Pre Solicitation Notice - Tier 3 Freight Services

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE - 1202SC26Q2700

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice announcement ONLY. This Pre-solicitation Notice is being posted to the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) website, “Contract Opportunities” https://sam.gov in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.201, Pre-solicitation notices. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Property and Procurement Services (PPS), Incident Procurement Operations (IPO) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in support of the National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) locations nationwide; essential for storing, tracking, and shipping critical equipment and supplies for wildland fires and all-hazard emergencies. The intent of this solicitation is to provide commercially available freight services, for the delivery of supplies and equipment for all hazardous emergencies, fire and pre-suppression activities, at various locations in the Continental United States and Alaska as directed by the National Interagency Incident Support Caches. Delivery and pickup may be on unpaved Federal, State or County roads to remote locations. Pricing/Terms for subsequent years will be requested annually. The effective period of the resultant Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) will be from date of award through December 31st of the awarded year with annual reviews occurring each year.
Subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The Resultant agreement, if any, will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), BPA. Competition Requirements: Total Small Business Set-aside Procurement Method: Simplified Acquisition Procedures

SCOPE:

The intent of this BPA is to acquire commercially available Freight Services. The Government intends to award a sufficient number of BPA’s to meet the anticipated incident resource needs for Tier 3 Freight Services. Since the needs of the Government and availability of Contractor’s resources during an emergency cannot be determined in advance, it is mutually agreed that, upon request of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish Freight Services to the extent the Contractor is willing and able at the time of order. Due to the sporadic occurrence of incident activity and the various strategies available to the Government the placement of any orders against this BPA is not guaranteed.

CACHE WAREHOUSE DESIGNATED DISPATCH LOCATIONS:

Contractor personnel and equipment shall be physically located and available to perform services at the