This Sources Sought Solicitation Request for Timber Stand Improvement work on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin and the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan will result in the issuance of a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with those parties determined to be qualified to perform the services identified in Section C of the Solicitation Document.

As stipulated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.703, THE BOA WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A CONTRACT.

When a future project is identified, a project-specific Request for Quotes (RFQ) will be issued to all parties on the BOA bidders list. Those parties who are available and interested in a specific project may submit quotes at that time, including pricing and other pertinent information. Bids will be evaluated by price, past performance and other factors and awarded based on best value to the Government. The BOA will be incorporated by reference into future contracts, with the same force and affect as if included in full text. Terms such as "contract" and "contractor" are used here as applicable when this BOA is incorporated into those future contracts.

The purpose of this BOA is to provide Timber Stand Improvement work including individual tree release, area release, precommercial thinning, site preparation for aspen natural regeneration, pathological pruning, pole timber pruning, cleaning of northern hardwood canopy gaps, or wildlife openings as requested under this BOA. These items may be individually contracted or combined into a single contract. The contractor shall furnish all personnel, labor, materials, equipment, tools, instruments, supplies, transportation, supervision and incidentals to perform this work in the time specified for each individual project.

Location: Project areas may be located on the Bergland, Bessemer, Iron River, Kenton, Ontonagon, and Watersmeet Ranger Districts of the Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Eagle River-Florence, Lakewood-Laona, Medford-Park Falls, Great Divide and Washburn Districts on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin.

NO COST OR PRICING INFORMATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

Instructions for submitting technical proposals may be found in Section L (pg 35) of the Solicitation Document 12569R18R0003.
Evaluation Factors may be found in Section M (pg 36) of the same document.

Offerors must complete and return their technical proposal and certifications from Section K, also provided in the Offer Submission Package for convenience. An optional experience questionnaire is provided for technical proposals, however, proposals submitted in alternate format will be accepted.

Faxed documents will not be accepted for this request. You may submit your information electronically to [email protected] or mail to: USDA, Forest Service, LSAT Contracting, Attention: Annette Caliguri, 820 Rains Drive, Gladstone, MI 49837.