USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055

W -- EQUIPMENT RENTAL WITH OPERATOR SOL R6-6-99-127 DUE 080299 POC Procurement and Property Management, 503/668-1621; FAX 503/668-1763 WEB: Equipment Rental with Operator, http:www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/noca/. E-MAIL: noca, http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/noca/. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Mt. Hood National lForest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055 W -- EQUIPMENT RENTAL WITH OPERATOR SOL R6-6-99-127, DUE 080299, Close of Business, Local Time, POC Procurement and Property Management, 503/668-1768. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, No. R6-6-99-127, is issued as a Request for Quotations. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-13. This requirement is 100% small business set-aside. The standard industrial classification is 7353. Small Business Size Standard of $5.0 million, average annual receipts for the preceding 3 fiscal years. This requirement willresult in a Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contract, with no minimum guarantee on each contract. Multiple awards may be made. Equipment with operator to be utilized in support of work on the Mt. Hood National Forest, Zigzag Ranger District. One or more Road Obliteration projects and a Streambank Stabilization project is planned. Work may include such items as road scarification, pull back of fill slopes, removal of existing culverts, spread of woody debris, recontour slopes, aggregate removal, haul large root wads and boulders/rip-rap, woody debris, dirt, aggregate, placing boulders/rip-rap, soil, root wads, hauling logs, stream work including boulders, root wads and logs. The Contractor shall be responsible for all necessary MUTCD signing. The Contractor shall be responsible for operating the equipment in a manner that is safe and within the capabilities of the equipment specified. Contractor's use of all Forest Service roads shall be in compliance with the Mt. Hood National Forest Commercial Road Rules dated January, 1992,available upon request. Should repairs be needed on equipment, such repairs shall be accomplished within two (2) calendar days or the equipment shall be replaced within 24 hours with a comparable piece of equipment at no additional cost to the Government. The Contractor shall not store more than 500 gallons of oil or oil products on site. The Contractor shall insure that all fuel trucks carry an adequate number of spill kits. The Contractor shall provide adequate two-way communication facilities to report an accidental spill. The accident report shall be made within 20 minutes of detection to the District Hazmat Coordinator and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). As specific projects arise, purchase orders will be negotiated (at rates specified within the contract) and purchases orders issued. Purchase orders may include services where measurement/payment are based on actual hours of work, or services that have a firm, fixed price for a specific project. For each item following, offerors should provide unit prices. For all equipment, also provide a complete description (make, model, year, serial number, accessories and current value). Quantities shown are estimates for FY 1999 and ARE NOT GUARANTEED. Unit prices quoted for equipment should include all operating supplies. ITEM NO. 1: EXCAVATOR, Caterpillar 320 or approved equal; operating weight of 42,000 pounds; flywheel power of 125 horsepower min.; bucket capacity of 1 1/3-1 1/2 cubic yards, digging teeth and hydraulic thumb; ground level reach of 31 feet min. Without operator. 340 hours estimated. ITEM NO. 2: EXCAVATOR, Caterpillar 311 or approved equal; operating weight of 24,000 pounds; flywheel power of 75 horsepower min.; bucket capacity of 1/2-3/4 cubic yard, digging teeth and hydraulic thumb; crawler mounted having street pads with 23.5-inch width min.; ground level reach of 29 feet min. Without operator. 400 hours estimated. ITEM NO. 3: TRACK LOADER, Caterpillar 953B or approved equal; flywheel power of 150 horsepower min.; bucket capacity 2 cubic yards min.; multi-purpose bucket, opening 3.5 feet min.; with ripper. Without operator. 160 hours estimated. ITEM NO. 4: BULLDOZER, Caterpillar D6 or approved equal. Without operator. 40 hours estimated. ITEM NO. 5: EQUIPMENT OPERATOR; highly skilled and experienced, for items 1-4 above. ITEM NO. 6: DUMP TRUCK, diesel, capable of hauling 10 cubic yards of soil, aggregate, riprap, large boulders and stumps. Without operator. 120 hours estimated. ITEM NO. 7: TRUCK OPERATOR; highly skilled and experienced, for item 6 above. ITEM NO. 8: LABORER, misc. tasks including but not limited to: excavating & placing soil, small boulders and logs, falling/bucking trees, setting chokers, operating motorized soil compactors and rock drill. 160 hours estimated. Mobilization and Demobilization costs will be negotiated with each individual purchase order; Water Truck meeting the attached fire requirements may be included in mobilization as well as motorized hand tools such as a soil compactor. Special requirements for working in the Bull Run Watershed (i.e. Entry, Sanitation, Handling Petroleum Products, and Fire) will be enforced and costs will be included in Mobilization. If you do not provide prices for all of the above equipment, you still may be considered for award. Work will be performed as specified within each purchase order. Measurement will be for the actual quantity of machine or laborer hours, to the nearest half hour that the equipment or laborer is in actual operation in performance of authorized Government work. Non-productive time such as, but not limited to, lack of operating supplies or qualified operator, servicing time lost by reason of breakdown or being stuck, shall not constitute "actual" operation. Work is to be performed Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for the Road Obliteration project(s) and 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (stop at 1:00 p.m. on Friday) for the Streambank Stabilization project, unless otherwise mutually agreed. Work over 40 hours in a week, may be required. No work will be allowed on Federal Holidays, unless otherwise mutually agreed. The Government will award contract(s) to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation is most advantageous to the Government -- price and other factors considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate quotations: (1) Past Performance (quality, customer satisfaction, cost control, business relations, timeliness of performance) and (2) price. Price is of less importance than past performance evaluation, however, the importance of price may become greater as the difference between past performance proposals decrease. Where past performance is determined to be substantially equal, cost may control award. Award(s) may not be made to the lowest price. Offerors should provide a listing of major contracts completed in the last 3 years for similar work (include project name/identification, contact name and telephone number). Should multiple awards be made, task order selection of a Contractor from the contract pool will be based on: equipment needed, availability, location and ability to respond within the time frame required and price. The following clauses/provisions apply to this acquisition and are hereby incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. Additional applicable clauses are as follows: FAR 52.216-18, Ordering -- paragraph (a) add "date of award through September 30, 1999, add, "All procurement personnel located on the Mt. Hood National Forest may place orders under this contract"; FAR 52.216-19, Order Limitations -- paragraph (a) add "$0 ", paragraph (b)(1) add "$750,000", paragraph (b)(2) add "$750,000", paragraph (b)(3) add "10"; FAR 52.217-22, Indefinite Quantity, paragraph (d) add "September 30, 1999" for the base year; FAR 52.222-4, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act -- Overtime Compensation; FAR 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965; FAR 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act-Price Adjustments; FAR 52.236-3, Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work; FAR 52.236-5, Material and Workmanship; FAR 52.236-6, Superintendence by the Contractor; FAR 52.236-9, Protection of Existing Vegetation, Structures, Equipment, Utilities and Improvements; FAR 52.236-10, Operations and Storage Areas; FAR 52.236-12, Cleaning Up; FAR 52.236-13 Accident Prevention; AGAR 452.236-73, Archaeological or HistoricSites; Wage Determination No. 77-0209 (Rev. 19); Forest Service Fire Protection & Suppression, R6-FS-6300-52. Offers should be received by Close of Business, August 2, 1999 at 4:30 p.m. Mail or hand carry to the following address: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region: ATTN: NOCA, 16400 Champion Way,OR 97055 . All offers should be clearly marked with the Offeror's name and solicitation number. Posted 07/14/99 (W-SN353785). (0195)

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