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United States Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

911 NE 11th Avenue

Portland, Oregon 97232-4181

Notice to Offerors - RFP

Solicitation Number: F15PS01096

Description: Pest Control/Landscape Maintenance for Big Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Hawaii County)

Location: Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 60 Nowelo St., Suite 100 Hilo, HI 96720

Site Visit: Firms interested in attending a site visit should call Cashell Villa at (808) 443-2300, ext 229.

Date for submission of Questions: Contractors should submit any questions on this project directly to Karl Lautzenheiser at Karl_Lautzenheiser@fws.gov later than close of business on August 26, 2015. Questions will be consolidated and answers provided by issuance of an amendment directly thereafter.

Instructions to Offeror:

1. Before submitting an offer, read the entire solicitation package carefully. Return the following items with your response:

a) Page 1 of 2, Standard Form 1449 - Complete blocks 30a through 30c and include Duns number in block 20.

b) No bonds required for this project.

c) Bid Schedule – Page 2 of 4 and 3 of 4, Standard Form 1449 – Based upon technical requirements of Statement of Work, provide price hourly rates for line item numbers 10, 20, 30 and 40 (base year) and submit with proposal.

d) Award evaluation factors cited below and on page 7 of the contract clauses.

e) To acknowledge any amendment issued, complete fill-in on block 19 of the Standard form 1442 (page 2 of 3) and/or sign and return the cover sheet (Standard Form 30) of each amendment with your proposal.

2. The former Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and On-Line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) have migrated to the System for Award Management (SAM). Prior to award, contractor must be active in the SAM database now. Refer to the following web site:

https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

Basis for Award: Basis for Award - Per FAR clause 52.212-2 (on page 7 of contract clauses) as follows:

1) Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement (not-to-exceed 3 pages);

2) Past performance (not-to-exceed 3 pages); and

3) Price (no page limit)

Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important that price.

Proposal Due Date: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 3 PM PDT

Send Proposal To:

US Fish and Wildlife Service CGS-MS 10181 Attn: Karl Lautzenheiser 911 NE 11th Ave Portland, OR 97232-4181

Faxed response is acceptable to Karl Lautzenheiser at 503-231-6259 Email response is acceptable to Karl_Lautzenheiser@fws.gov

For Further Information:

Site visit and refuge contact: Cashell Villa at (808) 443-2300, ext 229 Contracting Contact: Karl Lautzenheiser (503) 231-2052 mailto:Karl_Lautzenheiser@fws.gov