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 BAQ030013. This is not a request for quotation and 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 (CASO) is seeking sources capable of providing a wide array of recreational facilities and public lands maintenance support services in Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada. This work is managed and performed by the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office in Susanville, 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 Eagle Lake Field Office provides facilities maintenance (FM) services across an area of approximately 3 million acres of publicly owned land in the counties of Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Shasta, and Siskiyou, California; and Humbolt and Washoe counties in Nevada. Distances to facilities from the Eagle Lake Field Office vary from two to 200 miles one way. FM services include: Operator maintenance of heavy equipment (graders, dump trucks, tractors, backhoes, etc.), road grading, hiking trail and off highway vehicle trail repairs; minor construction/repair of small dams and water systems, bridges, cattle guards, signs, fences, culverts, publications kiosks, and campsite resources; development of springs and wildlife watering sites; construction/maintenance/repair of buildings and corrals; removal of trash and abandoned vehicles from managed areas; routine janitorial services within BLM owned buildings; graffiti removal from maintained facilities; HVAC systems maintenance and repair; manure and snow removal from various sites, brush and weed control on trails and managed sites; testing and disinfecting wells; erosion control and remediation; firebreak rehabilitation; 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 on and off highway to move heavy equipment, load and unload heavy equipment onto truck/trailer; operate grader, mower, tractor, backhoe, crane, and similar equipment; perform carpentry, concrete work, stone masonry, electrical work, plumbing, painting, welding, HVAC maintenance/repair and janitorial work. 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 protection of resources and the environment as important goals. Current FM operations involve work by six skilled positions, with an average of approximately 1100 hours per year 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 Eagle Lake 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.