Irrigation Maintenance Services
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary. Any information provided to the Government is strictly voluntary and at no cost to the Government.
This RFI is for market research purposes only. Market research is being conducted to determine interest, capability, and socio-economic category of potential sources for the requirement.
The 30th Contracting Squadron is seeking commercial sources with the technical expertise to provide Irrigation Maintenance Services for the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California.
General Description of Services:
The Contractor shall provide non-personal services, to include all personnel, supervision, equipment, tools, and other items and services necessary to perform grounds maintenance for specified areas on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, in a manner that will promote the growth of healthy grass, trees, shrubs, and plants and present a clean, neat, and professional appearance. Specific areas are identified in this PWS and in Appendix A. The Contractor's performance will be based on the Contracting Officer's Representative's (COR), and Contracting Officer's (CO) evaluation of the results required by the Service Summary (SS) and not the frequency or method of performance. It is at the Contractor's discretion to determine the levels of frequencies to attain the level of service at the best value. The evaluation of results will be based on COR surveillance, tenant satisfaction, and customer complaints. Final results of the evaluations will be the determining factor for the success or failure of this contract. The Contractor shall comply with applicable federal, regional, state, and local laws and commercial standards.
Period of Performance:
It is anticipated that the contract performance period will run for a period of one (1) full year after contract award.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code anticipated is 561730, Landscape Care and Maintenance Services. The applicable Small Business size standard is $7.5 million dollars. In accordance with FAR 19.502-2, Total Small Business Set-Asides, the Government anticipates this acquisition will be set-aside for small business concerns and that the acquisition will be conducted under FAR 6.2, Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources.
Interested parties are requested to address the questions in the Market Research Questionnaire. The draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is posted with this notice and interested parties are encouraged to submit industry comments and/or suggested changes to the PWS. Respondents are also encouraged to submit information regarding commercial practices that the Government should consider implementing for this acquisition.
As noted in the Market Research Questionnaire, the Government requests interested parties submit a brief description of capabilities, anticipated teaming arrangements, and a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers. Any responses involving teaming arrangements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners. All information received in response to this announcement that is marked "Proprietary" will be handled accordingly. Responses will not be returned. Please limit your response to no more than five (5) pages inclusive of the Market Research Questionnaire.
Please email responses with a subject heading of "Irrigation Maintenance: Contractor Name" to the attention of Lucy Ngiraswei at email address: lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil. Please note that telephone calls and faxed responses will not be accepted. Please also note that all potential offerors interested in doing business with the Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov.
Lucille D. Ngiraswei, Contracting Officer, Phone 805-605-0490, Email lucille.ngiraswei@us.af.mil - Lin M. Byrd, Contract Specialist, Phone 805-606-8291, Email lin.byrd@us.af.mil
