USDA/NRCS WRE TREE PLANTING- KENTUCKY STATE OFFICE (11 LOCATIONS)

The purpose of this amendment 0002 is to:

1. Update the statement of work document named - S01 Attachment A Statement of Work removing the reference to payments of bonds. This action is for a service and not construction and therefore should not have bonding requirements.

2. Add and include the document titled S01 Attachment E Questions and Answers. All other terms and instructions remain the same. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) This solicitation number 12FPC424Q0146 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ), and the acquisition procedures at FAR Parts 12 and 13 are being utilized. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed priced contract. (iii) The Government anticipates issuing a firm fixed priced purchase order with a base year only.

Award will be made to the responsible quoter whose quote responds to the terms of the RFQ and is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer to the Government. (iv) This solicitation document and incorporates provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-05 effective May 22, 2024 can be found at https://www.acquisition.gov under the current FAR section . (v) This is a 100 % set aside total small business.

The applicable NAICS code is 115112, Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating, which has a size standard of $9.5M. For more information on size standards visit http://www.sba.gov/size. vii) Description of Requirement. Quoters are responsible to view ALL attachments to ensure there is a clear understanding of this requirement. Attachments included with this solicitation are as follows.

See Attachment A Statement of Work See Attachment B Location Maps Combined (Combined document including individual site maps for each 11 locations) See Attachment C Wage Determinations Wage Rate Determination 2015-4691 (Fulton County), Revision 27, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4695 (Green County), Revision 30, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4697 (Hart County), Revision 29, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4687 (Hopkins County), Revision 27, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4701 (Lincoln County), Revision 27, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4685 (Mclean County), Revision 22, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4695 (Taylor County), Revision 30, 07/22/2024 Wage Rate Determination 2015-4695 (Whitley County), Revision 30, 07/22/2024 See Attachment D Conservation Practice Standard Tree Shrub Establishment (Code 612) (viii) Date(s) and Place(s) of Delivery and Acceptance.

Please see Attachment A Statement of work and Attachment B Location Maps Combined for exact 11 locations. The anticipated period of performance will be 9/31/2024 to 5/31/2025. (ix) Site Visit Information. One (1) site showing will be held. The site showing will be held August 22, 2024 at 10AM EST at the USDA Service Center located in Campbellsville, KY.

The Campbellsville Service Center is located in Taylor County, KY at the following address 1105 S Columbia Ave, Campbellsville, KY 42718. The phone number for the Madisonville Field Office is 270-821-4430 Extension 5. - The sites shown will be the James Aldrich and John Forward sites.

Background NRCS in KY has a requirement for a wetland restoration consisting of hand planting bare root tree seedlings on WRE sites located in the following counties of Kentucky: Fulton, Green, Hart, Hopkins, Lincoln, McLean, Taylor, and Whitley. The successful contractor will be required to perform Pre-Planting site preparation and Post-Planting site preparation work, purchase the bare root seedlings, and hand plant the tree seedlings according to NRCS contract specifications. The contract calls for the purchase of 530,000 tree seedlings that will be hand planted on approximately 1213.8 acres.