Presolicitation notice -Gardening Services(RFQ19KS70230003)-Approved.docx

U.S. Embassy Seoul General Services Office Tel. 82-2-397-4754 Fax: 82-2-397-4744

Date: January 5, 2023

Solicitation Number: 19KS7023Q0003 Procurement Type: Pre-solicitation

Title: Gardening Services Classification Code: S208 – Utilities and Housekeeping Services NAICS Code: 561730 – Landscaping Services

Is this a recovery and reinvestment act action: No S Response Date: Please see the solicitation for the response date and time.

Primary Contact Point:

Joshua M Lamb, Contracting Officer LambJM2@state.gov Phone: 8223974754 Fax: 8223974744

Secondary Contact Point

Ahn, Dong Ho Procurement Supervisor AhnDH@state.gov Phone: 8223974755 Fax: 8223974744

Description:

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States in Seoul Korea will launch the solicitation on SAM.gov when it is available, and no paper copies will be mailed.

The Embassy of the United States in Seoul, Korea requires Gardening Services for the U.S. Embassy Seoul, Korea. The contractor shall furnish managerial, administrative, and direct labor personnel to accomplish all work as required in the contract. The anticipated performance is for one base period and four one-year periods at the option of the Government.

The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price type contract. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussions. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price type contract.

The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation and plans to issue the solicitation in due course.

This opportunity is subject to 52.229-12 - Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements

All contractors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to submitting an offer pursuant to FAR provision 52.204-7. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of quotations/proposals.

The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at: https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM

This opportunity allows for electronic responses. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time to SeoulProposals@state.gov. It is important to make sure the submission is made in specific size and format; in MS-Word 2007/2010 or MS-Excel 2007/2010 or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file format. The file size must not exceed 30MB. If the file size should exceed the 30MB, the submission must be made in separate files and attached to separate emails with less than 30MB each.

If you choose to mail your offer, please mail your offer to the contracting office listed in this notice prior to the response date and time.

Place of Contract Performance:

U.S. EMBASSY Seoul General Services Office 10, Namyoung-dong, Yongsan-gu Seoul, Non-U.S.

Korea, South

ARCHIVE POLICY:

Automatic, on specified date

ARCHIVE DATE:

(NOTE to CO the Archive Date should be at least nine (9) months after the Response Date. You want to allow sufficient time to be able award the contract).

Allow Vendors to Add/Remove From Interest Vendors:

Yes

Allow Vendors to View Interested Vendors List:

No

SET ASIDE:

N/A or Set Aside – Leave block 18 blank, and do not select any entry from the pull-down menu for this block unless you are truly setting it aside for U.S. small business participation (which should be done if US type items are being required then this should be set aside). If you do, you will be making the acquisition a small business. Moreover, if an error is made and the synopsis is issued as some type of a small business set aside, you will need to cancel the synopsis and solicitation number and start the acquisition process over and with a new solicitation number.

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