MODIFICATION
F -- Smokejumper Aircraft Services
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 481211
— Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development Avenue Jack F. Wilson Bldg., Boise, ID, 83705-5354
- ZIP Code
- 83705-5354
- Solicitation Number
- RFP49-06-01
- Response Due
- 2/6/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Support Branch, at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, anticipates soliciting via a Request for Proposals for fully operated multi-engine aircraft with pilot for use in transporting passengers and deploying smokejumpers and paracargo. A total of four (4) aircraft are needed, one for each of four core bases of operation located at Grangeville Air Center, Grangeville, Idaho; West Yellowstone IA Fire Center, West Yellowstone, Montana; North Cascades Smokejumper Base, Winthrop, Washington; and the Region 5 Smokejumper base in Redding, California. All responsible offerors may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Forest Service. The Government intends setting aside this procurement 100% for small business. The NAICS code is 481211 with a size standard of 1500 employees. The duration of each contract is comprised of a base year, which shall be a one-year period commencing from date of contract award. Up to 4 one-year optional performance periods are contemplated for each contract. The total duration of each contract shall not exceed five years. The mandatory availability period for each aircraft is approximately from early June to late September of each contract period. The actual availability period for an individual aircraft may vary from 93 to 119 calendar days depending on the scheduled requirement for each base of operation. Vendors are hereby advised that hard-copy notices, solicitations, or mailing lists are no longer issued or maintained by the National Interagency Fire Center. Therefore, it is imperative that prospective offerors monitor the FedBizOpps website periodically if they wish to view and download the solicitation and participate timely. The anticipated date for the issue and publication of the RFP for this solicitation in FedBizOpps is within 45 days of the original posting of this pre-solicitation notice.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Grangeville, Idaho; West Yellowstone, Montana; Winthrop, Washington; Redding, California
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00962247-W 20060108/060106211755 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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