Sources Sought Notice
W912DW-24-R-0YL8
Range Area Noxious Weeds Control,
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Yakima Training Center, WA.
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, REQUEST FOR QUOTE, OR INVITATION FOR BID. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION,SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, is issuing a Sources Sought to determine interest,
availability, and capability of 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned, and Small
Business concerns. The NAICS code for the work is 115112, Preparation, planting and cultivating, with a size
standard of $9.5 million.
This sources-sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work
and is for information/market research purposes only.
THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. The type of solicitation to be issued will depend upon information received in response to this sources sought notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought notice or any follow up information. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested firms should respond to this notice no matter what business size under NAICS 115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating.
Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted. Further, proprietary information is not being requested at this time, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this sources sought notice. No award will be made from this sources sought notice. This is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT:
Joint Base Lewis McChord Yakima Training Center (JBLM YTC) is a United States Army training center
(Army maneuver training, land warrior system testing and live fire area) located in south central Washington
state. It comprises approximately 327,000 acres of land, most of which consists of shrub-steppe. Main
vegetation components consist of sagebrush, bitter brush, and bunch grasses.
For this requirement, the Contractor will be responsible to provide season long control of designated weed
species at various roads and military training areas for the period of performance of the contract. Sample target
species for control include, but are not limited to kochia, diffuse knapweed, Russian thistle, cheat grass,
dalmatian toadflax, purple loose-strife, bull thistle, Canada thistle and Russian olive. Note, not all species are
present at each treatment area. The approximate treatment area is 2,100 acres. For the scope of this
requirement, the Columbia Basin shall be defined as within the United States geographic areas located east of
the Cascade Mountains and west of the Rocky Mountains in the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and the
western part of Montana. The Contractor shall achieve 90% control of designated vegetation during the period
of performance. If the Government proceeds with the acquisition, a site visit is anticipated during the
acquisition period.
SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:
Refer to original SAM.GOV posting. Sources sought full text available here and is only up to date as of 11/27/2023. Please refer to SAM.GOV posting for any possible updates.
