Orders for Service. (1) Task Orders under this contract shall consist of orders issued via OF 347, Resource Order issued from the Resource Ordering and Status System (XXXX), or other agency acquisition form. (2) As the need becomes known to the Government, the ordering office will contact all contract holders to determine the location and availability of their respective MRBs. (i) Orders needed for immediate responses to support wildland fire support will be issued to the closest available resource available to meet requirements of the request, including date and time needed. (ii) Orders to support preplanned suppression needs will be issued on a best value comparison of the available offers based on price, special equipment needs, availability, and capability of meeting the delivery date. (iii) The Government will contact each Contractor to establish the location of the Contract MRBs. Contractors that fail to answer or do not respond within one hour from being contacted will not be considered for orders. (3) Orders for service may be verbal but must be confirmed by receipt of a Resource Order, OF 347, or other formal order for service. (4) The Contractor shall provide a copy of the Resource Order to the Contracting Officer within three days of receipt of the order. The Contractor shall also furnish the assigned resource order number upon arrival and check in at the incident. The Incident Commander or responsible Government Representative is authorized to administer the technical aspects of this contract. (5) If the Mobile Retardant Base is available for hire, the Contractor must be able to initiate response to a site designated by the Agency at any time, day or night within twenty-four hours of the time the Contractor accepts the offer of hire, or the negotiated time per Agency Representative. The Agency reserves the right to withdraw its offer of hire if the Contractor cannot arrive at the designated site within the time period requested.
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