News Release – Fire Season Equipment Vendor Meetings
by Sis Peterson, Cibola National Forest and Grasslands
Albuquerque, NM – January 13, 2012. The USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region is hosting a meeting for vendors interested in providing resources to support wildfires and other emergency incidents. The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 26, from 1:00p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Forest Service offices throughout New Mexico.
The meeting will discuss a variety of topics including:
- How to become a government vendor
- How to locate and respond to solicitations through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system
- How to read and understand contract requirements for specific equipment
The Southwestern Region will be seeking competitive solicitation for the following items for FY2012:
- Mobile laundry units
- Potable and Gray water trucks/Trailer-mounted handwashing units
- Portable toilets/Wheelchair accessible portable toilets/Portable handwash units
- Fuel tenders
- Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Apparatus (formerly Crash Rescue Trucks)
- Miscellaneous Heavy Equipment (Feller bunchers/Masticators/Road graders/ Skidders)
The Region may also be soliciting for additional equipment to support emergency incidents. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list:
- ATVs/UTVs
- Chainsaw repair kits
- Chippers
- Coach bus
- Computers and printers
- Copiers
- Heavy equipment (Dozers/Excavators/Transports)
- Mechanic with service truck
- Mobile sleeper units
- Vehicle rentals (passenger vehicles and trucks without operators)
- Vehicle with driver (usually owned by individuals or small business and used to haul supplies)
- Water handling equipment (support & tactical water tenders and engines)
The meetings will be held at the following New Mexico locations:
Carson NF—El Rito Ranger Station
Building 1221, Hwy 554
El Rito, NM
Contact: Anthony Martinez; 575.581.4554
Cibola NF — Supervisor’s Office
2113 Osuna Road Northeast
Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Joan Gallagher; 505.346.3806
Santa Fe NF — Supervisor’s Office
11 Forest Lane
Santa Fe, NM
Contact: Joseph Varoz; 505.438.5341
Gila NF — Supervisor’s Office
3005 E. Camino del Bosque
Silver City, NM
Contact: Juan Ortiz; 575.388.8311
For information about VIPR go to: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php. Current solicitation notices are published on the internet at https://www.fbo.gov. Enter VIPR into the search box.
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Sis Peterson
Information Receptionist
Cibola National Forest and Grasslands
2113 Osuna Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
sispeterson@fs.fed.us
505-346-3900
http://fs.usda.gov/cibola
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