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Purchases under BPAs. United States Department of Agriculture FAR 13.303-5 1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity. USDA, Forest Service WAKULLA RANGER DISTRICT 2.Description of s... Purchases under BPAs. United States Department of Agriculture FAR 13.303-5 1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity. USDA, Forest Service WAKULLA RANGER DISTRICT 2.Description of services required to meet the agency’s needs This contract is for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, supervision, supplies, and incidentals, to locate, mark, and perform all work required to collect stand examination data following the Common Stand Exam (CSE) protocols on approximately 54,536 acres. There 11 Bid Items and data collection is needed for 9,640 plots. The objective is to install CSE plots and perform data collection at each installed plot, using the sample design specified in this contract. Sample design specifications will meet Common Stand Exam (CSE) protocols. Data will be collected using a GPS unit and personal data recorder (PDR_ with the latest version of Forest Service Common Stand Exam (CSE) software found at http://www.fs.fed.us/nrm/fsveg/. The CSE Field Guide and R8 Appendices are located at this website; these documents provide information on this software and it’s use. Also at this webpage is a list of compatible PDR devices and specifics regarding software needed to perform all work under this contract. 3.The circumstances and rationale for limiting competition. Hurricane Michael Recovery Common Stand Exam Contract under BPA 1243ZP18A0012. FAR 5.202 Exceptions - (11) The proposed contract action is made under the terms of an existing contract that was previously synopsized in sufficient detail to comply with the requirements of 5.207 with respect to the current proposed contract action. PALEOWEST is the only firm capable of providing the services without the USDA Forest Service experiencing substantial duplication of cost that could not be expected to be recovered through further competition and would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling its requirements. 4. A description of the market research conducted among schedule holders and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted. Only BPA holders were considered for award; However, Award notice posting was done on beta.SAM.gov. No other providers would be a feasible option, competition from one Non-BPA vendor. Statutory requirement to obtain maximum practicable competition in simplified acquisitions is met where agency uses competitive procedures in establishing blanket purchase agreements (BPA) with multiple vendors; under these circumstances, there is no requirement that the agency conduct a further competition among the BPA holders in connection with each individual purchase order subsequently issued under the BPAs. This vendor competed and was selected under the Blanket Purchase Agreement. The information contained in this Limited Sources Justification is certified accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DAVID EASTER Contracting Officer