Pre-harvest Site Preparation understory control with herbicide and Non-commercial Thinning on the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Pulaski and Laurel Counties, Kentucky

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. THE SOLICITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE ON OR AROUND JUNE 15, 2020. PLEASE HOLD ALL QUESTIONS UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE AND YOU HAVE READ THE SOLICITATION. The Daniel Boone National Forest has a requirement and will be soliciting offers for Pre-harvest Site Preparation understory control with herbicide and Non-commercial Thinning on the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Pulaski and Laurel Counties, Kentucky. The requirement is for a Base Period and four one-year option periods, if exercised. Task Orders will be placed for services as needed. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, tools, supervision, supplies and incidentals except as listed under government furnished property; to perform all work required in accordance with the specifications, attachments, terms and conditions. The purpose of this requirement is to secure services to control undesirable trees with herbicide. Method used to deaden target trees (such as red maple) is an application of herbicide through hack and squirt, or cut surface treatment and to a lesser extent, basal bark application. The stands to be treated are divided into two distinct restoration goals and may have slightly different specifications: 1) pre-harvest site preparation for stands soon to be prescribed a two-aged shelterwood with reserves harvest to facilitate natural regeneration (i.e. reforestation), and 2) establish woodland habitat by thinning undesirable understory/midstory trees. The planned solicitation is only for service work to control undesirable trees with herbicide, there will be no salvage rights. The Forest Service plans to award a firm-fixed price contract to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Offerors shall return all of the requested information that is listed in the solicitation with their offers to be determined responsive and to be considered for award. HERBICIDE APPLICATORS LICENSE/CERTIFICATION : The contractor must have a valid License/Certification for application of herbicide in the State of Kentucky. WORKERS’ COMP POLICY : A Kentucky Workers’ Comp Policy is required by law for any contractor with employees working in Kentucky, whether using out-of-state employees or not. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT : Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and have an active registration at the time offers are due to be eligible for award of a contract and to do business with the Federal Government. SAM is an official website of the U.S. government and there is no cost to use it. You can use the SAM site for FREE to register to do business with the U.S. Government. For more information and to register, please visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ and for additional information you may visit the beta.SAM.gov website at https://beta.sam.gov/ . The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 115310 and the size standard is $8.0 million.