SOLE SOURCE JANITORIAL SERVICES
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) intends to award a sole source purchase order to TishmanSpeyer for janitorial services for the leased office space that the agency occupies on the 9th and 11th floors at 525 West Monroe St., Ste. 1100, Chicago, IL 60661. TishmanSpeyer is the landlord of the building at the aforementioned address. CFTC leases the office space directly from TishmanSpeyer. The janitorial services will include daily cleaning of the leased office space, to include washrooms (both ladies and gentlemen), carpet spot cleaning and periodic overall carpet cleaning. TishmanSpeyer contracts directly with a contractor (s) to provide the janitorial services and bills the costs for the services directly to the tenants of the office space. TishmanSpeyer does not allow other contractors into their building space to perform these services. The purchase order will be for period of performance of one (1) year, 10/01/2016 through 9/30/2017. Pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b), the Contracting Officer hereby determines that circumstances of the procurement deem only one source reasonably available to fulfill CFTC's requirement. This notice does not constitute a solicitation for offers and, as such, no solicitation is available. However, the Government will consider responses from all responsible sources received by the date and time identified above. Written responses must include sufficient information to establish capability to fulfill the requirement. Any responses received will only be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in lieu of the sole source described in this notice, and such determination shall be made at the sole discretion of CFTC.
Sonda D Owens, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 418-5182, Fax (202) 418-5414, Email sowens@cftc.gov
