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RFP 47PF0018R0183

Landscaping and Related Services Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse and Federal Building; Cleveland, OH Donald J. Pease Federal Building; Medina, OH October 16, 2018

Representing GSA Rhonda Booker – Contracting Officer Jenna Berg – Contract Specialist Karen Weaver – Property Manager – Pease Building Megan Gannon – Property Manager – Stokes USCH

Disclaimer: No oral statement made by a government representative during the pre-proposal conference, nor any written record of such oral statements as may be made and subsequently furnished to the offeror, will be deemed to have the effect of adding to, modifying, or otherwise varying from the written provisions of the request for proposal (RFP) including, but not limited to, specifications and written amendments to the solicitation. In the event discussion or questions are raised during this meeting to indicate a need to modify the RFP, an amendment to the solicitation will be issued in writing and must be acknowledged in the same manner and under the same conditions as all other written amendments to the RFP.

Jenna Berg is the Contract Specialist handling this procurement and subsequent contract. All questions and concerns should be addressed to her at (216)-416-0937 or jenna.berg@gsa.gov. Rhonda Booker will be serving as the Contracting officer. Karen Weaver is the Contracting Officer’s Representative for the Donald J. Pease Federal Building and Megan Gannon is the Contracting Officer’s Representative for the Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse and Federal Building.

Items of Importance

This solicitation is for Landscaping and Related Services at two locations: Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Cleveland, OH and the Donald J. Pease Federal Building, Medina, OH.

This contract is expected to begin on or about April 1, 2019 for a base period of 12 months ending on March 31, 2020. Although this contract spans 12 months, work is only expected to occur between the dates of April 1-November 30. There are 4 options that the government reserves the right to exercise spanning until March 31, 2024.

Please be sure to read the contract thoroughly to understand the requirements.

PROPOSALS DUE: Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 at 2:00pm EST to Jenna Berg at jenna.berg@gsa.gov

This is a SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. You must be registered in SAM as a Small Business under the NAICS code 561730.

Evaluation Factors:

The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to the solicitation and provides the best value to the Government based on the evaluation factors. The evaluation factors to be used are total evaluated price and past performance. Past performance is significantly more important than price. As proposals become more equal in terms of past performance, the total evaluated price becomes more important.

Three Past Performance References are required, so please complete Attachment A in the solicitation for three different references.

Deliverables:

Section L.10 has the offerors checklist. This is a great resource to make sure your proposal is complete and accurate.

Please also be sure to sign and return each amendment that has been issued to the solicitation via FBO.gov.

Questions:

Please contact Jenna Berg (contact information above) 47PF0018D0013 with all questions regarding the solicitation, scope of work, etc. All questions will be made into clarifications posted on FBO.gov.