National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Facilities Construction   2

The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) has an ongoing requirement to complete various facilities construction projects as is further detailed in the Solicitation/ Request for Proposals.

The solicitation will result in Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) as best meets the needs of the Government based on technical capability, past performance, and price. These contracts will have a two-year base period, which runs through July 31, 2022 and one three-year option period, which if exercised could extend contract performance through July 31, 2025. There is no guarantee that any options will be exercised by the Government. (These dates may be adjusted based on the actual date of award.)

Individual task orders will be competed among MATOC awardees. The Government expressly reserves the right to limit competition in order to meet minimum contract obligations or as may otherwise be determined to be in its best interests. The Government reserves the right to adjust the quantity ordered on any task order based on the availability of funds.

The USDA Forest Service encourages the participation of small, disadvantaged, service disabled veteran, and women owned business enterprises. The primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 236220 and the small business size standard is $39.5 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.

All Offerors shall be registered at the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to be eligible for award. The solicitation for this project will be available only through the www.beta.sam.gov Contracting Opportunities web site.

All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted in writing to jay.g.tobin@usda.gov.

The anticipated date for issuance of the solicitation is May 26, 2020.

The solicitation package, including four task orders, has been posted.

The pre-bid site visit schedule is as follows:

6/10/2020 - 10:00 AM Both Lufkin Projects (Task Orders 3 and 4)

6/10/2020 - 2:00 PM Caney Creek (Task Order 1)

6/11/2020 - 10:00 AM Sam Houston Comm Building (Task Order 2)

A revised AGAR 452.237-71 on page 44 of the solicitation noting the above schedule as been attached.

Site Visit Q&A notes and sign-in sheets have been attached.

Additional Q&A has been posted. The response date has been extended until 2PM on 6/30/2020.