King County Wetland Banking Mitigation Credits

This solicitation is a Sole Source Procurement The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Mitigation Banking Services, LLC, 11335 NE 122nd Way # 105, Kirkland, WA, 98034-6933, under the authority of FAR 13.501(a) Mitigation Banking Services, LLC is the only Wetland Mitigation Bank that serves the project area for certified Wetland Banking Mitigation Credits. The project area is located on an approximately 9.7 mile section of Southeast Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Road near North Bend, Washington, in King County, Washington. The project is from milepost 2.7 to just past milepost 12.4. All responsible offerors may submit a quote that will be reviewed by the Government. However, a determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this solicitation is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is a Firm Fixed Price Request for Quotation (RFQ), No. DTFH7014Q00014, being issued by the Western Federal Lands Highway Division (WFLHD) Acquisitions Department of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for Wetland Banking Mitigation Credits. This solicitation is prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12, the acquisition of commercial items in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award as prescribed in FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-72. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 115112 with an industry size standard of $7.0 Million. A responsible quoter is one whose offer conforms to the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government. See Clause 52.212-2 below, for evaluation criteria. It is the contractor's responsibility to be familiar with applicable clauses and provisions. FAR Provisions and Clauses may be viewed and/or downloaded from https://www.acquisition.gov/far/. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to incorporate any amendments and check http://www.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov/contracting/simplified/notices.htm for questions and answers. Any incomplete responses will not be considered. Award will be made on the best value for the Government. Submit quote by Email to: contact@example.gov Offers due 2 PM Pacific Time, February 28, 2014 CONTACTS: Gunnar Prutz, Contracting Officer +1 (555) 000-0000 contact@example.gov