Z--FORESTWIDE ROAD MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR BLADING AND BLADING AND DITCHING

The United States Forest Service, National Forests in Alabama, has issued this pre-solicitation notice for a multi-year requirements contract focused on forestwide road maintenance. The project scope encompasses four bid items for road blading and four bid items for blading and ditching across several ranger districts, including Conecuh, Oakmulgee, Shoal Creek, Talladega, and Tuskegee. Performance will occur throughout Macon, Covington, Escambia, Clay, Cleburne, Calhoun, Talladega, Bibb, Perry, Hale, Dallas, Chilton, and Tuscaloosa Counties.

The contract structure includes a base year with four additional option years. Requirements involve up to a maximum of 825 miles of blading and 390 miles of blading and ditching annually. This opportunity is designated as a 100 percent SBA (SBA) set-aside, and the government reserves the right to make either a single award or multiple awards for the project.

Identified by solicitation number AG-4146-S-06-0008, the procurement is classified under NAICS 115310 Support Activities for Forestry and PSC code Z. Interested parties must submit responses by the deadline of May 22, 2006. Cornelia M. Robinson serves as the point of contact for this requirement, which was originally published on April 6, 2006, and last updated on April 25, 2006.