MCKENZIE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT WILDLIFE TREE AND DOWN WOOD CREATION

Pre-Solicitation Notice

McKenzie River Ranger District Wildlife Tree and Down Wood Creation

Solicitation number is 1240BK25Q0073 and is issue as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to establish a Firm-Fixed-Price contract.

This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. In accordance with FAR Clause 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. Offers are solicited only from small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not small business concerns shall be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement 115310 Support Activities for Forestry The small business size standard is $11 million.

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Structure: Refer to Schedule of Items and Price Sheet (RFQ 1240BK25Q0073 pdf).

Description of Requirement: Services will include the creation of structures suitable for cavity nesting wildlife. The Government shall neither supervise Contractor employees nor control the method by which the Contractor performs the required tasks. Under no circumstances shall the Government assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual Contractor employees  as described in the RFQ 1240BK25Q0073 pdf.

Period of Performance: 09/01/2025 to 02/28/2026

A site visit has not been scheduled for this requirement. Offerors are however encouraged to conduct their own research into the area, this research is at the offerors own expense and is not reimbursable by the government.

Questions concerning this solicitation shall be submitted electronically via email to

Jared.Machgant@usda.gov no later than Friday, August 22, 2025 at 17:00 PM PT Time

Answers to offerors questions will be posted in SAM.gov no later than Friday, August 24, 2025 at 17:00 PM PT Time

All amendments to the solicitation will be posted in SAM.gov.

Offers shall be submitted electronically via email to Jared.Machgan@usda.gov and no later than, Friday, August 29, at 17:00 PM PT Time.  Offerors shall ensure offers are delivered into this inbox by the due date and time. Emails should contain 3 separate attachments: Technical Capability (in Microsoft Word or PDF format), Past Performance (in PDF format), and Price (in Microsoft Excel format). Be aware that large attachments may increase the time required to deliver an email. It is the offerors responsibility to confirm receipt of the offer.

System for Award Management – Notice to Offerors #1:

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Agencies will not consider or use these representations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

System for Award Management – Notice to Offerors #2:

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.

POC

Primary Contracting Officer

Jared Machgan Jared.Machgan@usda.gov

Attachments:

RFQ 1240BK25Q0073 McKenzie River Ranger District  For Ranger District Wildlife Tree and Down Wood Creation

Exhibit 5 Tree Treatment, Illustration for Chainsaw Topping
 Exhibit 6 Tree Illustrations (Illustration for Girdling)
Exhibit 9 Sample Tree Registers, McKenzie River Ranger District
Detailed Order Specifications Sheet (DOSS)

Detailed Unit information Sheet (DUIS)
Unit Maps
Wage Rates