# Notice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Against Vegetation Management Services (VMS) for various Forest Service locations in NC

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12444124q0099

- Solicitation number: 12444124Q0099
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Marshfield Forest Service, Inc.
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Forest Service (n-FORESTSERVICE)
- NAICS: 115310 Support Activities for Forestry
- Product or service code: F099 Other Natural Resources and Conservation Services
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Murphy, North Carolina
- County: Cherokee County (FIPS 37039). https://abierto.us/counties/cherokee-county-nc-37039
- City: Murphy. https://abierto.us/cities/murphy-nc-3745660
- First posted: July 17, 2024
- Last posted: July 17, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/791486a237ab48d3b07f21fcca3fe872/view

## Description

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. 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 NC Vegetation Management Services (VMS), located at USDA’s Contract Portal, awarded against solicitation number: 12444122R0007 for NC VMS, to include, but not limited to, vegetation management support services, site preparation (manual, mechanical, chemical, or combination hereof), tree/shrub/herbaceous/grass species planting, stand improvement activities, non-native 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 NC Vegetation Management Services (VMS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). There are currently 13 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 lisa.jacobson@usda.gov. This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPA holders previously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: https://sam.gov/content/home. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Marshfield Forest Service, Inc. (UEI LKSHTX63UJK9)
- Contract: 12444124F0133 under 12444122A0024, bpa call
- Obligated: $28,264.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 12444124Q0099 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 12C2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12444124F0133_12C2_12444122A0024_12C2/


## Publications

- July 17, 2024: Special notice, due August 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 791486a237ab48d3b07f21fcca3fe872. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/791486a237ab48d3b07f21fcca3fe872/view

## Points of contact

- Lisa Jacobson, lisa.jacobson@usda.gov

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