- Country: USA
- Summary: Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Subscription for Timber Sales Reporting
- UST Ref No: 119038214
- Deadline: 26 May 2025
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Government
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
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The USDA - Forest Service - Procurement & Property Services (PPS), Special Projects Operations Center (SPOC), Northwest Branch intends to award a contract on a sole source basis. Yearly subscription services to forest product market related data and reports that are essential to managing the Forest Service Timber Management program. The current subscription is the sole source of broad market related weekly publications and provides subscribers with an unmatched online information dashboard. The timber sale programs in Regions 6, 10, and 1 rely on specific price indices only available from reports provided by the current subscription. This information is essential to performing the timber valuation appraisals that are required by law before timber is allowed to be sold. This subscription will also provide expanded market data in the form of short and long term market forecasts in addition to the support of an economist to tailor those forecasts based on proposed actions to meet the goals of the current administration under Executive Order (EO) 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production (March 1, 2025).
Regions 6, 10, and 1 have maintained subscriptions with the existing subscription for several years. Each year they evaluate the market reports available for their areas of concern and by continuing the use this data, the Forest Service will reduce its costs by saving time and effort in having to learn new subscriptions. Additionally, other market reports do not provide the level of data the agency needs or require too much manpower and labor hours to be efficient.
A determination not to compete this proposed contract was made pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1 (b)(1), Soliciting from a Single Source - For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract deem only one ... - Documents:
05082025_FAR-13-Single-Source-or-Brand-Name-Justif.pdf
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The AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF | FOREST SERVICE, a Government sector organization in USA, has announced a new tender for Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Subscription for Timber Sales Reporting. This tender is published on USARFP under UST Ref No: 119038214 and is categorized as a Tender. Interested and eligible suppliers are invited to participate by reviewing the tender documents and submitting their bids before the deadline on 2025-05-26.
The estimated tender value is Refer Document, and full details, including technical specifications and submission requirements, are provided in the official tender documents. Ensure all submissions meet the criteria outlined to be considered for evaluation.
