, jbmartin@fs.fed.us, IDAWY Acquisition Service Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Forest Service (USFS), anticipates soliciting for water handling for Region 4 - Intermountain Region. The solicitation number is 1284M819Q7003. The purpose of this Request for Quotations (RFQ) and any resultant Agreements is to acquire the services of operated Water Handling equipment (engines, support water tenders, and tactical water tenders) for use on a Local, Regional, and Nation-wide basis. The Agreements will be competitively awarded by Dispatch Centers within the advertised Region. These areas consist of the following locations: Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah. See attached map. Regional and local awards will not be made to vendors designating Equipment City and State location more than 450 miles away from their selected Dispatch Center (D.5.1). Awards resulting from this solicitation will be posted on the VIPR website http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident.php. The Contractor is responsible for all equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, trained/certified personnel, and supervision and management of those personnel, necessary to meet or exceed the Agreement specifications. The resources may be used in the protection of lands, to include but not be limited to, severity, fire suppression, and all-hazard incidents. The Incident Commander or responsible Government Representative is authorized to administer the technical aspects of this agreement. The Government anticipates awarding multiple Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPA) using a total Small Business set aside under NAICS 115310 Support Activities for Forestry. The Small Business size standard is $19.0 million. Only Small Businesses (with active SAM account verifying small business status under advertised NAICS) will be considered for award. If response to the Solicitation is determined to be too low to be advantageous to the Government, no awards will be made. 1) Quotes shall be submitted in the Virtual Incident Procurement system (VIPR). To access VIPR you are required to have a Level 2 eAuthentication account that provides the ability to conduct official electronic business transaction. Level 2 eAuthentication information is available at the following website: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/eauth.php. 2) This solicitation will be utilizing the VIPR Vendor Web Application and can be found at the following website: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php 3) NO telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted, and NO paper copies will be issued. All quotes are submitted electronically through the VIPR Vendor Web Application to be considered for award. 4) Vendors must be registered and have an active account within the System of Award Management (SAM) with Online Representations and Certifications Application completed at https://www.sam.gov. Registration is FREE. 5) The solicitation will only be available electronically and will be posted to the FedBizOps website at: http://www.fbo.gov on or about December 28, 2018 with a closing date of February 20, 2019 5:00 PM MST. 6) We anticipate holding a Pre-quote meeting on January 9, 2019. It will be held via webinar that you can attend from your computer. Or it will be broadcast at host locations that you can attend in person. More detailed information will be shared as we finalize details about locations and times. These meetings are not mandatory to receive an award. 7) The Government will perform inspections of all equipment prior to award, to ensure compliance with the equipment requirements in Section D. Point of Contact: Tonya Campbell, USFS Region 4 Fire Contracting Officer at tonya.campbell@usda.gov or 801-625-5811. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (14-DEC-2018); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/84M8/1284M819Q7003/listing.html)
- Record
- SN05174868-F 20181216/181214230008 (fbodaily.com)
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