NAICS CODE: 561210 FACILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES This is a Sources Sought Notice requesting information needed by the Government prior to the release of any potential solicitation. Please read this entire synopsis. Interested parties responding to this synopsis should identify their response under BAQ030012. This is not a request for quotation and in no way obligates the Government to award a contract. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California State Office, is seeking sources capable of providing a wide array of recreational facilities and public lands maintenance support services in the California. This work is managed and performed by the BLM Field Office in Folsom, California. BLM intends to perform a cost comparison pursuant to OMB Circular A-76 and the BLM Competitive Sourcing 2003 Express Review Guide in order to determine the most cost-effective source of required services. Accordingly, a solicitation for the services described herein may or may not result. The requirements generally fall under NAICS code 561210 Facilities Support Services. General Information: The BLM Folsom Field Office provides facilities maintenance (FM) services in areas totaling approximately 250,000 acres of publicly owned land in 12 counties in Northern and Central California. Distances to maintained facilities from the Folsom Field Office extend 90 miles to the North and 200 miles to the South. FM services vary widely, but include: Operator maintenance of heavy equipment (graders, dump trucks, dozers, backhoes, etc.), road grading, hiking trail and off highway vehicle trail repairs; construction/maintenance/repair of domestic water systems, bridges, levees, signs, fences, gates, cattle guards, culverts, publications kiosks, solar systems, and campsite resources (outhouses, tables, parking areas, trash services, etc.); development of springs and wildlife watering sites; brush clearing for forestry and fuel reduction, construction/maintenance/repair of buildings; removal of trash and abandoned vehicles from managed areas; routine janitorial services within BLM owned buildings; graffiti removal from maintained facilities; removal of waste from composting toilets in remote sites, brush and weed control on trails and managed sites; testing and disinfecting wells; erosion control and remediation; firebreak rehabilitation and construction; mine hazard abatement; OHV barricade construction; wetlands vegetation clearing; maintenance and repair of government owned tools and equipment used in performing specified services. These services are currently performed by BLM personnel with the following job titles: Engineering Equipment Operator and Maintenance Worker. Required skills include: operate truck/trailer combinations (Class A License) on and off highway to move heavy equipment, load and unload heavy equipment onto truck/trailer; operate grader, mower, dozer, backhoe, crane, and similar equipment; perform carpentry, concrete work, stone masonry, electrical work, plumbing, painting, welding, and janitorial work. Servicing of remote composting toilets requires Class 3 White-water rafting and confined space entry certification. Work requirements vary seasonally and as a result of adverse weather, vandalism, and routine public use of BLM maintained resources. Service provider shall periodically tour and inspect BLM owned areas to determine maintenance/repair needs, perform routine tasks as needs are detected, and schedule/perform non-routine requirements on a priority of need basis. Primary emphasis is on the safety of users of publicly owned resources, with enjoyment of use, and protection of resources and the environment as important goals. Current FM operations involve work by three skilled positions, with a yearly average of over 1600 hours each on FM tasks. All equipment, tools, materials and supplies for FM will be Government furnished. The Government will also continue to use small, local service providers for specific services, such as vault toilet pumping. Interested parties shall respond by E-mail to this synopsis. Responses shall summarize company qualifications and experience in providing the range of services described above and outline how the responder would provide such services in the Folsom Field Office area of responsibility. E-mail responses must provide company name and business size, a return e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number, name and title of responsible company official. If you are interested in this requirement, please indicate your interest by e-mail to: Vandricia Razo, Purchasing Agent, (
[email protected]) no later than 10 July 2003. Qualified responders will receive a more detailed description of requirements on which to base a preliminary estimate of cost and pricing.