Natural Resources and Airfield Tree Trimming

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION This is a combined synopsis/solicitation (“synopsitation” hereafter), which is expected to result in award of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for commercial items, i.e. natural resource management services, including tree removal, and Airfield tree trimming as described under the paragraph below titled “Requirements.” The synopsitation is prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This requirement is conducted as a commercial item procurement using simplified acquisition proceedures, FAR Part 13. An award, if any, will be made to the responsible offeror(s) who submits a proposal that (1) conforms to the requirements of the synopsitation; (2) that receives a rating of “Acceptable” on the Technical factor; and (3) that submits the proposal with the lowest total evaluated price (TEP) (and next lowest TEP(s) if more than one BPA is awarded), provided that the TEP(s) is/are not unbalanced and is/are fair and reasonable. Proposal evaluation does not permit tradeoffs between price and non-price factors. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions or make no award at all depending upon (1) the quality of proposals received and (2) the price fair and reasonableness of proposals received. Synopsitation Number: FA8601-24-R-0023 Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside NAICS Code: 561730 Small Business Size Standard: $9.5 Million Synopsitation Closing Date: Proposals must be received not later than 4:30 PM, EST, on 9 May 2024. Submit electronic proposals via e-email to: andrew.silvers@us.af.mil If proposals are submitted via e-mails must contain the subject line “Synopsitation FA8601-24-R-0023” The entire proposal must be contained in a single e-mail that does not exceed 5 megabytes including attachments, if any. E-mails with compressed files are not permitted. Note that e-mail filters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are designed to filter e-mails without subject lines or with suspicious subject lines or contents (i.e., .exe or .zip files). Therefore, if the specified subject line is not included, the e-mail may not get through the e-mail filters. Also be advised that .zip or .exe files are not allowable attachments and may be deleted by the email filters at Wright-Patterson. If sending attachments with email, ensure only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls or .xlsx documents are sent. The email filter may delete any other form of attachments. Address questions regarding this synopsitation to Andrew Silvers via e-mail at andrew.silvers@us.af.mil A detailed description of the requirement, specific instructions for submission of proposals, and how proposals will be evaluated are provided below. The draft BPA, including applicable provisions and clauses, representations and certifications and other terms and conditions is an integral part of this synopsitation and is attached. Upon award, the Additional Instructions to Offerors, Evaluation Factors, provisions, and representations and certifications in the synopsitation (including in the draft BPA) will be removed from the award document.