This is a firm-fixed-price Request for Quotation (RFQ) for commercial services for planting Government furnished tree seedlings in plantations and native stands burned in the Lake Fire of 2020 and the Powerhouse Fire of 2014 within the Sawmill Liebre Reforestation Project Area. Planting consists of seedlings within stipulated units for a total of 24,563 trees over 285 acres within the Tujunga Ranger District of the Angeles National Forest.
This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03.
This procurement is set aside for 100% Small Business set-aside. The NAICS code is 115310, Support Activities for Forestry and the Small Business Size Standard is $11.5M. All prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to submission of quotations to be eligible for award. Lack of SAM registration will make a contractor ineligible for award.
Period of Performance for this requirement is 45 days from contract award.
Quote Submissions: Quotes are due no later than March 24, 2025, at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard time. Offerors are responsible for verifying receipt of their quotes to this office before the offer due date and time.
To avoid rejection of an offer, the offeror must make every effort to ensure its electronic submission is virus-free. Quotes, or portions thereof, submitted with the presence of a virus or which are otherwise unreadable will be treated as unreadable pursuant to FAR 15.207(c).
All questions shall be submitted no later than 17 March 2025 at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Documents to Return:
The following documents shall be submitted by the offeror for evaluation to be considered responsive:
Attachment 1: Schedule of Items
Attachment 2: Experience Questionnaire
Highlighted portions in the Provision section of this solicitation
Acknowledge Amendments (if applicable).
Send quote to: Forest Service, Field Procurement Operations, CSA 3, Region 5
Attn: Fareedah Vaughn – Contract Specialist
E-mail fareedah.vaughn@usda.gov
For solicitation questions email fareedah.vaughn@usda.gov
