Attachment 1 IDIQ statement of work.docx

Statement of Work (SOW)

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Project Title: Interior Plant Design, Lease, and Maintenance

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is financing solutions to the most critical challenges facing today's developing world. Working with businesses, we mobilize private capital to invest in projects that create jobs and opportunities in emerging markets, including building critical infrastructure, expanding access to telecommunications, and providing small business financing for women entrepreneurs. Launched in 2019, DFC helps to advance America's foreign policy by partnering with projects that create economic stability, protect sovereignty, and ensure transparency. DFC investments adhere to high U.S. business standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.

2.0 BACKGROUND

As the U.S. Government's development finance agency, the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) mobilizes U.S. private capital to help solve critical development challenges while advancing U.S. foreign policy interests. DFC works with the U.S. private sector to help gain footholds in emerging markets, catalyzing revenues, jobs, and growth opportunities at home and abroad. DFC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing, loan guarantees, political risk insurance, support for private equity investment funds, and direct equity investments.

DFC’s Office of Administration (OA) manages the agency's facilities and assets and provides a wide range of support services, including procurement and contracting, physical security, emergency management, property management, records and administration, space renovation, supplies and office equipment management, transportation, mail distribution, and desktop publishing.

3.0 SCOPE

DFC’s OA requires a contractor to provide the design, lease, and maintenance of interior plants at the DFC office. The scope of this contract includes a base service for the design, lease, and maintenance of interior plants in DFC’s workspaces on the 6th, 7th, 9th, and 12th floors of DFC’s office located at 1100 New York Ave NW. The base service will be contracted for in task order 1 under this contract.

The scope also includes the design, lease, and maintenance of interior plants in additional workspaces, as needed; the design, lease, and maintenance of seasonal holiday plants, such as Christmas trees, wreaths, and poinsettias; and the design, lease, and maintenance of interior plants for special events and occasions. These additional services shall be furnished to DFC as specified in any subsequent orders issued under this contract.

The contractor shall provide all labor, supplies, materials, and transportation necessary to ensure that interior plant maintenance services are performed at DFC in a manner that will maintain a healthy, pest- and disease-free, thriving, attractive, and professional appearance of interior plants.

4.0 REQUIREMENTS

The requirements for each task order will be included in the statement of work for the respective task order.

5.0 TYPE OF CONTRACT

This is a single-award, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.

6.0 TYPE OF ORDERS

Orders issued under this contract may be firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials, or labor-hour.

7.0 ORDERING PERIOD

The ordering period shall be five years, from February 5, 2024, through February 4, 2029. Orders must be complete by February 4, 2029.

8.0 MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM OF SERVICES

DFC shall place orders totaling a minimum of $1,000.00 over the life of the contract. The maximum amount of all orders placed under this contract shall not exceed $150,000.00.

9.0 ORDERING PROCEDURES

When DFC identifies future requirements under this contract, DFC will issue a written request for task order quote to the contractor. The contractor will submit a written quote in response. All orders issued under this contract shall be placed with the single contract awardee. All orders shall be issued in writing and signed by a DFC contracting officer. Oral orders are not authorized under this contract.

10.0 ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ORDERS

Orders under this contract shall only be issued by DFC.

11.0 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The place of performance will be the DFC office located at:

1100 New York Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20527

12.0 HOURS OF OPERATION

DFC standard hours of operation:

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.

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