Notice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Order against The Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) for Soil productivity enhancement/subsoiling for Bend Fort Rock Ranger District
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The USDA Forest Service’s Procurement & Property Services is planning to award a competitive Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call Order under the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) to secure services for tree thinning, bucking, and hand piling on 18 mandatory acres and up to 54 optional acres within the Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest. This work supports whitebark pine restoration and fuels reduction efforts across three units. The LMIR BPA is a nationwide framework that covers a wide range of services including natural resources restoration, professional services, and more, and is available to all federal agencies. This specific procurement is a total small business set-aside and is restricted to companies already approved under the LMIR BPA, with 169 eligible contractors to be notified for the solicitation via email. This announcement does not request proposals but informs eligible businesses of the intent to award a BPA Call Order, with responses due by June 17, 2026. The BPA allows for continuous submission of proposals to join, ensuring open competition over its lifespan. The solicitation, identified by number 1240BG26Q0028, relates to soil productivity enhancement and subsoiling in the Bend, Oregon area. All communications and any subsequent updates to the solicitation will be distributed to the BPA holders via email, with points of contact provided for further inquiries. This streamlined acquisition method complies with USDA policy on simplified acquisitions and emphasizes accessibility for small businesses under the designated NAICS code 115310.
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Bend, OR, 97701, USASet-Aside
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The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS) is issuing this synopsis/solicitation notice as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against the LMIR BPA for secure the services for 18 acres of mandatory and 54 acres of optional tree thinning and bucking, and hand piling across three (3) units, on the Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest as part of a whitebark pine restoration and fuels reduction program.
The Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) is a National BPA that consist of a large variety of work including Professional Services, Natural Resources Restoration, Engineering, Project Management, NEPA, Communications, and more. The BPA can be utilized on all Forests and Grasslands and is available for all federal agencies to utilize.
This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification.
This procurement is restricted to those approved companies eligible for call orders under the Land Management Integrated Resources BPA (LMIR) for USFS. There are currently 169 businesses that will receive this solicitation. The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on the BPA. Any changes to the Call Order RFQ shall also be emailed to those companies listed on the BPA. Point of Contact is sm.fs.lmirbpa@usda.gov.
This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPAs continuously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: SAM.gov. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice, however, the LMIR BPA is an open continuous BPA that allows us to accept responses for the life of the BPA. Search “Contracts” on sam.gov using solicitation number “12363N23Q4023”. The LMIR BPA has a continuous pre-solicitation sharing so that contractors may submit a proposal to join the BPA at any point in time by reaching out to the LMIR Team at SM.FS.lmirbpa@usda.gov.