Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project: Tree and Brush Clearing

CHANGE is to the NAICS CODE. SEE BELOW THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY for "Tree and Brush Clearing at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project." OFFERS OR PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS NOTICE. THIS IS NOT A PRE-SOLICITATION. Interested vendors are requested to respond to the primary point of contact by e-mail with the following: 1. Company Name 2. Small Business status and DUNS number 3. Revelant work experience with simular work 4. How much experience with Alaskan infrastructure work (years and type of work)? Chena Tree and Brush Clearing This solicitation will be a SMALL BUSINESS SET-A-SIDE. Any resulting contract will be firm-fixed priced. The solicitation for this project will be available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY and will be available for download on or about January 15, 2014. Access to the documents will be through a link on the FedBizOpps website: http//www.fbo.gov. Use the Advance Search function and use this solicitation number to Search by Solicitation/Award Number. Any future amendments to this solicitation will also be available for download from the FedBizOpps website. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Tree clearing is critical to the operation of the dam for the purpose of impounding, diverting and regulating floodwaters for the Chena River Flood Control Project. All trees and brush less will be completely masticated to chips no larger than 3 foot long by 3 inches wide and left on site. Tree species vary from pure to mixed stands of white birch, balsam popular, white spruce, black spruce, tamarack, willow, and alder. The Contractor can expect to encounter soft, boggy ground and standing water within the treatment areas where equipment access may be difficult. About 150 acres require clearing. The Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project is located 18 miles east of Fairbanks, Alaska, near the community of North Pole. The period of performance is between March 15 thru April 30, 2014 and July 16 thru October 15, 2014. The Contractor is to furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, materials, supervision and other items and services necessary to accomplish the work. The Service Contract Act will apply. Type of contract is firm-fixed price. The estimated award date is March 1, 2014. The North American Industrial classification System (NAICS) code of 238910, which has a size standard of $14 million for a potential acquisition If the project is cancelled, all proposal preparation costs will be borne by the offeror. All offerors are advised that they must be registered in System for Award Management (SAMS)/ Small Business Administration's Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) as a joint venture. We advise offerors to begin this process when they prepare their proposal in order to ensure registration is in place should they be selected for award.