Weed Inventory, Control & Monitoring

Quotes are being solicited by the Forest Service for noxious weed inventory, control, and monitoring services on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, Lemhi and Custer Counties, Idaho. The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, equipment, supplies, services, permits, and licenses necessary to inventory, map, control, monitor and process associated data for weed infestations on the Salmon-Challis National Forest (SCNF), including the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (FC-RONRW). This requirement is being solicited as a firm-fixed price, performance-based, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, using the procedures of FAR Part 12 for commercial items and FAR Part 13.5 Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Forest Service anticipates making multiple awards from this solicitation. Performance period will be one base year, and at the Governments option, two (2) additional option years. Proposals are due at 3:00 p.m. MST, March 30, 2010. The solicitation will be available on approximately February 25, 2010, and may be downloaded from this site at that time. Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation and amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Vendors are required to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) http:www.ccr.gov and shall complete the On-Line Registration and Certifications Application (ORCA) http://orca.bpn.gov. All responsible sources may submit a quote which will be considered by this agency.