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(202) 205-8333

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Solicitations

National Solicitation Templates

National Solicitation Templates have been established to provide consistency in the acquisition methodology, methods of hire, and equipment typing and standards throughout the Forest Service.

Due to frequent changes in acquisition rules and clauses it is necessary to periodically update these templates. Awarded agreements, Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements (I-BPAs), will in most instances be modified to incorporate the latest changes as well.

The templates in the drop-down list show what would be included in an awarded I-BPA. If the Forest Service is the contracting agency, the templates must be used through VIPR for pre-season agreements. The specifications may also be used when doing incident-only EERAs. Please direct questions regarding the templates to the Contracting Officer for your Geographic Area (Region)

Solicitation Template Modifications View archive of updates

March 29, 2013 Maintenance Cycle Language changes to the "Generic Template Pay Structure D.6.2 and D.21.8":

The last sentence in D.6.2 is being made editable so that a CO can change the payment terms in accordance with the pay structure chosen for the solicitation.
Change D.21.8.1 to read: "Refer to D.6.2 for price structure and any payment specifics."

Regular Solicitations

Contracting opportunities can be found by searching the Federal Business Opportunities Web site (FedBizOpps) at FedBizOpps.

IMPORTANT: The Forest Service solicitation packages that are posted to FedBizOpps can only be viewed through a PDF viewer tool, such as Adobe Reader. To submit a response to these solicitations, you will need to use the VIPR Vendor Application (see the VIPR Vendor Application page for more information.)

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