Mark Twain - Prescriptive Grazing

This is not a solicitation, this is a combined Sources Sought/Sole Source Intent Notice. It is for fact finding purposes and does not constitute a commitment or obligation by the Government to issue a solicitation, contract or order. The Government will not pay for any effort expended or any material provided in response to this announcement, nor will the government return any data provided. The Mark Twain National Forest has a requirement for herds of goats to accomplish prescriptive grazing. The contractor shall be responsible for providing all materials, labor, tools, equipment, transportation, supervision, management and other services to accomplish this requirement - including management and containment of the goat herd; through either herders and dogs, fencing, etc... This announcement is posted as a notification of the Government's intent to enter into a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements". The requirements will be fulfilled using FAR Parts 13 & 15. The Government IS willing to consider other contract vehicles and contractors. Any/all persons interested in fulfilling this requirement are requested to submit their information to the Contracting Officer before the stated deadline. The Government may also consider a multiple award vehicle IF multiple responsible contractors appear to be available and interested. It is CRITICAL that interested vendors respond to this notice. The Mark Twain National Forest contemplates soliciting for a 5-Year IDIQ Contract(s) for performance of prescriptive grazing utilizing goats within the boundaries of the Mark Twain National Forest. The Mark Twain National Forest would like to utilize goats as part of their integrated non-native and invasive plant control program. The Mark Twain National Forest has numerous old fields ranging of various sizes (5 to 100 acres) that have been infested with native and non-native invasive shrubs and forbs, such as sericea lespedeza, blackberry, multiflora rose, sumac, spotted knapweed. There is also a need to utilize goats to treat infestations of such as Kudzu, bush and Japanese honeysuckles. The anticipated NAICS Code for this requirement is 112420 Goat Farming. Place of performance is multiple locations on the Mark Twain National Forest which spans 29 counties in Missouri. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement in response to this notice. Any capability statements received by the closing date will be considered by the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This determination will be based upon the responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) will be required of all offerors. This requires a DUNS number. Registration in the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) is also required. Registration in all of these systems is FREE. Please contact the Contracting officer or the Small Business Administration for more information. Submit all responses electronically to brohrer@fs.fed.us no later than 4PM on 22 August 2017.