SOUTHWESTERN-NEWS-RELEASE: Kaibab National Forest Information

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Good morning,

 

Please share this news release with any vendors interested in providing resources to support wildfires and other emergency incidents. There will be an information session Jan. 7, 2016, and our North Kaibab Ranger District office will be one of the locations at which interested vendors can participate. Details are available in the below (and attached) news release.

 

Thank you,
Jackie

 

Forest Service Shield

Jacqueline C. Banks
Public Affairs Officer

Forest Service

Kaibab National Forest

p: 928-635-8314
c: 928-606-7490
jcbanks@xxxxxxxxx

800 S. 6th St.
Williams, AZ 86046
www.fs.usda.gov/kaibab 

Caring for the land and serving people

 

Fire equipment vendors invited to information session

Williams, Ariz., Dec. 2, 2015—For Immediate Release. The USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region announces an information meeting for vendors interested in providing resources to support wildfires and other emergency incidents.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, from 1 to 4 p.m. MST via video teleconference at Forest Service offices throughout Arizona.

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

 

In fiscal year 2016, the Southwestern Region is seeking competitive quotations for Water Handling Equipment, which includes Engines, Support Water Tenders, and Tactical Water Tenders with trained operators to support wildfires during the course of a three-year agreement.

Interested vendors can obtain copies of the solicitations at https://www.fbo.gov. Type VIPR into the keyword search box and press Search to obtain a list of VIPR solicitations from all over the country. Look for the ones from the Southwestern Region, Region 3. You can also search on Solicitation No. AG-8371-S-16-7000.

Vendors can attend the meeting at any of the following Arizona locations:

Apache-Sitgreaves NFs — Supervisor’s Office

30 S. Chiricahua Drive, Springerville, AZ

 

Coconino NF — Supervisor’s Office

1824 S. Thompson Street, Flagstaff, AZ

 

North Kaibab Ranger District

430 South Main Street, Fredonia, AZ

 

Prescott Fire Center

2400 Melville Road, Prescott, AZ

 

Tonto NF — Supervisor’s Office

2324 East McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ

 

Tucson Fire Center

2646 E. Commerce Center Place, Tucson, AZ

 

For information about VIPR go to: http://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vipr.php or contact Anne Weiskircher, Region 3 Fire Contracting Officer, at aweiskircher@xxxxxxxxx.

 

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Attachment: 1650-1_so_FireEquipmentVendorsInformationSession_2015_1202.pdf
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