CONSTRUCTION: Replace Evaporative Coolers Prescott Fire Center

Amendment 0001 added -- USDA Forest Service, Prescott Fire Center has a requirement for replacing the evaporative coolers in the warehouse replaced.  Type of Award. As a result of this solicitation, the Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed-Price Construction Contract using FAR 15 Request For Quotation (RFQ) Best Value format.  This is a 100% Small Business Set Aside to NAICS code 238220 $16.5 Million is the maximum size standard to qualify as small business.  PSC code Z2NB. To be eligible for award of a Federal contract, potential vendors, at time of award, are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/content/home .   Basis for Award – See Section M of RFQ.  No Formal Site Visit has been scheduled for this project.  Please contact the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) to arrange an informal site visit.How to submit your offer.  Submit RFQ pages 3 through 5 as your business (schedule of items) proposal.  In a separate document, submit all the information requested in Section M as your technical proposal.Deadline for submission of offers shall be September 28, 2022, NOON (Pacific Daylight Time – matches time zone in advertisement in SAM).Responses to the RFQ shall be sent to the Contracting Specialist by email and should contain the Solicitation Number in the subject line for the email.  Email:  warren.abbott@usda.gov