S--Bush Hog 306 Miles

This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this Pre-Solicitation Synopsis is to notify potential offerors of the upcoming Request for Quotation (RFQ) for: Bush Hog 306 Miles at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. The work includes, but is not limited to, furnishing all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to bush hog approximately 27 miles of paved road shoulders and vertically cut the vegetation to a height of 15 feet (limbs and branches along tree line) and clean out drainage ditches and culverts. In addition, the scope includes to bush hog approximately 279 miles of unpaved road shoulders and guard rails, vertically cut the vegetation to a height of 15 feet. The solicitation Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) will be issued in accordance with the most recent Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-85. The procurement method to be utilized is Commercial Item Procedures and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type contract with a period of performance of 120 days for completion. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 561730, All Other Support Services annual size standard is $7.5 million. The contractor must be registered with NAICS code 561730 in SAM under FAR Clause 52.212-3 (Reps and Certs), this will be verified. This procurement will be a 100% Set-aside for Certified Small Businesses, based upon the following market research. This is a small business set-aside and the offeror must be a Small Business. Therefore, due to the set-aside nature of this solicitation and to ensure qualified offerors have the best opportunity to compete, teaming arrangements, and joint ventures are excluded from this competition. The Government will not evaluate any proposal from a team or joint venture. This is a new requirement, no previous contract information exists. Offerors can view and/or download the solicitation, and any attachments, at www.fedbizopps.gov/ and/or https://www.neco.navy.mil/ when it becomes available. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the FedBizOpps website. Only registered contractors will be notified by E-mail when amendments to the solicitation are issued (acknowledgement of amendments required – a signed copy of all amendments must accompany contractor’s proposal). The solicitation will be available on or about 15 August 2017. The solicitation will be available in electronic format only. All documents will be in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format via the Internet. The free Acrobat Reader, required to view the PDF files, can be downloaded from the Adobe website. Please direct questions to Clifton Gaither at [email protected]