Mkt_Res_Survey_Grnds_Maint_12_Oct_18.pdf
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This document contains a market research questionnaire for grounds maintenance services at a military installation. The questionnaire seeks information from contractors on their approach to grounds maintenance, performance standards, corrective actions, pricing methods, regulatory compliance, site visit needs, pricing of ancillary items like plants and irrigation parts, Department of Labor wage categories used, experience at other military bases, typical workload and services provided in terms of acreage and grounds maintained, primary market sectors served, equipment and tools provided, common contract terms and conditions, invoicing frequency and billing methods, methods for adjusting contract square footage, pre-priced service fee schedules, comments on the draft Performance Work Statement, challenges providing these services to the government, interest and teaming arrangements for this opportunity, use of subcontractors, and a point of contact for additional questions. The related federal contract opportunity is a pre-solicitation notice from the Department of the Army for grounds maintenance services at Fort Hood, Texas, with no further details provided.
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MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE
Grounds Maintenance Services
1. Which is a better approach to grounds maintenance services, performance based-standards or specification sheet?
2. What vehicle or means do you have to correct a performance problem and how are repeat discrepancies handled?
3. How are your grounds maintenance services typically priced? (i.e. by acres, by square foot, hourly)
4. How are mowing, landscaping projects and other grounds maintenance services priced?
5. Are there certain federal, state, and local government regulatory requirements industry has to meet and if so, how do you ensure your organization meets these requirements
(maintenance safety, overall contractor safety policies, hazardous material disposal, water/air quality, etc.)?
6. In order to provide a complete proposal, would a site visit be necessary?
7. How are “a-la-carte” items priced (i.e.
trees, shrubs, plants, irrigation parts, etc.)?
8. What Department of Labor Wage
Determination labor categories does you company use to perform this type of service?
Provide the occupational title and code.
9. Does your company have experience with working at other military installations? If yes, provide a brief description of work experience.
10. What is your estimated workload? What services do you typically provide (i.e. types of grounds maintained (improved, semi-improved, unimproved) and acreage)?
11. Where are the majority of your services performed (i.e., residential, commercial industry, government, etc.)?
12. Do you provide all equipment, tools, vehicles, parts and other items? If so, what type of equipment and how many of each is provided/recommended for this type/magnitude of requirement?
13. What industry terms and conditions are commonly used?
14. How frequently do you invoice your customers? How is the customer billed for services per month for grounds maintenance?
15. What is the most effective method to change the square footage to be serviced on a contract? Most of the time, any significant changes would require a modification to the contract but other suggestions are requested.
16. Do you have a pre-priced schedule of costs for services?
17. Do you have any comments/ recommendations on the draft PWS? If so, please reference the section of the PWS.
18. What do you feel is the biggest problem/concern in providing this type of service to the Government?
19. Identify if your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or no. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.
20. Is it commercial practice to use subcontractors for this type of service?
21. Is there a phone number and point of contact that I can use if there are additional questions or clarifications?
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