SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR SERVICES
INTRODUCTION:
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Seattle District is seeking information regarding capability, level of interest and availability of sources for an upcoming requirement for Aerial Support Services (aerial spraying of herbicides and seeding) for Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM YTC). JBLM YTC is a United States Army training center (Army maneuver training, land warrior system testing and live fire area) located in south central Washington state. It comprises approximately 327,000 acres of land, most of which consists of shrub-steppe.
BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered.
CONTRACT INFORMATION:
Firm Fixed Price.
The anticipated Award Date for this requirement is Sept 2024 with a Period of Performance consisting of one (1) twelve (12) month base period and four (4) twelve (12) month options.
The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 115310 Support Activities for Forestry with a Small Business Size Standard of $11.5M. The Product Service Code is F002 Aerial Seeding Services. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.
The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act or a collective bargaining agreement. The most current revision of the Wage Determination No.: 1995-0222, will be applied at time of award.
DISCLAIMER
“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”
REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:
For this requirement, the Contractor will be responsible to provide services for the aerial application of Government-provided herbicides and seeds. The Contractor shall provide all necessary personnel, fixed wing aircraft(s), supplies (e.g., fuel), and support equipment to aerially apply Government provided herbicides and seeding mixtures. The Government will provide electronic guide files to the Contractor for areas where treatments are to occur. Format of such guide files will be ArcGIS® Shape files.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT):
Response Information: Interested firms should submit a capabilities package limited to five (5) pages and include the following:
1) A capability statement expressing interest in this requirement, describing the company and its capability to provide commercial aerial support services (1000 acres per year) in the Columbia River Basin. The Columbia River Basin will be defined as within the U.S. states; areas located east of the Cascade Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountains in the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, the western part of Montana. A WSDA pesticide license or capability to acquire the license should be noted in the capability statement.
2) Firm's name, address (mailing and URL), point of contact, phone number, email address.
3) Business classification; i.e. Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Small Business, 8(a) Program, or Other.
4) Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, IAW FAR 52.219-14, services (except construction), the contractor will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract.
5) Three to Five examples of similar past projects preferably as the Prime Contractor.
6) Cage code and UEI number of your firm.
7) Firm's Joint Venture Information (if applicable).
THE DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST IS NO LATER THAN 12 pm PST, 23 Feb 2024.
ALL RESPONSES UNDER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE MUST BE E-MAILED TO, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, ALFONSO NOLASCO ALFONSO.NOLASCO@USACE.ARMY.MIL IN MICROSOFT WORD OR PDF FORMAT. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMMITTED NOR OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, AND NO BASIS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SHALL ARISE AS A RESULT OF A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT.
All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.
Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and companies should not expect feedback or evaluations regarding their submissions.
For questions concerning Small Business Programs contact the Seattle District's Small Business Programs Office POC Enshane’ Nomoto (she/her) who can be reached at Office: 206-316-3990 Mobile: 253-900-9184 or enshane.nomoto@usace.army.mil
