Dnr Rfb Call When Needed Water Scoopers

• Country: USA
• Summary: Dnr Rfb Call When Needed Water Scoopers
• UST Ref No: 111746520
• Deadline: 03 Jan 2025
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: 2000016515
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• Description:
• 2025-472 Call When Needed Water Scoopers The Department of Natural Resources is seeking bids for all labor, equipment, materials, tools, transportation, and incidentals necessary to: obtain aircraft flight services to support water/retardant/foam/gel application for fire suppression by an airplane approved for use as an amphibious aircraft and IAB approved for use as a water scooping air tanker. Contractor services must include an airplane, pilot(s), support personnel, support vehicle, fuel, and all other associated equipment as specified in this solicitation. Water will be scooped from water sources such as lakes or rivers and loaded at ground locations. At the state-s discretion, chemical fire retardant, foam, or gel may be loaded in the Contractor-s aircraft provided the aircraft is approved to do so. The DNR intends to use these aircraft primarily as a water scooper; however, conditions may, on occasion, require the aircraft to be used as a land based retardant aircraft. Should this occur (for the Firebosses only), the aircraft tank and gate system may be required to be rinsed before commencing water scooping operations. All responses must be submitted electronically through the Swift Portal. No e-mail or faxed responses will be accepted. Contractors needing help with registration and/or completing their response to this Event may contact the Contractor Assistance Help Desk at 651-201-8100, Option 1. Failure to respond to latest event version may result in bid rejection. Please be aware that there are attachments to this event. The vendor is responsible for reviewing all attachments and complying with all requirements to this Event. DNR will be the determining factor if vendor meets specifications. All questions should be directed to the buyer listed in this event. Unit price must include all costs such as labor, materials, tools, transportation, equipment, sales tax, use tax and all else necessary for completion of the project. Direct Pay Permit 1114 does not apply to this project. Award--Item, Group, Total: Responses that do not comply with the solicitation will be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected. The award will be made to the lowest responsible vendor meeting the specifications and all terms and conditions. The State reserves the right to award items separately, by grouping items, or by total, whichever is deemed most advantageous to the State. A Price Schedule in Excel (.xlsx) is attached to the Comments and Attachments of the Event. You must ‘download- and save the Excel® Price Schedule to your desktop before you can begin filling in your offer and complete the Price Schedule. You must ‘upload/attach- the completed Price Schedule Failure to do so will /may result in bid rejection. You must enter a bid amount in the Your Unit Bid Price Field. Responses will only be accepted on the Price Schedule included with the Event. The completed Price Schedule should be uploaded in either a Microsoft Excel® 97-2003 Worksheet (.xls), or Microsoft Excel® 2010 Worksheet (.xlsx). The Price Schedule document may also be downloaded, completed and uploaded in a .pdf format. The State reserves the right to reject Price Schedules submitted in any other formats. Other Excel® file extensions that MAY be compatible are: .xlsm, .xlt, .xltm, and .xlw. Once you have completed and submitted your response, you will receive a system confirmation message that your response has been ‘accepted-. Print and save the confirmation for your file. If you-re having trouble submitting your response, call the Help Desk at 651-201-8100 - Option No. 1.
• Documents:

 Tender Notice