Forest Service seeks companies able to work on roads, facilities, and trails
The United States Forest Service has recently published three blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) on SAM.gov for companies and service providers to bid on. These contracts intend to make it easier for the Forest Service to quickly get work accomplished by establishing agreements with vendors ahead of time. A BPA is a simplified method of filling anticipated, repetitive needs for open market supplies and services. Interested vendors will need to respond by May 17. These BPAs include a variety of categories for services such as road repair, construction and maintenance, paving, trail construction and maintenance, signage installation, facility repairs, carpentry, painting, roofing, plumbing and electrical work.
Companies that submit proposals can select where in the Forest Service Eastern Region, they would like to provide their services. Region 9 stretches from Missouri to Maryland, to Maine, to Minnesota, covering a large portion of the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. If a vendor only wanted to provide services to Missouri locations, that would be completely appropriate and considered in this process. Vendors and companies that bid on these BPAs will need to have a company profile on SAM.gov, which can take a little time, so do not wait until the last minute to decide to enter a bid.
The Three BPAs currently out for bid are:
- Eastern Region Roads: https://sam.gov/opp/530f39a9ed634f048e5e1a590f480656/view.
- Eastern Region Facilities: https://sam.gov/opp/e194da3e504c41f78732aa45ef7aa071/view
- Eastern Region Trails: https://sam.gov/opp/5196de28475e49d594c0e6824f153fd6/view
To get started with registering and receiving an unique entity ID through SAM.gov, start here: https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration.