Retardant On-Demand

The USDA Forest Service is issuing a solicitation (1202SC21Q0004 A005) to award multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements for Long‑Term Fire Retardant (LTFR) products, associated on‑site mixing and loading services, and optional support equipment. Offerors must submit their best price and technical terms in a single initial quotation; the Government may award contracts based on these initial offers. Evaluation will consider (1) Offer Acceptability—requiring full assent to all solicitation terms, demonstrated business capability and financial capacity, and proven technical capability with qualified LTFR products and ancillary services—and (2) Price. Offer acceptability is judged on the three sub‑factors listed, and any exception to solicitation terms will render the offer unacceptable. Proposals must be divided into a Business Quotation and a Technical Quotation, each complete on its own. The Business Quotation must include a completed and signed Standard Form 1449, acknowledgment of any solicitation amendments, fixed pricing for all items in Section B.2, a Subcontracting Plan per Section C.26, and a statement of financial capacity/working capital. Submissions are to be sent by email on the specified date/time, using the format indicated in the solicitation, and offerors must identify themselves as Government contract offerors through the unique entity identifier on www.sam.gov. This acquisition is a small‑business set‑aside with HUBZone price‑evaluation preference applied unless the offeror waives it.

Notice ID

621723448d174b3097feb5cbd860a193

Solicitation Number

1202SC21Q0004

NAICS Code

325998

Classification Code

6850