SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- VIPR I-BPA for Clerical Support Unit for Region 3 - Southwest Region
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 561439
— Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops)
- Contracting Office
- Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-8371-S-11-7000
- Response Due
- 12/8/2010
- Archive Date
- 1/8/2011
- Point of Contact
- Anne Weiskircher, 928-333-6310, aweiskircher@fs.fed.us, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, P.O. Box 640, Springerville, Arizona, 85938
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region (Region 3), is soliciting quotes (RFQ) for Clerical Support Units for use during local, Regional, and Nationwide fire suppression and all-hazard incidents. The overall mission of these services is to provide 24-hour office services capable of producing 400 copies of 40 pages, twice per day in three hours or less and basic word processing capability. Units shall be self contained, with adequate supplies for at least 7 days, contain 36 format plotter capability, and be climate controlled. The Agreements will be competitively awarded within Region 3. The Government anticipates awarding multiple Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPA) using a cascading set-aside order of preference first to responsible, eligible Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. If there are insufficient SDVOSB concerns to meet the anticipated need, additional awards will be made to responsible small business concerns. The solicitation will be issued using the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system; to use VIPR you must have access to a computer with internet capabilities. Basic information about the VIPR system and a vendor user guide is located on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php. Other information for vendors is listed below: 1) The Forest Service solicitation packages that are posted to FedBizOpps can only be viewed, completed, and submitted using the free Formatta Filler software; other applications that are used to view and fill in forms (i.e. Adobe Reader) will NOT work with the VIPR Vendor Solution. Download Formatta Filler from http://www.formatta.com 2) Vendors must have a valid e-mail address since all VIPR communications are conducted via e-mail. An e-mail address is required for all of the following registrations. 3) Vendors must have a valid D-U-N-S Number. Request a D-U-N-S Number from Dun and Bradstreet on the web at http://www.dnb.com/us/duns_update/ 4) Register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and complete the Online Registration and Certifications Application (ORCA) as stated in the solicitation. Vendors can access CCR and ORCA at http://www.bpn.gov/ 5) Vendors are required to have a USDA Level 2 eAuthentication account that provides the ability to conduct official electronic business transactions. Information for obtaining a Level 2 eAuthentication account is available on the web at http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/eauth.php The solicitation will be available electronically only and will be posted to the FedBizOpps website at https://www.fbo.gov on or about November 3, 2010. NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE ISSUED AND NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED; this is an all electronic process. For further information, contact Anne Weiskircher by e-mail at aweiskircher@fs.fed.us.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/8173/AG-8371-S-11-7000/listing.html)
- Record
- SN02313771-W 20101022/101020233829-22a3eb518451e474b95d7eba6778525f (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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