Market Survey Announcement_Ground Maintenance Service Snow Removal Services_10-4-24.pdf

MARKET SURVEY ANNOUNCEMENT

Grounds Maintenance Services & Snow Removal Services

1. Introduction/Purpose

The purpose of this announcement is to conduct a market survey to solicit information, statement of interest, and capabilities from interested vendors in accordance with FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) policy 3.2.1.2.1. This market survey is for a follow-on requirement to perform grounds maintenance and snow removal services for the Federal Aviation Administration and will enable the FAA to review responses that are current and that will assist with the acquisition planning.

2. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

The NAICS Code for this procurement is 561730 Landscaping Services.

3. Scope of Work

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Infrastructure Operations & Maintenance has a continuing requirement for Grounds Maintenance and Snow Removal Services at the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace (WJHTC) co-located at the Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey. The effort is currently being fulfilled under contract no. 692M15-20-D-00009.

The WJHTC Campus encompasses:

• Approximately 5,000 acres of property

• 24 lane miles of roadway

• 171,175.81 sq. ft. of sidewalks

• 1,358,391 sq. ft. of aircraft ramp space

• 1,631,940 sq. ft. of parking areas

The WJHTC Campus is occupied by the FAA as well as several tenant organizations, including:

• FAA’s Eastern Services Area (ESA);

• Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (TSA);

• Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Labs (TSL);

• Department of Homeland Security Canine Explosives Section (CES);

• United States Coast Guard Station Atlantic City (USCG); and,

• New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG).

4. Work Requirements

In order to obtain a full range of support for the FAA and tenants’ missions, the Contractor for any resulting contract would be required to furnish all necessary labor, personnel, operators, management, supervision, professional services, materials, tools, supplies, parts, general and specialized equipment, transportation and other items and services necessary to perform the work specified at the WJHTC Campus.

Further information regarding the FAA’s work requirements is set forth in Attachment 1-Capability Statement Requirements.

5. Performance Period

It is anticipated that the period of performance of this effort will be five (5) years.

6. Nature of Competition

This Market Survey is conducted, in part, to obtain the information necessary to determine whether adequate competition exists to set-aside the requirement among Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business (SEDB) vendors that are 8(a) certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and/or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). However, this Market Survey is not restricted and intends to seek information from all interested and capable Offerors of every size and type.

The determination for the type of competition will be, in part, based on the results of this Market Survey.

7. General Information

This announcement is NOT a Screening Information Request or Request for Proposal of any kind. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is not currently seeking, nor accepting, unsolicited proposals. Any costs associated with the market survey submittal are thus solely at the interested vendor’s expense.

This announcement is not intended to guarantee procurement of a service and will not be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contract. Thus, this notice does not commit the FAA or the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.

Respondents must be registered in The System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be considered for this requirement.

Requests for site visits will not be granted until the solicitation phase of any contract resulting from this Market Survey.

8. Submittal Requirements for Market Survey

Responses to this Market Survey must include the following:

a. Name of the Respondent, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS or UEI number, a statement regarding size status under NAICS code 561730.

b. Identification as to whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint venture, or teaming arrangements that will be pursued, if any.

c. All request information set forth in the Attachment 1-Capability Statement Requirements.

This submittal should not exceed five (5) pages in length. The submittal must specifically address each and all of the capability requirements listed in Attachment 1-Capability Statement Requirements, including all requested information in, (Item 8 Submittal Requirements for Market Survey).

Please note that the Work Requirements Overview set forth in Attachment 1 are not the final Statement of Work (SOW), which will be released during the solicitation phase.

9. Delivery of Submittal

All responses to this Market Survey must be submitted by Thursday, October 31, 2024, by 1:00 PM EST to Kenneth Hitchens, Contracting Officer, AAQ-650 at Ken.Hitchens@faa.gov. Please send any questions to Ken.Hitchens@faa.gov by Friday October 18, 2024, 11:00 AM EST.

10. Attachments

Attachment 1-Capability Statement Requirements mailto:Ken.Hitchens@faa.gov mailto:Ken.Hitchens@faa.gov