2011 National Solicitation Template Review

File Code: 6300/5100 Date: April 23, 2010 Route To:

Subject: 2011 National Solicitation Template Review

To: Regional Foresters, Station Directors, Area Director, IITF Director and Deputy Chiefs

OPTIONAL REPLY DUE MAY 23, 2010

National solicitation templates have been developed for equipment to be competitively solicited to support fire suppression and all-risk incidents in 2011. Six of these are resolicitations originally solicited in 2008, and two are new solicitations that were previously deferred. Input across a variety of disciplines is critical to ensure that requirements meet the needs of incident management teams. Please distribute widely to provide an opportunity for acquisition, finance, fire operations, and logistics personnel to review the templates. Final draft requirements for equipment subject to its second 3-year solicitation cycle include the clerical support units, fallers and faller modules, Geographic Information System units, heavy equipment, mechanics with service trucks, and tents. The new solicitations developed are the communication trailer and weed washing units. The applicable abbreviated solicitations are enclosed for review. A sample of a complete solicitation template may be found on the Incident Procurement Web site. The draft solicitations will be posted on FedBizOpps for vendors to review and offer comment. If any part of the specifications will have a major affect on the ability to support fire suppression and all-risk incidents, provide comments to [email protected] by May 23, 2010.

Soliciting for this equipment is in accordance with the National Solicitation Plan for Competitive Preseason Incident BPAs.

If you have any questions, please contact Tory Henderson at [email protected] or Shane LaValley at [email protected].

/s/ Charles L. Myers /s/ James E. Hubbard CHARLES L. MYERS JAMES E. HUBBARD Deputy Chief for Business Operations Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry

Enclosures (8) cc: pdl wo ops aqm directors pdl wo spf fam regional fire directors pdl wo ops aqm vipr liaisons Ronald Wester Sarah R Fisher Tory Henderson