USDA Forest Service Region 1 EMS and IMS Medical Direction Services

The Forest Service requires professional Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Medical Direction for Forest Service (FS) Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers in Region 1 (R1) and EMSs aligned with the R1 Incident Medical Specialist (IMS) program supporting all hazard incidents in R1. These employees are generally collateral duty EMS providers and as such are normally employed in natural resources career fields (wildland fire, recreation, range, fisheries, engineering, timber, law enforcement, etc.). In addition to FS EMS, there are also interagency and emergency hire employees included under the IMS Program.

These services are being solicited as two projects/line items, each with four (4) option periods. More than one firm-fixed-price award may be made from this solicitation. Contractors may submit pricing for one project (EMS or IMS) or both projects. However, pricing must be submitted for all associated option line items (e.g. 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001 and 4001 and/or 0002, 1002, 2002, 3002 and 4002).

For submittal instructions, please see Section viii (Instructions to Offerors) of attachment 1284LM25Q0050.docx.

Please email any questions regarding this solicitation to joanne.meiers@usda.gov NLT August 4, 2025, COB.

AMD 0001 changes proposed period of performance, Amends the Statement of Work, and changes section viii FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors, paragraph a)ii) Technical Capability. Substantive change requires physicians to currently have active medical licenses in MT, ID, ND and SD (not pending or applied for upon award). CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.