Janitorial Services - USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Rhinelander, WI
The USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station intends to initiate a Request for Quote (RFQ) procurement action and award a negotiated, Firm-Fixed Price contract for janitorial services in Rhinelander, WI. The Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, supervision, transportation, incidentals, and specialized equipment to perform janitorial services. The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 12, Commercial Items, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; and Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation.
A Firm-Fixed-Price contract will be awarded for a twelve-month Base Period (from approximately May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018); and four (4) twelve-month Option Periods from approximately May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2022 to the offeror whose offer is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).
The evaluation factors are as follows:
Factor 1 - Experience and Qualifications of Contractor and Key Personnel
Factor 2 - Past Performance
Factor 3 - Bio-Based Plan
Factor 4 - Price
Factors 1, 2 and 3, when combined, are relatively equal when compared to price (Factor 4).
A Pre-Proposal Meeting/Site Visit is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 10:30 AM. The meeting will take place at the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Institute for Applied Ecosystems Studies/Forestry-Sciences Lab, 5985 Highway K, Rhinelander, WI 54501.
Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/ ; No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Quotes are due on April 21, 2017 by 5:00 pm EASTERN time.
Quotes may be e-mailed to the Contract Specialist, Briana Chalmers, at the following e-mail address: bcchalmers@fs.fed.us Quotes may also be sent by mail to the USDA Forest Service - Northern Research Station, 11 Campus Blvd., Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073, ATTN: Briana Chalmers. No bound/spiral proposals; and no fax submission proposals will be accepted.
The NAICS Code for this project is 561720 with a size standard of $18.0 million. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov/index.html/ as required by FAR 4.1102. Also, contractors who receive a federal contract of $25,000.00 or more are required by legislation to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on your employment of targeted veterans. Information on submitting your report may be obtained by calling 703-461-2460 or by accessing the following Internet web site: http://vets.dol.gov/vets100/.
Service Contract Act Wage Rates will be applicable. Award will be made as a whole to one offeror.
This procurement is set aside 100% for small business concerns.
Briana C. Chalmers, Contract Specialist , Phone 610-557-4053, Email bcchalmers@fs.fed.us
