THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY.pdf

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB- Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors, a minimum of 2 or more, qualified small businesses responding to this sources sought notice with information sufficient to support a set-aside acquisition strategy.

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 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, IFB or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-wide Point of Entry. It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government-wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The anticipated NAICS code(s) is/are:

(1) Classification Code : Z -- Maintenance, repair and alteration of real property

(2) NAICS Code: 561730

(3) NAICS Size Standard: $7.5M

Description of Services:

The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Grounds Maintenance at Fort Benning, Georgia as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), FY25 ID-T reduced standards IAW TE-1. The Contractor shall perform to the standards of this PWS and Minimum frequency standards outlined in the FY25 ID-T revised standards and Part 5 of the Specific tasks.

Fort Benning is in the state of Georgia and Alabama neighboring Columbus Georgia and Phenix City Alabama. Fort Benning consists of approximately 184,000 acres and over 5000 buildings. The population base consists of approximately 120,000 military and Government civilian and Contractor personnel, as well as resident family members. The installation consists of four (4) different training areas. Main Post, Sand Hill, Kelley Hill and Harmony Church. The grounds maintenance contract has been a 100% Small Business set-side with competition contract for five years.

The Contractor shall ensure all work accomplished as fulfillment of this PWS meets all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, directives and other requirements to include, but not limited to the documents in Part 6 Applicable Publications. The Contractor shall ensure all work accomplished maintains and presents a healthy, clean, neat, and professional appearance to all grounds included and covered by this contract in support of mission requirements for users, residents, and visitors to the installation (in accordance with DA PAM 420-1-1, Housing Management, Table 2-14). Objectives will be met in accordance with the FY25 ID-T revised standards.

Technical Exhibit (TE-6) identifies which buildings/areas belong to each building type, the square footage of the building/areas, any special security considerations, and any constraints as to when during the day or week scheduled services can be performed to the building/area. TE-4 Enterprise Municipal Grounds Maintenance Services Performance Standards and Frequencies identifies tasks and frequencies for minimum standards for each type of building.

The Contractor shall inspect, service, maintain, and landscape grounds at Fort Benning, Georgia. The work shall include scheduling and performance of mowing and trimming; turf replacement; leaf and debris removal; tree, hedge, and shrub planting, maintenance;

policing of areas; and other associated work as directed by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) or Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative (ACOR). The Contractor shall provide all work necessary to maintain the grounds to the standards specified herein. The Contractor shall maintain Improved, Semi-Improved, and Un- Improved Grounds as identified in this PWS. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, management, tools, supplies, transportation, labor, equipment, and other items and services necessary to perform Grounds maintenance services as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), The Contractor shall perform grounds maintenance services to the standards in this contract and in a manner that will maintain grounds in a satisfactory condition and present a clean, neat, and professional appearance. The Main Post Cemetery, Golf Course, Lawson Army Airfield, Snow Removal and Salting Sidewalks.

MWR, AAFES, DECA, DOD Schools and Martin Community Hospital (MACH) are not included in this PWS.

Mandatory Submission Requirements:

1. Name of the firm, address, primary point of contact, phone number, e-mail address, DUNS number, CAGE code and small business size status. Include your type of business (i.e. commercial, academia), whether your organization is classified as a small business based on the $7.5M standard that accompanies NAICS code 561730.

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. Furnish Offerors' Statement of Capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity.

4. Information to help determine Relevancy of Experience: Please list no more than three contracts your company is currently performing (or have completed within the last five years) that would be considered the same as/similar to this effort (scope, complexity, and magnitude). Include the contract number, title, location, description, contract type, annual award amount, and final contract amount.

5. 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@mail.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.

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, E-mail your responses electronically to Megan Stockdill at usarmy.benning.accmicc.mbx.micc-proposals@army.mil.

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