B--TONGESS CROP STUDY

Intent to sole source award to Mater Engineering of Corvallis, OR 97333. Under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 6.302-1,Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The services to be provided are as follows:A CROP study for the Tongass National Forest .The contractor will conduct and inventory analysis on the biomass availability with each National Forest District within a 60 to 100 mile radius. Resource offering data, wherever possible, will reflect the biomass from all public and private forestlands. The data generated will be used to complete the planning horizon for a minimum of 5 years with further expansion to a maximum of 10 years. Metrics: The contractor will determine how resources will be offered and identified such as specific tree volume, green tons, or other similar metrics that can be tracked for accountability. They will work with field units to identify log size or diameter class, one of the most important factor in ascertaining maximum value add product manufacturing that could be generated using appropriate small log processing technology with investment invited into the region if no such capacity exists. Resources will be tabulated by specific diameter class. As an example, less then 4inchesdbh, 4ft-7ft dbh, 7ft-9ft dbh, 9ft-12ft dbh, and greater then 12inches dbh. Resource Offering Maps: The contractor will create Resource Offering Maps, ROMS, for each species projected for offering during the next five years in the CROP landscape. The ROMS provide the most up to date information on what is to be offered in the region for the next five years; who will offer it; how much per species per diameter size will be offered on an annual basis; and with in the investor landscape where the resource will come from on an annual basis. The ROMS will be provided in its entirety to Forest Service and BLM units for further analysis and used to generate geographical information systems. 5 Years Levelized Supply: The contractor will work with government forest land managers to obtain a 5 year projection that can belevelized in and between government agencies to create a marketable resource picture for economic investment. Based on agency discussions, a levelized biomass map for the region will be developed that may be used to attract technology and business investment opportunities to the region. Mater Engineering will work with the federal agencies to generate agreements to facilitate levelizing supply from one unit over time. Reports: The CROP report is to be submitted to public land managers in hard copy and CD format allowing the species specific ROMs and levelized maps to be immediately integrated in website format for information dissemination. This procurement shall be processed in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations Part 13, Simplified Acquisitions. The period of performance is for a period of 180 days from award.In accordance with FAR 13.106-1, a Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition is on file, which states and supports that Mater Engineering is the only organization that is known that can provide these services. Interested persons may respond with their interest and capability to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all capability statements received within 10 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the