Notice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Order against Vegetation Management Services (VMS) BPA

BPA Call Order Exceeding $25,000 Synopsis Requisition 1142924 The USDA Forest

Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS) is issuing this synopsis as a

means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART

413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements

(BPAs). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against

multiple award schedule BPAs for Vegetation Management Service (VMS) located at

USDA’s Contract Portal, awarded against solicitation number: 12444122R0012 for

vegetation management support services to include, but not limited to, site

preparation (manual, mechanical, chemical, or combination thereof),

tree/shrub/herbaceous/grass species planting, stand improvement activities, nonnative invasive species (NNIS) treatments, watershed improvement activities and

the creation of wildlife openings.

This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order

does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in

response to this notification. This procurement is restricted to those approved

companies eligible for call orders under the Vegetation Management Services (VMS)

Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). There are currently 14 businesses that will receive

this solicitation. The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on

the BPA. Any changes to the Call Order RFQ shall also be emailed to those companies

listed on the BPA. Point of Contact is ioulia.boxley@usda.gov.

This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the

aforementioned multiple award schedule BPAs previously solicited on the

Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: SAM.gov. The government will not provide

feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.