Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

NOTICE: Amendment 2 adds a Questions and Answer document and extends the response date until June 6, 2022. Another pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 30, 2022, at 3:00 pm eastern via ... NOTICE: Amendment 2 adds a Questions and Answer document and extends the response date until June 6, 2022. Another pre-bid meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 30, 2022, at 3:00 pm eastern via Microsoft Teams. Please email Bradley.higley@usda.gov on or before the morning of May 30, 2022, to receive the invite to the meeting. The U.S. Forest Service plans to solicit offers for a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an estimated Not to Exceed (NTE) shared capacity of $5 Million. The ordering period is anticipated to be five years. The Government anticipates to award four (4) Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for road maintenance work in Tennessee. Additional awards, at Forest Service discretion, may be considered depending on Forest Service need and results of proposal evaluations. Associated with this Solicitation is the initial Task Order Requests for four orders anticipated to be awarded in conjunction with award of the IDIQ contracts. Prospective offerors are required to submit quotes for all of the initial task orders advertised with this IDIQ. Future task orders will be competed amongst the IDIQ contract awardees utilizing the procedures identified in the forthcoming Solicitation. The acquisition will be set aside for small business concerns. See attached RFP and subsequent attachments Location(s): Various FS locations throughout East Tennessee. Disclaimer: This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the responding party's expense. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract NOTICE: Amendment 0001 adds a revised list of counties in the scope of work. It also adds a revised spec 811, on pae 7 the language is changed to "Under cutting backslope is not permitted unless approved by CO."

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

This is a Presolicitation notice being released pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5. The USDA Forest Service (FS), East Zone, has a requirement for Multiple Award Indefinite Delive... This is a Presolicitation notice being released pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5. The USDA Forest Service (FS), East Zone, has a requirement for Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IDIQ ). The IDIQ will be for road maintenance and minor construction for the Cherokee National Forest located in East Tennessee. The work performed may include new work, additions, alterations, or maintenance and repairs. This procurement will be solicited using North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 237310—Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, with a small business size standards of $39.5M. The IDIQ contracts will have a shared ceiling of $5 Million. The ordering period of the IDIQ contracts will be five (5) years from the effective date of the award or when the shared ceiling of $5 Million is reached, whichever comes first. The Government intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference with interested prospective Offerors to explain USDA Forest Services’ mission and goals and the current road requirements. The Government may answer any questions pertaining to the acquisition process. Due to the current situation, COVID-19, the Government intends to conduct the pre-proposal conference with interested prospective Offerors online.? To participate, interested prospective Offerors need to register with Brad Higley, Contract Specialist, at bradley.higley@usda.gov, by 1600 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on April 19, 2022.? ??An appointment with a link to a video conference, and a phone number to participate by phone, will be provided. Request for Proposal (RFP) for this acquisition will be released on or about April 6, 2022 and will close approximately 30 days after. This acquisition will be competed as a 100% Total Small Business Set Aside. This Pre-solicitation Notice seeks to provide information to interested parties about potential opportunity to construct new work, additions, alterations, or maintenance and repairs for road and other transportation related repair and construction services. This Presolicitation Notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Presolicitation Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Presolicitation Notice will be solely at the responding party's expense. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract.