Bent Creek Hazard Tree Removal

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice announcement ONLY. This Pre-solicitation Notice is being posted to the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) website, (SAM.gov) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.204, Pre-solicitation notices. This pre-solicitation notice is prepared in accordance with FAR 5.207(a).

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Property and Procurement Services (PPS) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in support Bent Creek Experimental Forest. Subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. The Resultant contract, if any, will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract.

1. Subject: Bent Creek Hazard Tree Removal
2. Proposed Solicitation Number: 12445023Q0030
3. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 561730

Landscaping Services

Small business size standard of $9.5Milion

1. Product or Service Code: F014, Natural Resources/Conversation-Tree Thinning
2. Delivery Address (Proposed):

USDA Forest Service

Bent Creek Experimental Forest

1577 Brevard Rd.

      Asheville, NC 28806

1. The Government anticipates issuing this solicitation as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE.
2. Closing Response Date: Tentative Date for issuing pending Request for Quote (RFQ) is 16 June 2023.  All solicitation documents for this procurement will be provided free of charge through the GPE website. All quote packages shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist and be received in their inboxes on or before the date and time established in the RFQ.

Point of Contact

Purchasing Agent: Laniece Nixon, Laniece.nixon@usda.gov

Contracting Specialist/Officer: Yolanda Padilla, yolanda.padilla@usda.gov

Access to this pre-solicitation notice is being provided through the GPE website. This pre-solicitation notice is being synopsized before issuing any resulting solicitation. NO PAPER COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AND TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL

NOT BE HONORED. You may obtain a copy of the solicitation at sam.gov. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for release of the solicitation package and any amendments.

FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES: USDA Forest Service requires that all Contractors doing business with this acquisition office must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). An award cannot be made unless the Contractor is registered in SAM. For additional information, and to register in SAM, please access the following website: https://www.sam.gov/SAM. In order to register with SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all Contractors must first have a Unique Entity Identifier [formerly known as a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS number]. A DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number may be acquired at the following website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.

No response to this announcement is required or requested. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled at any time without warning. After solicitation, and prior to award, all offers may be rejected if in the best interest of the Government or the public. This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any offer and or quotation preparation costs.