The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is reopening an onboarding period for its existing Multiple Award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (I BPA) for water handling services in the East Zone, covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside opportunity. The onboarding allows existing awardees to update their agreements and permits new, eligible vendors to submit quotes for consideration to join the I BPA. Any new awards made will have identical terms, conditions, and periods of performance as the original agreements. After the concurrent onboarding and annual review processes are complete, newly added contractors or resources will be eligible for task orders.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is reopening an onboarding period for its existing Multiple Award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (I BPA) for water handling services in the East Zone, covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside opportunity. The onboarding allows new vendors who meet all eligibility requirements to submit quotes for consideration and existing awardees to revise their agreements. Any new awards will be identical in all terms, conditions, and period of performance to the original I BPA awards. The onboarding period will run concurrently with the annual contract review process, after which new contractors or resources become eligible for task orders.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is reopening an onboarding period for its existing Multiple Award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (I BPA) for water handling services in the East Zone, covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside opportunity. The onboarding allows new vendors who meet all eligibility requirements to submit quotes for consideration and existing awardees to revise their agreements. Any new awards made will be identical in all terms, conditions, and period of performance to the original agreements. The onboarding period will run concurrently with the annual contract review process, after which new contractors or resources become eligible for task orders.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is reopening an onboarding period for its existing Multiple Award Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (I BPA) for water handling services in the East Zone, covering Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside opportunity. The onboarding allows existing awardees to update their agreements and permits new, eligible vendors to submit quotes for consideration to join the I BPA. Any new awards made will have identical terms, conditions, and periods of performance as the original agreements. After the concurrent onboarding and annual review processes are complete, newly awarded contractors or newly accepted resources will be eligible for task orders.

The USDA Forest Service has issued a FAR class deviation to amend a solicitation, primarily to update compliance requirements. The amendment removes references to Executive Order 14057 and its associated greenhouse gas representation clause, and replaces the biobased product procurement guidelines. Several standard clauses related to representations, biobased products, sustainability, and equal opportunity are being removed and replaced with updated versions that include the February 2025 deviation.

The USDA Forest Service anticipates soliciting quotes for water handling equipment and personnel support for fire suppression and all-hazard incidents across its East Zone. The contractor is responsible for providing all necessary equipment, trained personnel, and logistics. Resources may be used on federal and state lands, with optional use by other agencies. The agreement will be competitively awarded as multiple preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) under a total Small Business set-aside. Vendors must be registered in SAM.gov, have a UEI number, and submit quotes electronically through the VIPR system.