Road Maintenance on the Delta Ranger District of the National Forests in Mississippi

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation issued as Request for Proposal (RFP) 12444221R0039 FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFP are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-04 (09/06/2019) and are available in full text through Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. The Delta Ranger District, National Forests in Mississippi has a requirement to obtain Road Maintenance services as further detailed in the Schedule of Items and Statement of Work and or Performance Work Statement. This solicitation will result in Performance Based, Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) on the basis of technical capability, past performance, and price as best meets the needs of the Government. The Government intends to award 5 contracts to ensure adequate competition for task orders, and sufficient capacity to accomplish all work required at any given time over the course of the performance period. These contracts will have a base period, which runs through September 30, 2022, and four option years, which if exercised could extend contract performance through September 30, 2026. There is no guarantee that any options will be exercised by the Government. Individual task orders will be competed among MATOC awardees on a fair-opportunity basis as detailed in the solicitation. The USDA Forest Service encourages the participation of disadvantaged, service disabled veteran, and woman owned business enterprises. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238910 and the small business size standard is $15.0 million. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. All responsible, qualified small businesses may submit an offer which will be considered by the Forest Service. Proposals are due for this combined synopsis/solicitation on September 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM Central Time and shall be delivered electronically by the specified time to contact@example.gov . Facsimile proposals will not be accepted. Offers shall be submitted on the SF 1449 and conform to the requirements noted in the solicitation documents. All Offerors shall be registered at the System for Award Management (wwwbeta.sam.gov) to be eligible for award. Questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted electronically to the email address above