F -- Leesburg East Aggregate Stockpile

The Forest Service intends to award a HUBZone sole source contract under Negotiated Procedures to crush 16,000 tons of material available from an existing pit on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, Lemhi County, Idaho. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive proposals. This requirement is a sole source procurement to a certified HUBZone company under the authority of the HUBZone Act of 1997 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) and FAR 19.1302. This will be a fixed-price contract. The period of performance is 30 Calendar Days. If there are any other businesses that can provide the aforementioned services, they must respond with supporting documentation that they are a certified HUBZone business that can perform this type of work before September 14, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. MST. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely at the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.