Grand Island Water Transportation Services

The Munising Ranger District of the Hiawatha National Forest anticipates a competitive acquisition to provide all personnel, equipment, time, materials, tools, supervision, and other items and services to provide water transportation services for the Grand Island National Recreation Area near Munising, Michigan beginning in 2013. The provider shall perform to the standards in the special use permit as well as follow all local, state, and federal regulations. This Sources Sought Announcement is issued to determine if there are providers capable of and interested in supplying the required services. A Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) along with additional information can be found as Attachments to this notice. This Sources Sought is for information and planning purposes only. The attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) is only a draft and is provided strictly for information and planning purposes. A finalized PWS will be provided if and when a synopsis is issued. This Sources Sought does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Please review the Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) which can be downloaded as an attachment from this notice. CAPABILITIES PACKAGE: The Capabilities Packages should be brief and concise, yet clearly demonstrate ability to meet the stated requirements. Previous experience in all areas shall be provided. Teaming and/or subcontracting arrangements should be clearly delineated and previous experience in teaming must be provided. The response shall not exceed 20 single-space, 10-point typed pages. Brochures will not be considered for the information requested. In addition to providing the information described above, responding parties must also indicate: - Their business size status in relation to the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 483114. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 9511 (size standard 500 employees) - Sources should identify and address if they are large, small, 8(a), women owned, veteran owned, Hub Zone, service disabled veteran owned, or otherwise classified as a small disadvantaged business in their responses. Capabilities Package may be submitted electronically to the following e-mail address: raanderson@fs.fed.us in a Microsoft compatible format or mailed to: ? USDA Forest Service 400 E. Munising Avenue Munising, MI 49862 Attention: Richard Anderson Package needs to be received no later than 4:30 PM, June 11, 2012. Direct all questions concerning this acquisition to Richard Anderson at raanderson@fs.fed.us 906-387-2512 Ext. 30 or to Shawn Lacina, Contracting Officer at slacina@fs.fed.us THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.