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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 09, 2020 SAM #6646
SOLICITATION NOTICE

F -- VIPR I-BPA for Heavy Equipment for Region 1 - Northern Region

Notice Date

2/7/2020 9:29:55 PM
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

NAICS

115310 — Support Activities for Forestry
 

Contracting Office

Regional Office, R1 MISSOULA MT 59804 USA
 

ZIP Code

59804
 

Solicitation Number

12034320Q7008
 

Response Due

3/31/2020 3:30:00 PM
 

Archive Date

04/15/2020
 

Point of Contact

Debby Wesselius, Phone: 4068297350
 

E-Mail Address

debby.wesselius@usda.gov
(debby.wesselius@usda.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Description

The USDA Forest Service, Northern Region is soliciting quotes for dozers, excavators, and standalone transports for use during local, Regional, and Nationwide fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. 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. NOTICE TO VENDORS: THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE IS REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT MARKET VALUE.� THE GOVERNMENT ALSO INTENDS TO AWARD TRANSPORT DAILY GUARANTEE FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT THE MINIMUM REQUIRED TRANSPORT LEVEL FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, I.E. A TYPE 3 DOZER MAY ONLY REQUIRE A TYPE 3 OR 2 TRANSPORT DEPENDING ON THE WEIGHT. � THE DISPATCH PRIORITY LIST IS ESTABLISHED AFTER AWARD; RESOURCES ARE PLACED ON THE DPL BASED ON THE EQUATION ATTRIBUTES / (DAILY RATE + TRANSPORT DAILY GUARANTEE).� THE DAILY RATE IS REDUCED 5 PERCENT FOR THOSE COMPANIES WHO CURRENTLY ARE HUBZONE CERTIFIED OR ARE A SDVOSB. This is a total Small Business set aside under NAICS 115310 with further consideration for HUBZone small business and Service Disabled Veteran Owned small business (SDVOSB). � The solicitation will be issued using the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. Information about the VIPR system and a Vendor User Guide is located on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php. 1) Vendors must have a valid e-mail address; all VIPR communications are conducted via e-mail. 2) Vendors must have a valid DUNS Number. Request a free DUNS Number from Dun and Bradstreet on the web at https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/companylookup.htm. 3) Vendors must be current in the System for Award Management (SAM) as stated in the solicitation. Vendors can access SAM at https://www.sam.gov/. This system has replaced the systems formerly known as CCR and ORCA. 4) Vendors are required to have a USDA Level 2 eAuthentication account that provides the ability to conduct official electronic business transactions. Information is available on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/eauth.php 5) Vendors must make offer in response using the VIPR Vendor Application; http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php.� See the VIPR Vendor Helps page at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php. or contact the VIPR Helpdesk at 1-866-224-7677. 6) See D 02 of the solicitation for Equipment Requirements and D 16 of the solicitation for vendor inspection and submittal requirements The Government expects to award multiple Agreements resulting from this solicitation; reasonable price, technically acceptable, and past performance dependability risk are the factors used to evaluate quotes.� See B.3 and E 2 for complete Basis of Award information. � This solicitation will be available electronically only and will be posted to the betaSam.gov on orr about February 6, 2020.� Electronic responses must be transmitted in the VIPR Vendor Application by 16:30 P.M. MDT, March 31, 2020. � Pre-proposal meetings will be held, see C.11 for location and time.� Information about this and other solicitations in the Northern Rockies is posted on the Northern Rockies Coordinating Group website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/fire/nrcg/. � We are experiencing intermittent problems with VIPR uploading the solicitation.� The solicitation will be available in the VIPR Vendor Application as well as posted in .pdf document in betaSam.gov.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/f7cb4b350a064167bba5fa0eb3a748ae/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Missoula, MT 59808, USA

Zip Code: 59808

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05554429-F 20200209/200210120627 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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