McKenzie River RD Roadside Brushing

ers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government. Interested parties are highly encouraged to visit the site before submitting an offer. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, and other items and non-personal services necessary to provide road roadside brushing services. The contractor shall provide services in accordance with this Performance Work Statement (PWS), and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. . Schedule of Items - See Attachment Schedule of Items and Performance Work Statement. Attachments 1. Schedule of Items and Performance Work Statement 2. Wage Rates Willamette National Forest Commercial Road Rules 3. Fire Protections and Suppression Forms, R6-FS-6300-52, 4. Brushing Vicinity Maps Evaluation and Basis for Award The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation�Commercial Products and Commercial Services is not applicable to this solicitation. In lieu of this provision, quotes will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 12.203 based on the criteria listed below. The contract will be awarded to the offeror representing the best value to the Government. Technical Approach: The technical approach will evaluate the ability of the offeror to provide a sound and compliant approach that meets all requirements and shows a thorough understanding of them. It is the contractor's responsibility to ensure their quotation clearly demonstrates their capability to meet these requirements. All offerors must provide the following minimum information and documentation with their quotations to be considered responsive and have their offers evaluated: Ability of the offeror to meet the schedule requirements listed in the Performance Work Statement (PSW) Submit work schedule demonstrating how many miles, as a Vendor expect to be completed per day. Submit a Quality Control Plan (QCP) � List procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractor�s QCP is the means by which the Contractor assures that their work will comply with the requirements of the contract. Submit a list of all equipment to be used to complete the project along with experience of the equipment operators Price: The offeror shall provide pricing as requested in the Schedule of Items of this Request for Quote. Failure to propose pricing for all individual line items may result in a quotation being excluded from further consideration. The offeror�s quotation will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 12.204, to determine if it is fair and reasonable. Past Performance: The offeror will provide a list of three or more years of projects that specifically involved roadside brushing or equivalent activity. Each project listed will contain the period of performance, location (city, state0 amount awarded, and Name of Point of contract with contact information (email and phone number.) The Government may utilize any references provided by the Contractor, along with information available from past contracts/orders with the USDA and any information found using sources such as Federal Government sources or the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) to determine if the Contractor has acceptable or neutral Past Performance. Past Performance will be evaluated using the following rating system: Acceptable: The contractor shows a demonstrated ability to meet contract requirements in prior or current contracts, including quality of work, timeliness, cost control, business relations, and adherence to contract terms. Neutral: Offeror does not have a past performance record. Unacceptable: The contractor has a documented history of failing to meet contract requirements, including poor quality, missed deadlines, cost overruns, lack of responsiveness, or unethical behavior. Evaluation Method: All quotations will be evaluated to identify the offeror presenting the most technically advantageous solution based on the stated evaluation criteria. Once the highest technically rated offeror is identified, their price will be evaluated to determine whether it is fair and reasonable. Past performance will also be assessed to ensure it is acceptable or neutral. The contract will be awarded to the offeror whose proposal is determined to be the highest technically rated, provided that: The proposed price is fair and reasonable, and Past performance is assessed as acceptable or neutral. Contract will not necessarily be awarded to the lowest-priced offeror. Offer will submit their quote along with their technical response and past performance via email with three separate attachments: (1) Schedule of items, (2) technical response, and (3) past performance, no later than May 7, 2026 1700 PT. Email offers to Jared Machgan jared.machgan@usda.gov Service Contract Labor Standards The Service Contract Labor Standards could apply to any contracts awarded through this solicitation. In accordance with (IAW) FAR 22.1002-3(a)(2), Wage Determinations will be provided by the Government for the location of the project Lane County, OR. 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference Feb 1998 This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2025) Add any items at FAR 52.212-1 not already stated and any other applicable instructions such as page limits, font size, document type required for submission (PDF, Excel). Remember to keep things simple under simplified acquisitions. In most cases there is no need for explicit instructions for page limits, font size, volumes, etc. This should be limited to more complex acquisitions. Some examples of what would be routinely used for simplified acquisitions are: FAR 52.212-1 is amended as follows: Period for acceptance of offers. The Offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 90 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers. Questions Questions shall be submitted via email to Jared.Machgan@usda.gov and are due no later than May 4, at 14:00 Pacific Time. This will ensure enough time to respond before the solicitation period ends. Please include the solicitation name and number as the subject line of the email. 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (Jan 2017) 52.209-2 Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations - Representation (Sep 2025) 52.209-11 Representation by Corporations Regarding Delinquent Tax Liability or a Fel