B -- B - Announcement of A-76 Streamlined Maintenance Study Decision, Shawnee NF, Region 9

A streamlined study was conducted to evaluate the maintenance activities related to the Shawnee National Forest's building, grounds, fleet, roads, and trails, involving the labor equivalent of 5.15 full-time employees. This assessment was performed in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76 guidelines, which oversee decisions regarding outsourcing versus in-house performance of federal work. Following the study, a decision was made on September 29, 2003, to retain the maintenance functions within the existing government workforce, continuing under the current performance provisions without outsourcing. The announcement of this decision was issued by the Eastern Region of the USDA Forest Service, based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under solicitation number R9RO-A-76-MAINTENANCE-03(12). The contract reaffirmed the department’s commitment to maintaining these essential services internally, emphasizing efficiency and continuity through the existing organizational structure. No specific set-aside or NAICS code information was provided, and the official posting date of the announcement was October 7, 2003.