Pre-solicitation notice for a potential Certified 8(a) Small Business, Certified HUBZone Small Business, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, or Small Business firms set-aside regarding a service contract to be performed at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington IL 60481-9066. The final determination regarding set-aside type will be made by the Contracting Officer and will be stated in the solicitation when posted on/about 7 Mar 2009. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561730 the Size Standard is $7,000,000. The contract will include light mowing of approximately 1151 acres and heavy mowing of approximately 630 acres. It is anticipated that the performance period for this contract will consist of one base year with three option years; estimated value of the acquisition is between $250,000 and $500,000. Responses to this pre-solicitation notice are due no later than 1500 Central Standard Time 03 Mar 2009. Complete information should be faxed to
+1 (555) 000-0000 or delivered to ATTN: Susan Weaver, Contracting Officer USDA - Forest Service, Ohio River Basin Procurement Cluster, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, 30239 S St Rt 53, Wilmington IL 60481-9066. Please cite the solicitation number, AG51KNS090012, on the envelope/cover sheet. Responses to this notice should include the following information: (1) Name, Address, Phone, Fax, rep name, e-mail address, DUNS number and CAGE Code of the firm; (2) A list of no more than five similar type construction contracts the firm currently holds or has completed within the last three years. For each relevant and recent contract listed, include the firm point of contact name; contact number, location(s), description, yearly and total values, performance dates; and Contracting Officer/Contract Administrator point of contact information, including address, phone and fax numbers; (3) A statement identifying the bonding capacity of the interested firm; (4) Primary and secondary NAICS codes of the firm and type size information (ie, HUBZone, Small, Emerging Small, Women-Owned, 8(a), and/or Service Disabled Veteran Owned business firm). Please limit your responses to no more than 5 pages. A size standard is the largest that a concern can be and still qualify as a small business for Federal Government programs. For the most part, size standards are the average annual receipts or the average employment of a firm. How to calculate average annual receipts and average employment of a firm can be found in 13 CFR - 121.104 and 13 CFR - 121.106, respectively. SBA also includes the table of size standards in the Small Business Size Regulations, 13 CFR 121.201. This table includes size standards that have changed since the last publication of 13 CFR 121. For more information on these size standards, please visit http://www.sba.gov/size. If you have any other questions concerning size standards, contact a Size Specialist at your nearest SBA Government Contracting Area Office, or contact the Office of Size Standards by email at
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+1 (555) 000-0000. If the offeror does not have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. An offeror within the United States may contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling
+1 (555) 000-0000 or via the Internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office. A prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. Registration requires a DUNS number. If the Offeror does not become registered in the CCR database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling
+1 (555) 000-0000 or
+1 (555) 000-0000. Potential offerors should complete the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov . Status as a qualified HUBZone small business concern is determined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in accordance with 13 CFR Part 126. If the SBA determines that a concern is a qualified HUBZone small business concern, it will issue a certification to that effect and will add the concern to the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns on its Internet website at http://www.sba.gov/hubzone. A firm on the list is eligible for HUBZone program preferences without regard to the place of performance. The concern must appear on the list to be a HUBZone small business concern. The Government shall not pay and/or reimburse respondents and/or their associates for any costs incurred to submit the information requested via this presolicitation notice. Responses to this notice will not be returned. All information received in response to this notice that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly.
