SET-ASIDE: This solicitation is a Total Small-Business Set-Aside. The NAICS code is 561730 and the applicable small business size standard is $7 Million.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Mowing Recreation Areas and the McKee Work Center on the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Jackson County, Kentucky. 

GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE: Between $25,000 and $100,000 (Base Period + 4 Option Years).

SUBMIT OFFERS: Complete and return the information shown under Instructions to Offerors on Page 5. Offers must be received by 4:30 PM EST on Thursday, March 21, 2019. You may email your offer to [email protected]. You may also submit your offer by regular or express mail to: USDA, Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Attn: Acquisition Management, 1700 Bypass Road, Winchester, KY 40391.

Offers will be evaluated based on Qualifications and Experience, Past/Present Performance, Technical Capability and Price in compliance with solicitation requirements. Any award resulting from this solicitation will be a firm, fixed price contract.

SPECIAL NOTE: Successful contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (https://www.acquisition.gov) or (https://www.sam.gov) prior to award of a contract. Offerors must submit a DUNS number with their offer.

Contact Kelly Meadows at (606) 864-4163, Extension 116 for technical questions or contact Leslie Hughes at (859)745-3128 or Sharon Martin at (859) 745-3131 if you have questions regarding this solicitation.

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquistion Circular 2005-72. The clauses and provisions referenced in this solicitation may be obtained in full text form at https://www.acquisition.gov/far.

The following provisions and clauses apply to this commercial item acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items.