Solicitation Number FAQ070021 will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the following: Contract Services for aircraft to aerially apply seed to three distinct groups of post-burned land: (1) Group A - approximately 7,558 acres including 10 fire areas; (2) Group B - approximately 53,010 acres including 29 fire areas ; and (3) Group C - approximately 2,500 acres including one burn area. All land is located n Lincoln County, Nye County, and White Pine County, Nevada on burned areas within the Ely BLM District. The seed for groups A, B, and C are located in 2 different warehouses in Ely and Las Vagas. All expenses related to the transport of the seed from the BLM warehouse(s) to the treatment/treatment staging area(s) shall be included in the offer. The successful Offeror(s) will be required to transport approximately 61,074 pounds of seed for Group A, and approximately 22,500 pounds of seed for Group C from the BLM warehouse in Ely, Nevada, and approximately 565,791 pounds of seed from the BLM warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada for Group B. Contractors may bid on any or all of the Groups, A, B, and C. In order to be considered for award of Groups A, B, or C, all items in the Group must be offered. The Government reserves the right to award one or up to three contracts, based on a best value determination. A general map of the seeding area will be attached to the solicitation. Individual maps of each burn aree are available by request or may be located at http://earth.google.com/. This is a 100% set-aside for small business. The standard NAICS classification is 115112. Size standard is $6.5 million. The solicitation will be issued on or about January 11, 2007. The solicitation may be downloaded from the IDEASEC website: http://ideasec.nbc.gov/. Please print the Standard form (SF-1449) and print all clauses and attachments. Offers are due January 24, 2007 by 1:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. For questions regarding this requirement, please contact Elaine E. Flick at 303-236-3528 or
[email protected].