Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The Lakes States Acquisition Team announces an opportunity for Common Stand Exam services Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts on the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan. The appl... The Lakes States Acquisition Team announces an opportunity for Common Stand Exam services Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts on the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 115310. The Small Business Administration size standard is $7.5 million. Contractors are required to be actively registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in order to be considered for award. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis, the solicitation or any follow up information requests. The solicitation is posted to this FedBizOpps (FBO) announcement and no hard copies of the solicitation, supporting documents and applicable amendments, if any, will be provided. One or more IDIQ contracts will be awarded from this solicitation with a performance period of five years from date of award. The maximum award amount, of all IDIQ contracts combined, shall not exceed $5 million. Task order announced under attachment D are anticipated to be awarded with initial IDIQ contract awards. Possibly, a contractor could be awarded an IDIQ contract without receiving an initial task order award. Quotes may be mailed to USDA Forest Service, Attn: Shawn Lacina, 500 Hanson Lake Road, Rhinelander, WI 54501 or emailed to shawn.lacina@usda.gov. As stated on page 22 of the solicitation, a complete quote will consist of: - Completed schedule of items from the task order (Page 1, Attachment D); - Completed pages 22-41 of this combined solicitation; - A technical proposal consisting of the following items: • Key Personnel: Provide a list of all personnel to be used on the project (including sub-contractors) and describe their knowledge, experience, education, and qualifications that enable them to perform CSE work. • Past Performance & Experience on Similar Projects: Provide a list of completed past projects with similar scope for the last three years, (include a brief description of the project and how it is similar to this one, dollar amount, project location and who the work was performed for). Include reference names and phone numbers for these projects. Offerors without a record of past performance will receive a neutral rating for past performance only. Provide this information for subcontractors on the project as well. • • Bio-Preferred/Green Plan: Provide a list of green products/supplies that will we used in the performance of this contract. Green product listings can be found on the following websites: • Biopreferred Products www.biopreferred.gov • Non Ozone Depleting Substances www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/index.html • Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Alternative Fuels http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ • Water Efficient Products www.epa.gov/watersense • Energy Efficient Products www.energystar.gov/products Environmentally Preferable Products