Source Sougth Notice ANC Turf Grounds Service.pdf

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. This is a Sources Sought Notice and should not be construed as a solicitation announcement. The submission of this information is for planning purposes only. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, nor is it the intent of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Belvoir, Virginia to award a contract based on this Request for Information (RFI) or otherwise pay for the information sought. The Government is seeking responses to this Sources Sought Notice from all interested businesses capable of providing the requirement. Small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) business development programs, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, (SDVOSB) woman-owned small business (WOSB), small, disadvantaged business (SDB), economically disadvantaged women owned small business (EDWOSB) are highly encouraged to identify capabilities in meeting the requirements.

MICC – Fort Belvoir is seeking preliminary market research information from capable and reliable sources to gain knowledge of potential qualified business sources capable of providing all labor, equipment, materials, and supervision of its employees to perform turf and grounds maintenance and improvement services at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and U.S Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (USSAHNC), which combined have approximately 667 acres of developed grounds. Services required for both cemeteries include mowing and trimming that includes highly prominent areas; edging; trash, debris and floral pickup and resetting; leaf removal; preparation of special ceremony sites; filling and grading; top-dressing; sodding; snow and ice removal; post-burial care for casketed gravesites; post-burial care for cremated remains; liquid pesticide applications; liquid pesticide spot treatments; granular pesticide applications; granular fertilizer applications; pH level adjustments/soil amendment applications; core aeration; dethatching; turf renovation; soil structure repair; hydro-seeding; operating, maintaining, and repairing irrigation systems; spot watering; slit seeding; over seeding; and collecting and submitting soil samples.

The basic service objective is to maintain the cemeteries’ esteemed grounds with care resulting in aesthetically pleasing turf, care for burial sections, and memorial sites to honor those who have served our nation.

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 source 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 System Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov or sam.gov. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the System Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov or sam.gov for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The anticipated NAICS code(s) is/are: 561730 Landscaping Services, with a size standard of $9.5M.

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Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be e-mailed to the Contract Specialist, Edward Faison, at edward.k.faison.civ@army.mil with a with a courtesy copy (cc) to Oswald Pascal, Contracting Officer, at oswald.pascal.civ@army.mil, no later than 26 April 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

In response to this source 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.

The capability packages for this source sought are not a proposal, but rather statements regarding the company’s existing experience in relation to the areas specified above.

No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. No phone calls will be accepted. Capability packages shall not exceed five (5) pages.

Attachment 1: Current Performance Work Statement mailto:edward.k.faison.civ@army.mil mailto:oswald.pascal.civ@army.mil