Aerial Application of Herbicides

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO Farm Aviation Inc., Brawley, CA. This is not a solicitation. The order is Firm Fixed Price. The USFWS has a requirement to perform aerial application of herbicides at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge (Imperial County). Delivery Date is 08/31/2012. The NAICS Code is 115112. Project Information: Contractor to provide aerial application of herbicides. Farm Aviation is the only herbicide spraying company in the Imperial Valley within 50 miles of the Refuge that has a helicopter. Additionally, a nearby contractor is needed since some spraying assignments have to be timed with irrigation cycles, wind and weed growth stages, which are difficult to predict more than a few days ahead of time. A local contractor is better able to respond to three days notice and make use of favorable conditions and within the needed time frame. Contractors outside of this area may fly to our site on a given day only to find that conditions, such as wind, have changed during the transit time. Other interested concerns having the ability to meet the requirements of this procurement shall submit a capabilities statement by email to [email protected] no later than July 5, 2011 at 3:00PM PST. Any such statement of capabilities and qualifications received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.