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California Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance (FERM) Blanket Purchase Agreement
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This is a long-term, open and continuous Blanket Purchase Agreement for commercial road maintenance and construction services across all California Federal Forests and Grasslands, covering a ten-year period from early spring 2023 through March 2033. The acquisition, identified as solicitation number 12363N23Q4035, is issued as a Request for Quotation under commercial item procedures per FAR subpart 12.6, fully set aside for small businesses as defined by the NAICS code 237310 with a $45 million size standard. Work includes routine road maintenance, emergency repairs, drainage cleaning, culvert and bridge upkeep, vegetation management, rockfall removal, and related engineering services across a diverse and challenging terrain spanning nineteen national forests and one national grassland. All contractors must furnish labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and incidentals, with work beginning as early as March 15, 2023, and immediate call-off orders anticipated due to storm-related infrastructure damage. Proposals must be submitted electronically via email to specified USDA addresses and the Box portal by the March 15, 2023 deadline, formatted as two separate attachments labeled according to vendor name and document type, with no hard copies accepted. The evaluation is based on a trade-off approach weighing relevant past performance, equipment availability, and use of biobased or BioPreferred products equally with price, rejecting lowest price technically acceptable methodologies. Past performance factors include quality of service, customer satisfaction, timeliness, and business relations, with no credit given for unknown performance and penalties for poor history. Equipment must be owned, leased, or subcontracted, with detailed specifications required. Contractors must comply with FAR clauses including 52.212-4 Alternate I for commercial terms, 52.203-6 Alternate I on subcontractor restrictions, and numerous labor standards such as minimum wage requirements under Executive Order 14026 and paid sick leave provisions. Key personnel—including a project manager and qualified operators—cannot be substituted within the first 90 days without approval, and all substitutions require detailed justification and documentation. Compliance with AASHTO and MUTCD standards is mandatory, inspections occur on-site, and acceptance is final except for latent defects. Payment must be processed through the Invoice Processing Platform, and all offerors must maintain an active SAM registration with current UEI and CAGE codes; affirmative responses regarding prohibited telecommunications equipment trigger additional reporting. The
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Vallejo, CA, 94592, USASet-Aside
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12363N23Q4035
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and proposals are being requested.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: California Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance (FERM) Blanket Purchase Agreement
The California Forest Engineering and Road Maintenance (FERM) Blanket Purchase Agreement is a National BPA that will consist of a variety of work including both Road Maintenance service types of work and Road Construction types of work. The BPA will have a period of performance from early spring 2023 through March 2033 and can be utilized on all California Federal Forests and Grasslands and is available for all federal agencies to utilize. This solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This solicitation will remain Open and Continuous to add vendors when determined necessary for the 10-year period it is active. Make sure your firm is updated and registered in the System for Award Management system (SAM) and current to conduct government business. Due to recent storm damage, emergency repairs are necessary to repair road infrastructure and we expect to issue calls before the closing date. As vendors are being evaluated for zones, we may issue call orders to early offerors before the due date.
Please read the entire solicitation thoroughly to ensure all requirements in your response are included.
PROJECT LOCATION: Projects shall covers the state of California including the following forests; Angeles, Cleveland, Eldorado, Humboldt-Toiyabe, Inyo, Klamath, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Lassen, Los Padres, Mendocino, Modoc, Plumas, San Bernardino, Sequoia, Shasta-Trinity, Sierra, Six Rivers, Stanislaus, and Tahoe National Forests and Butte Valley National Grassland. The terrain varies and can have moderate hills on some areas and steep grades in others. Soil conditions vary as well, from soft and sandy to compacted and rocky.
Contractors shall furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, transportation, supplies (unless specified elsewhere as Government-furnished), and incidentals required to accomplish specified work in compliance with the terms, specifications, and provisions of the contract. Work is estimated to begin around March 15, 2023. Engineering point of contact is Douglas Anderson, telephone: (707) 373-6265. NAICS 237310 with size standard $45 mil. This project is set aside 100% for small business.
ALL QUOTES SHALL BE EMAILED TO:
chad.bullock@usda.gov; james.kaminski@usda.gov & B_01_QU.r8ld7xo1wy1sggsv@u.box.com on or BEFORE MARCH 15, 2023, 4:30 PM PACIFIC TIME.
All documents will be submitted electronically; follow this naming convention for your 2 attachments
California FERM-VendorName-Quote AND California FERM-VendorName-Technical.
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