Description
Introduction The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), East Zone, is issuing a Sources Sought to gain knowledge of the capabilities of the Small Business Community interested in contracting to provide professional land surveying services. These professional services would primarily consist of surveying businesses licensed to practice boundary surveying in the State of Florida. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services, with a small business size standard of $16.5. This is a Sources Sought announcement and is for information/market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. About the Forest Service Established by Congress in 1905, the mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. We manage public lands in the form of national forests and grasslands, provide technical and financial assistance to state and private forestry agencies and make up the largest forestry research organization in the world. About the Project The National Forests in Florida requires a professional land surveying services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to locate, stake out and mark and blaze title interests of the United States. The objective is to award one, possibility up to three, IDIQ contracts to surveying businesses licensed to practice boundary surveying in the State of Florida. The IDIQ will allow for surveying services to be ordered by the Government as needed and required. Delivery Method After IDIQ contracts are awarded, work will be issued firm-fixed-price task orders on a competitive basis. The basis for award of the task orders will generally be on lowest price, but may be conducted through a best value process if the complexity of the work requires additional technical evaluation. Contract Value The Government anticipates shared contract ceilings of $5 Million for 1 to 3 IDIQ contracts. In a typical year, the National Forests in Florida spend $100,000 to $300,000 a year in boundary surveying services. The $5 Million ceiling includes capacity for work to be funded by currently unsecured funding sources. While the need for a contract of this magnitude is present, available funding may limit the actual obligation placed on this effort. Requirement Attached is a draft of the Statement of Work for the IDIQ. Responses Responses to this sources sought shall include the following: (a) Company Name (b) Address (c) Point of contact (d) Phone and email (e) DUNS number (f) Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Small Business HUBZone business. Firms shall be certified in the in the System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/ (g) Listing of your experience within the last 5 years where you were the prime contractor for work of similar type and scope. Include contract numbers, titles, locations, dollar amounts and a brief description. Limit of 5 projects. Interested small businesses shall submit the response by email to Primary Point of Contact no later than the time indicated on the Contract Opportunity webpage. Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach.