THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES
THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF AN UPCOMING SOLICITATION
Solicitation #:1202SA24Q9500
Estimated Response Date: 31 March 2024 at 1400 MT
Set Aside: Total Small Business
NAICS Code: 488190 – Other Support Activates for Air Transportation
Small Business Size Standard: $40 Million
Product Service Code: J016 - Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment - Aircraft Components and Accessories
The Department of Agriculture, U. S. Forest Service, Washington Office, has a requirement to provide professional mechanic services . Work includes (but is not limited to) inspection, maintenance, repair, inventory management, engineering support, training, and coordination activities to ensure operational readiness for eight (8) Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, second generation (MAFFS II), and associated ground equipment during the wildland fire season and throughout the year. The contractor shall provide all personnel, tools, parts, transportation, supplies, equipment, travel, supervision, management (unless otherwise specified), operational sustainment, maintenance, training, and coordination activities for the MAFFS II program in support of national wildland fire suppression efforts when primary air resources are exhausted. The MAFFS II program shall respond 100% of the time, if activated, with everything necessary to perform the work in accordance with the upcoming solicitation.
Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation’s Parts 12 and 13, the Forest Service intends to issue a request for quotes (RFQ) on or around 1 March 2024. The notice shall be posted to Contract Opportunities at SAM.gov. Quotes shall be due on or before the date stated on the SF-1449. The Forest Service anticipates issuing the RFQ as a total small business set-aside.
The resulting contract will be a firm-fixed priced (FFP), indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. Anticipated periods of performance are a twelve (12)-month base period and four (4), twelve (12)-month option periods to be exercised at the Forest Service’s discretion. The anticipated period of performance start date, for the base year, is 1 May 2024 through 30 April 2025.
The Forest Service will consider all responsible contractors who submit a timely quote that conforms to the upcoming solicitation. Interested parties shall submit quotes through e-mail to the Contracting Officer, Gwen Boyle, at Gwendolynn.Boyle@usda.gov.
Any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government shall be registered and active in the SAM.gov database prior to award of a contract. SAM.gov is a Federal Government owned and operated website which is FREE of charge and is located at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/
All invoices for this procurement shall be submitted through the Department of Treasury’s Internet Payment Platform (IPP). IPP is a Federal Government owned and operated website which is FREE of charge and is located at www.IPP.gov.
Interested contractors are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov for solicitation release and any subsequent postings.
For further information about the requirement, please contact Gwen Boyle at Gwendolynn.Boyle@usda.gov.
