SAM #12443926P0049

Black Creek Trail Restoration Services

The USDA Forest Service is seeking a contractor to restore approximately 29 miles of the non-wilderness Black Creek Trail in Mississippi. - Government buyer: USDA Forest Service, CSA East 1; project area is in the De Soto Ranger District, Desoto National Forest. The listed office is at 1720 Peachtree St NW, STE 876S, Atlanta, Georgia. Contacts named in the materials are Tobi Shumaker and Melissa Perez. - Requested service: Restore approximately 29 miles of trail to a standard hiking width of 60 inches. The work includes clearing overgrowth, trimming branches, and addressing hazards that could fall into the trail. - Use mechanical clearing equipment, including skid steers with forestry mulchers, buckets, and grapples, along with manual tools such as saws, trimmers, or loppers. - Work is limited to the non-wilderness portion; wilderness areas are excluded. Roads may be used to bypass difficult terrain or crossings. - Requirements: Follow safety requirements, provide weekly progress information, mark obstacles, and participate in a final joint inspection. Address safety and quality-control procedures in the technical approach. Government surveying, post-clearing mapping, equipment, and travel are not provided or required. - Competition and evaluation: The opportunity is for small businesses under NAICS 115310, with an $11.5 million average annual receipts size standard. The latest notice reports that multiple offerors were excluded for not qualifying or certifying as small businesses. Evaluation considers price, technical acceptability, and past performance using a lowest-price technically acceptable approach. - OEMs, vendors, and products: No OEMs or vendor companies are named, and no products are being purchased. The equipment and hand tools described are means of performing the restoration service, not separately specified line items.

Description

Multiple offers were excluded from consideration because the offerors did not qualify as a small business concern for this procurement.

Specifically, the firms failed to meet or certify their small business status under NAICS code 115310 (Product Service Code PSC F006), which carries a small business size standard of $11.5 million in average annual receipts, as explicitly designated in Block 10 of the Standard Form (SF) 1449. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-1(b)(11), offers that fail to furnish required representations or meet the mandatory terms of the solicitation are ineligible for award.

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