Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The Department of Agriculture (USDA), US Forest Service (USFS), Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5), is soliciting quotes (RFQ) for Incident Base Units (?Camp in a Box?) for use during Local, Regional... The Department of Agriculture (USDA), US Forest Service (USFS), Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5), is soliciting quotes (RFQ) for Incident Base Units (?Camp in a Box?) 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. Optional use by Interagency Cooperators (subject to that agency?s payment and administrative terms). The resources may be used in the protection of lands, to include but not be limited to, severity, fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. RATES: Proposed rates should be based on up to a 16hr. Daily Shift and include all within B.2 -- PRICING AND ESTIMATED QUANTITY. DISPATCH CENTER: Agreements will be competitively awarded within the Regional dispatch centers. Agreement intent and Government guidance is for Quoters to select the available dispatch center closest to their resource location in order to reasonably meet the Government?s (Host Agency?s) date and time needed for emergency incident support, as well as offer best value to the Government for travel costs for each potential dispatch/BPA Call. Since wildland fire support and locations are unknown at time of award, selection of a host dispatch center/zone outside of where the resources reside may result in loss of opportunity and failure to meet Government?s critical and timely need at time of incident. Map link: https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/ INSPECTIONS: Pre-award inspections will not be conducted. Please see technical quote submittal requirements listed in SECTION E -- SOLICITATION PROVISIONS; E.1 -- INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS; 52.212-1 -- Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items. Failure to submit a technical quote package for review according to the instructions within the solicitation will result in non-award. SET-ASIDES: The agreement will be competitively awarded. The Government anticipates awarding multiple preseason Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs) using a total Small Business set aside. 1) Vendors must have a valid e-mail address; all VIPR communications, to include rate negotiations and award notification, are conducted via e-mail. 2) Vendors must have a valid DUNS Number. Request a free DUNS Number from https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/companylookup.htm. 3) Vendors must have active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM): https://www.sam.gov/SAM/. 4) Vendors are required to have a USDA Level 2 eAuthentication account that provides the ability to conduct official electronic business transactions. Information: https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/eauth.php. Fraudulent Level 2 eAuthentication accounts will be handled by the USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG) and/or the Forest Service?s Law Enforcement and Investigations Division (LEI). 5) Vendors must submit a quote electronically using the VIPR Vendor Application: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The purpose of this amendment is to: 1) Extend the due date for the solicitation to May 7, 2021 and technical quotes to May 14, 2021. 2) Amend the language at Section D.2.1.1.2 - Tents (Type 1 IBU) an... The purpose of this amendment is to: 1) Extend the due date for the solicitation to May 7, 2021 and technical quotes to May 14, 2021. 2) Amend the language at Section D.2.1.1.2 - Tents (Type 1 IBU) and D.2.1.2.2 -Tents (Type 2 IBU) to include the requirement of an insulation kit. 3) Amend D.23 to include an Exhibit J, NWCG Potable Water Tank Specification. All references in the solicitation to the NWCG Potable Water Tank Specification are amended hereby to read as Exhibit J. The contents can be found at the following link or by request: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5366495.docx 4) Amend Section D.3 to include AGAR 452.237-74--Key Personnel, as below, and to add the following language: All units shall be accompanied full-time by an on-site manager, per the Key Personnel Clause. 5) Amend the Technical Submission requirements found at E.2-INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING TECHNICAL QUOTES, under the heading TECHNICAL QUOTE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS. Only one submission requirement is listed. Your Technical response to section b) must be sent to the email address found in section E.2 by the due date, which is addressed above. 6) To provide the following equipment location clarity: For the purpose of this solicitation, the boundary between Northern and Southern CA is the southern boundary of Santa Cruz County to Interstate 5, then along the southern boundaries of Sacramento, Amador and El Dorado Counties. 452.237-74 KEY PERSONNEL (FEB 1988) (a) The Contractor shall assign to this contract the following key personnel: _on-site manager__ (b) During the first ninety (90) days of performance, the Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer within 15 calendar days after the occurrence of any of these events and provide the information required by paragraph (c) below. After the initial 90-day period, the Contractor shall submit the information required by paragraph (c) to the Contracting Officer at least 15 days prior to making any permanent substitutions. (c) The Contractor shall provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating the proposed substitutions, complete resumes for the proposed substitutes, and any additional information requested by the Contracting Officer. Proposed substitutes should have comparable qualifications to those of the persons being replaced. The Contracting Officer will notify the Contractor within 15 calendar days after receipt of all required information of the decision on substitutions. The contract will be modified to reflect any approved changes of key personnel.