F -- Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans

The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking proposals from qualified firms interested in preparing Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans (CNMP) for farm and ranch operations throughout Oregon in consideration for payment of a fixed fee per plan in accordance with the rates set forth in Table A. The fixed fees shown in Table A represent the sum available in an individual producer's Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contract with NRCS. Through this procurement, NRCS intends to make qualified CNMP vendors available to those producers. The producers have, or will, assign their rights to the EQIP CNMP contract payments to NRCS for payment to the selected vendors. Multiple awards are contemplated for this solicitation. NRCS intends to make award to the two or three most qualified firms using the evaluation criteria stated in the Solicitation Provisions of this procurement. Awardees are also selected for individual task orders on the basis of the evaluation criteria. Awardees are assured a minimum of $4,500 in task orders up to a maximum of $350,000 in task orders. The NRCS Contracting Officer will issue a separate firm, fixed price task order for each producer at the price shown in Table A based upon acres or animal units, whichever is greater, except that the cost to the Government for any one Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) shall not exceed $4,500 nor be less than $1,500. Payment is made by the Government upon completion and acceptance of each CNMP. Qualified firms interested in responding to this solicitation should submit two copies of Standard Form 330, on or before 4:00 pm local time on April 22, 2005, to: Solicitation No. NRCS-05-OR-009 ATTN: Christopher Martin, Contract Specialist USDA-NRCS 101 SW Main St. Suite 1300 Portland, OR 97204-3221