Lawn and Grounds Maintenance, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
The USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station intends to initiate a Request for Quote (RFQ) procurement action and award a Firm-Fixed Price contract for lawn and grounds maintenance services. The contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, incidentals, and specialized equipment for ground maintenance services at the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The acquisition is solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 12, Commercial Items, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). A Firm-Fixed-Price contract will be awarded to the lowest-priced technically acceptable offeror. Proposals will be evaluated for acceptability but will not be ranked using the non-cost/price factors. In order to be eligible for award, offerors must receive a rating of "acceptable" in every non-price factor/sub factor. In the interest of economy and efficiency, the Government will start by evaluating the technical proposal of the lowest-priced offeror and will award to that offeror if the technical proposal is rated "technically acceptable". If the lowest offeror receives a rating of "unacceptable" in any of the non-cost factors, the Government will then move on to evaluating the technical proposal of the next lowest offeror and so on until a proposal is rated "technically acceptable". Therefore, the technical proposals of the non-low price offerors may or may not be evaluated.
Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will 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 Monday, April 17, 2017 by 4:00 PM EST. Quotes may be e-mailed to Briana Chalmers at the following e-mail address: bcchalmers@fs.fed.us or mailed ATTN: Briana Chalmers, 11 Campus Blvd. Ste. 200, Newtown Square, PA 19083.
The NAICS Code for this project is 561730 (Landscaping/Grounds keeping Services) with a small business size standard of $7.5 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) database at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM as required by FAR 4.1102.
This procurement is set aside 100% for small business concerns.
Briana C. Chalmers, Contract Specialist, Phone 610-557-4053, Email bcchalmers@fs.fed.us
