Sources Sought Notice (SSN) - USAG Ranges and Airfields (PANMCC 041724) - 20260309.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure:

Non-personal services to provide comprehensive grounds and airfield maintenance.

The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, and supplies necessary to ensure the safe and continuous operation of mission-critical infrastructure.

The core requirement is for recurring grass cutting, vegetation control, and groundskeeping services across approximately 3,207 acres. The scope is divided into two primary functional areas with distinct performance standards:

Airfield Maintenance: The contractor is responsible for maintaining all designated airfield areas, including runways, taxiways, and infields. This is vital for mitigating the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) and ensuring safe aviation operations.

Training Area & Range Maintenance: The contractor will maintain all specified training ranges, impact areas, and support facilities to ensure they are safe, accessible, and suitable for troop training and maneuvers.

Locations: The services will be performed across the following (TE 7.1 of PWS):

Fort Bragg Pope Army Airfield (AAF) Simmons Army Airfield (AAF) Camp Mackall

Key Performance Objectives: The purpose of this service is to support installation safety and mission readiness by meeting the following critical standards:

Airfields: Maintain grass height strictly between 6 and 12 inches to prevent wildlife nesting and foraging, directly supporting the BASH program and protecting aviation assets.

Ranges & Training Areas: Maintain grass height not to exceed 6 inches to ensure clear lines of sight, reduce fire hazards, and facilitate safe and effective training exercises.

Period of Performance: 01 June 2026 – 30 May 2031

; on a small business set-aside basis, provided 2 or more qualified small businesses respond to this sources sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside.

Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S.

Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Governmentwide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is:

561730 – Landscaping Services with a size standard of $9.5M.

A continuing need is anticipated for the Grounds Maintenance Service which were previously fulfilled through inactive task order W900KK-24-F-0158. Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), Performance Requirements Summary (PRS) and Technical Exhibits.

In response to this sources sought, please provide:

1. Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2. Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

3. Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. Please include prior experience in similar services supporting airfield and training areas, grounds maintenance services – see P.W.S.

4. Information to help determine if the service is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

5. Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6. Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the sam.gov notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

7. Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.