Hoosier National Forest (2) All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)

The contract solicits the procurement, upfitting, and delivery of two new all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) for the Hoosier National Forest, with the contractor also responsible for picking up two trade-in 2016 Honda Rubicon 4x4 ATVs with recorded usage of 167.5 and 104 hours respectively. The delivery location is 811 Constitution Avenue, Bedford, Indiana, and all vehicles must be delivered within 60 calendar days of receipt of the contract. The acquisition is structured as a firm fixed-price contract under FAR Part 12 as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, with F.O.B. destination terms applied unless otherwise specified with shipping cost estimates. The solicitation is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 336999, and only vendors with an active SAM registration may submit offers. Proposals must include technical acceptability, a detailed price proposal with completed Schedule of Items, past performance documentation, and a full set of required representations and certifications, including compliance with FAR 52.204-26 regarding telecommunications equipment and AGAR 452.203-70 on anti-discrimination and DEI certification, with the contractor affirming no program or policy violates Title VI or VII of the Civil Rights Act. All submissions must be sent via email to shannon.warren-davis@usda.gov by June 15, 2026, at 4:00 PM Central Time, containing three separate attachments—one each for the price proposal, past performance, and representations/certifications—in Word, Excel, or PDF format. Offers must be responsive to all items listed, and failure to submit complete pricing for both the new ATVs and trade-in allowance disqualifies the proposal. Evaluation will follow a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) process, with technical acceptability and past performance as pass/fail gates; proposals failing these are eliminated regardless of price. Contractors must also submit a brief safety plan and acknowledge compliance with whistleblower protections, prohibitions against internal confidentiality agreements, trafficking in persons requirements, and prohibitions on unauthorized obligations. Invoicing is required through the electronic Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) in arrears, with no advance payments permitted, and partial monthly payments allowed only if the performance period exceeds 30 days. The contract includes clauses mandating accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, encouragement of policies banning text messaging while driving