Lone Cone Chinking, GMUG NF, Norwood Road, Colorado

ATTENTION: SOLICITATION AND ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE LOCATED IN THE ATTACHMENTS/LINKS Project Title: Lone Cone Chinking, GMUG NF, Norwood Road, Colorado Description: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.

Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 1240LT26Q0187 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for removal and replacement of chinking material on building exterior. Contractor is required to prepare exterior log surface to ensure optimal adhesion.

The Lone Cone Cabin is a rental facility in the summer months and an outfitter cabin in the winter months located on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forest on the Norwood Ranger District. This is a log cabin built in the late 1940s. There are large gaps between the logs and holes from woodpeckers and other varmints, throughout the exterior of the cabin.

This has allowed rodents and insects to infest the cabin's interior. It is unknown when the last time any chinking maintenance was done on this cabin. However, it is apparent that the Lone Cone Cabin is in dire need of this service.

Project Location: Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests Norwood Road/Recreation, Colorado. Latitude 3753'35.3"N, Longitude 10809'31.1"W This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 238390 - Other Building Finishing Contractors The small business size standard is $19M This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.

All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. FAR 52.228-1 Bid Bond/Offer Guarantee: A bid bond/offer guarantee shall be submitted at time of offer on a Standard Form 24 (SF24), Failure to provide the bid bond will render the offer non-responsive, resulting in its rejection. The required guarantee amount is 20% of the total offer price, not to exceed a maximum of $3 million.

Alternative Payment Protections FAR 52.228-13 (July 2000) (a) The Contractor shall submit the following payment protections: Payment Bonds (b) The amount of the payment protection shall be 100% of the contract price. (c) The submission of the payment protection is required within 10 days of contract award. (d) The payment protection shall provide protection for the full contract performance period plus a one-year period.

(e) Except for escrow agreements and payment bonds, which provide their own protection procedures, the Contracting Officer is authorized to access funds under the payment protection when it has been alleged in writing by a supplier of labor or material that a nonpayment has occurred, and to withhold such funds pending resolution by administrative or judicial proceedings or mutual agreement of the parties. (f) When a tripartite escrow agreement is used, the Contractor shall utilize only suppliers of labor and material that signed the escrow agreement. (End of clause) Payment Bond must be submitted using the mandatory Standard Form (SF) 25A.

Please note that no substitute forms will be accepted. Payment Bonds are due no later than 10 calendar days after award