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The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS), Intermountain Zone CSA #4 is issuing this synopsis as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book,

SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs).

The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against multiple award schedule BPAs for Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) located on sam.gov, notice id number: 12363N23Q4023 for aerial seeding.

Parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for Aerial Seeding, on the Bessey Ranger District located on the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands. This includes furnishing labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals. The locations of the worksites are shown on the Contract Area Map.

Please contact Curtis Landreth at curtis.r.landreth@usda.gov for additional information regarding the requirement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this acquisition is 115310, Support Activities for Forestry.

There is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this notification is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:

1) organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and

2) tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice andotherwise anticipated;

2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements;

3) implement a successful project management plan that includes compliance with program schedules, cost containment, meeting/tracking performance, hiring/retention of key personnel, and risk mitigation; and

4) provide services under a performance-based service acquisition vehicle.

This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the multiple award schedule BPAs previously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: www.sam.gov . The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

Submission Instructions: Parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this notice by close of business February 13,2024. All responses under this notice must be emailed to Curtis Landreth at: curtis.r.landreth@usda.gov. If you have any questions concerning this synopsis notice, please contact the above noted individual.

Attachments:

1. Attachment 1: Draft Statement of Work (SOW)

2. Attachment 2: Bessey Ranger District

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