Hoosier NF Aluminum bed installation for Ford F-600

This solicitation, numbered 12444626Q0052, is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 811111, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s CSA East 7 USDA-FS office in Atlanta, Georgia, for the procurement and installation of a new aluminum service body on a government-owned 2024 Ford F-600 regular cab 4x4 vehicle operated at the Hoosier National Forest in Bedford, Indiana, with a place of performance zip code 47421. The requirement specifies a lump-sum delivery for the fully installed service body, with the government providing the vehicle and handling all logistics—drop-off and pick-up—within 100 miles of Bedford, IN. Offers must be submitted via email to shannon.warren-davis@usda.gov by July 13, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Central Time, and must include three separate attachments in Word, Excel, or PDF format: a price proposal with the completed Schedule of Items, a past performance submission via the Experience Questionnaire, and completed representations and certifications. All offerors must maintain an active SAM registration and provide their Unique Entity Identifier on the Experience Questionnaire. The solicitation mandates compliance with FAR 52.212-4 and incorporates clauses on whistleblower rights, trafficking in persons, unenforceability of unauthorized obligations, accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, security prohibitions, anti-discrimination and DEI certification, and other compliance requirements including Buy American, labor standards, and covered telecommunications equipment. Evaluation will follow a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) process with no trade-offs allowed; only the lowest-priced offer that passes all pass/fail gates will be considered for award. To be deemed responsive, offerors must price every line item and meet technical acceptability criteria, with past performance rated at acceptable or neutral required for the lowest-priced bidder. Invoicing must be conducted online through the USDA’s Electronic Invoice Processing Platform, with no advance payments permitted; invoices are due in arrears, with full payment upon completion for performance periods under 30 days, and monthly partial payments allowed for longer-term work upon acceptance. Acceptance of the delivered service body complies with FAR 12.201-1(b)(2) and incorporates the Certificate of Conformance clause, with the contractor responsible for submitting a quality control