SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- Aerial Seeding using fully contractor operated and maintained helicopter services consisting of one Bell 206 BIII or equal in support of BLM Salt Lake City Office Wildland Fire Management Programs.
- Notice Date
- 2/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF THE INTERIOR, NBC, AVIATION MANAGEMENT 300 E. Mallard Dr., Suite 200 Boise ID 83706
- ZIP Code
- 83706
- Solicitation Number
- WRO06003
- Response Due
- 2/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 2/14/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 1. Objective: To obtain fully contractor operated and maintained aviation services consisting of one BH 206 BIII (or equal), two aerial seed buckets, AgNav mapping unit, and a fuel service vehicle for aerial seeding for the emergency stabilization and rehabilitation of rangeland due to wildland fires. The Government will provide all seed dispersed under this contract. The following areas and acreages will be accomplished by the resulting contract: Project Acres-lbs/acre Lat/Long Government Creek 650 acres1.0 lbs/acre 39 42 14 x 112 00 18 Pelican Point 1072 acres8.5 lbs/acre 40 12 54 x 111 53 19 Ditto (Kochia) 1658 acres1.0 lbs/acre 40 07 25 x 112 49 46 Hatch 1113 acres9.0 lbs/acre 40 10 40 x 112 36 33 White Rocks 152 acres9.5 lbs/acre 40 18 39 x 112 51 31 Stansbury 90 acres9.5 lbs/acre 40 51 34 x 112 30 23 Tower 154 acres9.5 lbs/acre 40 47 20 x 112 54 38 MM 64 308 acres1.0 lbs/acre 40 49 10 x 112 53 17 Black Mountain 1446 acres9.5 lbs/acre 40 52 00 x 112 47 38 Craner 250 acres9.5 lbs/acre 40 53 29 x 112 47 49 Puddle Valley 3576 acres9.5 lbs/acre 40 51 45 x 112 51 31 Park Valley 1074 acres10.5 lbs/acre 41 46 37 x 113 17 28 Park Valley (Kochia) 7102 acres1.0 lbs/acre 2. Terms and Conditions The resulting contract will be awarded by the issuance of a modification to the operator's Aircraft Rental Agreement. Terms and conditions for that agreement shall apply unless otherwise specified herein. Operators that do not currently have an Aircraft Rental Agreement must be capable of meeting the requirement of this agreement. The agreement can be found at www.oas.gov under the flight coordination center. Information concerning the agreement can be obtained from Aviation Management at 208-334-9310. 3. Minimum Requirements Aircraft Requirement: --One Light Helicopter Crew Requirement : --Pilot-in-Command (PIC), Relief PIC, Fuel Servicing Vehicle Driver Bureau: --Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City Field Office Reporting Base: --Provo, UT Release Base: --Park Valley, UT (Lat/Long: 41 46 37 x 113 17 28)( Minimum Requirements: --Aircraft must be turbine-engine powered. --Ag-Nav mapping unit. --Two aerial seeding buckets capable of: --Holding a minimum of 350 lbs of seed, and - --Dispersing a variety of seeds including Kochia at a rate of ? pound/ acre --Approved Fuel Service Vehicle with VHF-FM radio --Aircraft shall have Standard Fire Avionics Package --Jettisonable payload (HOGE) of 600 pounds at 10 ?C at 6000 feet pressure altitude using a pilot weight of 200 pounds, 25-pound survival kit and fuel for 1.9 hours. (Use Standard Interagency Load Calculation Method and Helicopter Fuel Consumption & Weight Reduction Chart and appropriate Hover Ceiling Charts for calculations.) 4. Period of Performance and Pay Items APPROXIMATE USE PERIOD: February 16, 2006 through March 8, 2006 (Approximately 14-21 days) ITEM DESCRIPTION PAY ITEMCODE QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE EXTENDED AMOUNT 1.a. Price per flight hour - Estimated(Price includes Ag-Nav Mapping Unit) FT Estimated 110 FLIGHTHOURS $ $ 1.b. Price per day for seeding equipment (2 buckets and all additional equipment) SC Estimated18 DAYS $ $ 1.c Lump Sum Mobilization Demobilization Costs (to include aircraft and Fuel Service Vehicle costs) SC 1 Each XXXXXXX $ ESTIMATED COST TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT $ provide the following information: Aircraft Rental Agreement Number: Per Day Flight Hour Guarantee (if other than ARA): Aircraft Make and Model: FAA Registration Number: Aircraft Serial Number: Number of Passenger Seats: Aircraft Equipped Weight: Proposed Aircraft Payload: I certify to the best of my knowledge that the above information is accurate AND I have included the aircraft's (1) weight and balance report, (2) equipment list, and (3) appropriate hover ceiling charts used to arrive at the above payload. Signature Date Company Name Phone and Fax Number Per Diem, Service Vehicle Mileage, and Miscellaneous Costs will be paid in accordance with the Aircraft Rental Agreement. 5. Submission of Offers A) Pricing Information identified in "4. Period of Performance and Pay Items" above. B) References/experience information indicating: Name, phone number, work completed, date of work, and number of hours flown. C) Information regarding the aircraft's (1) weight and balance report, (2) equipment list, and (3) appropriate hover ceiling charts used to arrive at the above payload. D) Closing date set for receipt of offers is February 15, 2006 at 2:00pm local time Boise, ID. E) Offers should be faxed to 208-433-5030 prior to the established due date above. 6. Evaluation We will evaluate Offers and select the Contractor based on: A. Evaluated Price. The evaluated price of this project will be: (1) the estimated cost to complete the project as identified on the pricing page, plus (2) Any other probable cost to the Government to complete the project. B. Aircraft Capability. We will evaluate the capability of your aircraft on a pass or fail basis. Offers including aircraft capable of meeting the minimum requirements above will pass. Offers including aircraft that fail to meet the minimum aircraft requirements above will fail and receive no further consideration. C. Past Performance. We will evaluate your past performance in rendering aerial seeding services. "Past performance" refers to the quality of your work in the past. We will evaluate your past performance on the basis of information obtained from references and other sources. Our own experience with you, if any, will be given greater weight than reports obtained from others. We will not consider past performance more than three (3) years old. C. Organizational Experience. We will evaluate your experience based on the extent to which you have performed aerial seeding services. The more recent your experience, and the broader and deeper, the better the evaluation you will receive. In evaluating your experience we will consider only the experience of your firm as an organization. D. Tradeoff Analysis and Contractor Selection We will select the Contractor by comparing the acceptable offers with reasonable evaluated prices. We will compare them on the basis of proposed aircraft payload, offeror capability, and evaluated price. If one offer is best on all the factors, then we will select that offer as the best value. If no offer is best on all the factors, then we will consider the differences among offers and make tradeoffs in order to determine which offer is the best value. We will award the contract to the offer that has the best combination of aircraft payload, offeror capability, and evaluated price. 7.Contact Information. Questions as a result of this requirement should be directed to Michael McFarlane at 208-433-5027. Call to receive a formatted copy of this requirement. Leave a message with your phone and fax numbers.
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