RFIGrounds.doc

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

75th Contracting Squadron

Hill Air Force Base, Utah

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The requirement is for grounds maintenance of Hill Air Force Base (HAFB) and Little Mountain Complex. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to ensure that grounds maintenance is performed at Hill Air Force Base in a manner that will maintain healthy grass, trees, shrubs, and plants and present a clean, neat, and professional appearance. These services will be further outlined in the solicitation, and will include: mowing enhanced and improved grounds, edging, trimming, irrigation, removal of leaf and tree debris, performing pest/weed identification and control, composting, wood chipping/hauling and snow and ice removal. “The Grounds Maintenance Management Guidelines” established by the Professional Grounds Management Society which can be found at www.pgms.org/pgmspublications.htm shall be adhered to.

There is approximately 4,500 acres of improved and semi-improved grounds. These areas consist of lawns and landscaping to include parade grounds, athletic fields, picnic areas, and shoulders along main thoroughfares (see attached map). Sections with low levels of development to include airfields, small arms ranges, antenna farms, munitions storage areas, and shoulders on secondary roads. Additional maintenance requirements include approximately 4,000 trees, 160,000 linear feet of irrigation, 340,000 feet of sidewalks, bedding areas and flower beds.

Additionally, the contractor shall be required to be located locally with the authority to resolve any issues/problems that may arise. The contractor shall implement Quality Control procedures addressing daily deficiencies, correct noted deficiencies in a timely manner, and provide solutions to problems when they arise. Also, the contractor may be asked to perform additional work not anticipated in the original scope of work, perform emergency or special event grounds services required in areas to include erosion, clean-up of trees, limbs and debris in aftermath of storms, drought situations, special events and/or distinguished visitor visits.

RFI QUESTIONS TO CONTRACTORS

The acquisition team has developed a list of questions to facilitate discussion and influence the final version of the RFI. Your answers are intended to be used to refine the RFP, enhance selection criteria that assure the correct set-aside (if any) is used to promote competition to the fullest extent. To ensure that your answers have the opportunity to influence this acquisition, please submit your responses no later than 31 March 2008 4:00 PM local time.

Name of Company:

Physical Address:

Mailing Address:

Point of Contact:

(Name and Title)

Phone Number:

Fax Number:

Email Address:

Company Website:

DUNS Number:

CAGE Code:

*Socio-Economic Size Status:

Large Business

Small Business (check all that apply)

Small Disadvantaged Business

Certified 8A Program Participant

Woman-Owned Small Business

HUBZone Small Business

Veteran-Owned Small Business

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned

Small Business

Ability One Provider

Feel free to add additional lines if necessary, but please do not exceed 1 page. Typed responses are greatly encouraged.

1. Briefly describe your company’s primary business line(s). Also, describe the services your company provides and your company’s primary customer base:

3. Are you interested in submitting a proposal to accomplish this work (high, medium, low)? Negative responses are encouraged.

4. If you are not interested, why?

5. Based on the magnitude of this requirement, can you perform 50% of the work with your own employees? (If not, please explain)

6. The NAICS code associated with this acquisition is 561730 with a size standard of $6.5M. Please identify your business’ size standard and socioeconomic status under this specific NAICS (i.e. Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone, etc)?

7. Does your company have specialized experience in grounds maintenance?

8. Does your company have experience in working with and overseeing DoD contracts?

9. Does your company have DoD program management experience?

(Management to include contract support, oversight and developing courses of action)

SUMMARY/PCO INFORMATION

To recap, interested offerors should send a response to the RFI questions listed above to the Contracting Negotiator Lt Jaymie Stepanek. Responses to the above questions must be submitted no later than 31 March 2008 4:00PM local time.

Lt Jaymie Stepanek 75th CONS

Or

Mr. Douglas Young, 75th CONS

Contractor Specialists

Contracting Officer

Phone (801) 775-5256

Phone (801) 775-5284

Fax (801) 777-5246

Fax (801) 777-5246

Email: Jaymie.Stepanek@hill.af.mil

Email: Douglas.Young@hill.af.mil

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