Presolicitation
Pre-Solicitation Notice: Tier 3 Freight Services - Incident Support
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThis is a presolicitation (an early heads-up; no offers are taken yet) from the USDA Forest Service, Incident Procurement Logistics, for Tier 3 freight trucking for National Interagency Support Cache warehouses. The Forest Service plans to set up firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) blanket purchase agreements (BPAs: standing agreements, with orders placed as needed) with small businesses. SAM.gov's response date of November 23, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern is when the request for quotation is expected to be released. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Forest Service's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
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This is a presolicitation (an early heads-up; no offers are taken yet) from the USDA Forest Service, Incident Procurement Logistics, for Tier 3 freight trucking for National Interagency Support Cache warehouses. The Forest Service plans to set up firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) blanket purchase agreements (BPAs: standing agreements, with orders placed as needed) with small businesses. SAM.gov's response date of November 23, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern is when the request for quotation is expected to be released.
Who can bid (6)
- Small business under the 100% total small business set-aside (NAICS 484110 size standard is $30 million)
- Current SAM.gov registration associated with NAICS 484110 at the time of quote submission
- Be physically located within the stated radius of each cache warehouse you quote (50 to 110 miles depending on the location), with personnel and equipment available there
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- At each location, a minimum of two trailers (one Type 1 and one Type 2) and one box truck
- A 24-hour, 7-day-per-week communication system for verbal orders and a 7-day-per-week staffed office
- Drivers and operators fluent in English, and hazmat-qualified drivers when requested
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses under the $30 million size standard for NAICS 484110 can compete.
- Serious: Must be located near a cache warehouse. You must have people and equipment physically within 50 to 110 miles of each warehouse you quote, so a business far from these cities cannot qualify.
- Serious: Fast response and a minimum fleet at every location. Trucks with drivers must be furnished within 2 hours of an order, with at least two trailers and one box truck at each location, which takes a sizeable fleet and staff.
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- Worth checking: Presolicitation only; no orders guaranteed. There is no solicitation yet, and the notice says orders under the BPAs are not guaranteed because fire activity is sporadic.
- Worth checking: Limited number of BPAs per location. The Government plans only 2 to 4 agreements per warehouse and may limit the number at each location, so competition for each spot is direct.
- Minor: Round-trip mileage and 2-hour free loading time. Mileage counts from the dispatch point and back, and the Government gets 2 hours to load or unload before detention is paid, which affects how you price.
- Minor: Reference number differs from solicitation number. The questions contact asks for reference number 1202SC24Q2700 in the subject line, while the notice number is 1202SC26Q2700; confirm which to use with the contact.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 1202SC26Q2700 Pre Solicitation Notice - Tier 3 Freight Services.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Freight trucking for fire and emergency supplies and equipment from National Interagency Support Cache warehouses, in the Continental United States and Alaska
- Tractors with trailers and box trucks with drivers, on the road within 2 hours after an order is placed
- Staff a communication system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for verbal orders, with a 7-day-per-week staffed office
- Hazmat-qualified drivers when requested, English-fluent drivers, and the ability to drive a forklift on the trailer floor
- Rent Type 1 or Type 2 trailers within 24 hours, including staging or dropping a trailer at an incident
- Keep at least one Type 1 trailer, one Type 2 trailer and one box truck available at each location quoted
- Be physically located within a set radius of each cache warehouse you quote (50 to 110 miles)
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) blanket purchase agreement (BPA), under Simplified Acquisition Procedures; orders are not guaranteed
- Period of performance
- From date of award through December 31 of the awarded year, with annual reviews each year; pricing and terms for later years are requested annually
- Place of performance
- USA; cache warehouses in Missoula MT, Prescott AZ, Hurley NM, Redding CA, Ontario CA, Redmond OR, East Wenatchee WA, La Grande OR, London KY, Lakewood CO and Grand Rapids MN, with deliveries across the Continental United States and Alaska
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Nov 23, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
What to include when you submit
- No solicitation exists yet; submitting information to this notice is voluntary
- The RFQ is expected to be released on or about November 23, 2026 and to close on or about December 21, 2026
- Quote for one or all cache locations you want to be considered for, and state the total number of locations you can serve
- Have a current SAM registration associated with NAICS 484110 when you submit a quote
Not in the notice text
- How quotes will be evaluated and how to submit them are not stated; the RFQ itself has not been released
- Quantities, pricing format (hourly, mileage, detention and trailer rental rates) and clause list are not given
- Whether orders will be placed in any minimum amount is not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 484110
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- USDA-FS, Incident Procurement Logistics, Boise, ID
- Product/service code
- V112 · Transportation/Travel/Relocation – Transportation: Motor Freight
- Business type
- Transportation, logistics & vehicles (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 484110)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Property and Procurement Services (PPS), Incident Procurement Operations (IPO) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in support of the National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) locations nationwide; essential for storing, tracking, and shipping critical equipment and supplies for wildland fires and all-hazard emergencies. The intent of this solicitation is to provide commercially available freight services, for the delivery of supplies and equipment for all hazardous emergencies, fire and pre-suppression activities, at various locations in the Continental United States and Alaska as directed by the National Interagency Incident Support Caches. Delivery and pickup may be on unpaved Federal, State or County roads to remote locations. Pricing/Terms for subsequent years will be requested annually. The effective period of the resultant Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) will be from date of award through December 31st of the awarded year with annual reviews occurring each year. **SEE ATTACHED "1202SC26Q2700 Pre-Solicitation Notice - Tier 3 Freight Services" for further details.
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