General Information

Document Type:	PRESOL
Posted Date:	Feb 15, 2008
Category:	Lease or Rental of Equipment
Set Aside:	N/A

Contracting Office Address

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development Avenue Jack F. Wilson Bldg., Boise, ID, 83705-5354, UNITED STATES

Description

The U.S. Forest Service, Incident Support Branch at the National Interagency Fire Center, in Boise, Idaho, anticipates issuing a Solicitation within the next 15 calendar days for the dry lease (aircraft without fuel, crews, and pilots) for a minimum of ten (10) and a maximum of up to twenty (20) aircraft including complete contractor provided maintenance support. The aircraft shall be made available thirty days after the date of Contract Award (base period of performance will be from Contract Award through December 31, 2008) with two (2) one year options with periods of performance from January 01, 2009 through December 31, 2009 (Option 1) and January 01, 2010 through December 31, 2010 (Option 2). The resultant contract will be a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The aircraft will be utilized by the U.S. Forest Service National Aviation Groups for support of Fire and Aviation Management activities. The solicitation, and the resultant commercial, indefinite quantity type contract, will be awarded for the dry lease of manufacture built, single or multi-engine, turbine powered aircraft. The successful Contractor shall make the aircraft available for year-round, exclusive use by Federal Government pilots primarily for Aerial Supervision Module (ASM) platforms associated with wildland fire. Other types of work, to a lesser degree, will be resource management, passenger and cargo transportation, law enforcement, pilot training and proficiency, and administrative activities. All aircraft offered shall be the same make, model and series. The Aerial Supervision mission consists of directing and guiding large air tankers into a fire area, and as necessary, ?leading? them during actual retardant drop(s). This means operating below 500 feet AGL in steep mountainous terrain in turbulent conditions. In all cases, the aircraft may have other Government employee/employees on board as an Air Tactical Group Supervisor (ATGS) observer. Mission/Agency qualified Government pilots will operate all of these aircraft. The Contractor shall provide the aircraft, complete maintenance of the aircraft, and all oil for the aircraft. The Government shall provide the pilots and all of the fuel for the aircraft. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (15-FEB-2008). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 18-MAR-2008, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

Original Point of Contact

POC Bridgit Downing, Contracting Officer, Phone 208-387-5279, Fax 208-387-5384, - Elna Black, Procurement Technician, Phone 208-387-5632, Fax 208-387-5384

Place of Performance

Address:
All aircraft delivered to Boise, ID (designated base); with anticipated nationwide utilization. Potential sites may be in Missoula, MT, Denver, CO, Albuquerque, NM, Ogden, UT, Redding, CA, Lancaster, CA,Redmond, OR and Boise, ID.
83705, UNITED STATES
Link: Link to FedBizOpps document.