SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- 2018 Tree and Brush Clearing, Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project
- Notice Date
- 11/29/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 238910
— Site Preparation Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Alaska, ATTN: CEPOA-CT, P. O. Box 6898, JBER, Alaska, 99506-6898, United States
- ZIP Code
- 99506-6898
- Solicitation Number
- W911KB18T0003
- Point of Contact
- Ernest L. Woods, Phone: 907-753-2547, Christine A. Dale,
- E-Mail Address
-
ernest.l.woods@usace.army.mil, christine.a.dale@usace.army.mil
(ernest.l.woods@usace.army.mil, christine.a.dale@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY for vendors. The project is "Tree and Brush Clearing Services for the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project, North Pole, Alaska." OFFERS OR PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS NOTICE. THIS IS NOT A PRESOLICIATION. THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ALASKA DISTRICT IS CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH PRIOR TO RELEASING A SOLICITATION. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, fuels and other items necessary to clear and remove or chip trees and brush within the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project located 18 miles east of Fairbanks, Alaska near the community of North Pole. An approximate total of 15-20 acres comprised of three to six separate treatment areas will be cleared within the project. All trees and brush in each area will be felled and masticated to ground level. Tree species vary from pure to mixed stands of white birch, balsam popular, white spruce, black spruce, tamarack, willow, and alder. Birch stands are heaviest on the north half of the Project with balsam poplar and aspen found more prevalent on the south end. The Contractor can expect to encounter soft, boggy ground, standing water or snow within the treatment areas where equipment access may be difficult. Trees and brush less than 6-inch diameter breast height will be completely masticated to chips no larger than 3 foot long by 3 inches wide and left on site. All birch and spruce trees that are 6 inches diameter breast height and greater will be felled, limbed and topped to a 4-inch diameter top and placed in designated areas for public firewood. These firewood trees will be stacked in neat horizontal piles. Stacked piles will include no more than 30 trees per stack in areas where stem density is heavy. All tops within the area to be cleared will be reduced to chips. Trees felled outside the boundary of the area to be cleared will be dragged back in and chipped. Species other than birch and spruce shall not be salvaged regardless of size. The resulting contract will be firm fixed price. The Service Contract Act will apply. Estimated award date is March 1, 2018 and all clearing shall be completed no later than April 30, 2018. If this contract action is cancelled, all proposal preparation costs shall be borne by the offeror. All offerors are advised that they must be registered in System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to be eligible for a federal contract award. Offerors are advised to begin this process when they prepare their proposal in order to ensure registration is in place should they be selected for award. The North American Industrial classification System (NAICS) code is 238910, which has a size standard of $15.0 million. Interested vendors are requested to respond to the primary point of contact by e-mail with the following information: 1. Company Name, Address, Point of Contact (including email address) and DUNS number. Indicate if the company has an active registration in the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov). 2. Small Business status (for example, Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned, etc.). 3. Firm's interest as a prime contractor or subcontractor. 4. Relevant work experience with similar work (years and type of work). 5. Relevant work experience in Alaskan, or similar, environmental conditions (years and type of work).
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA85/W911KB18T0003/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project, North Pole, Alaska, United States
- Record
- SN04751246-W 20171201/171129230908-ef3645655242b7f74fe175306c32750d (fbodaily.com)
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