Special Instructions

With this Request for Quote (RFQ), the Contractor shall furnish all necessary management, personnel, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, fuel, and vehicles, except as otherwise provided herein, required to perform mowing services at the Markland Locks and Dam project recreation and operational areas, as specified and in strict accordance with all Terms, Conditions, General, Specific and Technical Provisions, Drawings, Attachments, Exhibits, etc., contained herein or incorporated by reference. The Contractor’s performance and responsibility shall include all planning, programming, administration, management, supervision, communications, and inspection necessary to ensure that all services are conducted in accordance with the contract requirements and all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations. The Contractor is required to attend a pre-performance meeting to be scheduled by the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC). At the option of the Government this purchase order may be renewed for four (4) one-year periods from 01 APR 2027 through 31 MAR 2028, 01 APR 2028 through 31 MAR 2029, 01 APR 2029 through 31 MAR 2030, and 01 APR 2030 through 31 MAR 2031.

LOCATION:

Markland Locks and Dam 2760 US 42 West Warsaw, KY 41095

This procurement is 100% set-aside for Small Business, NAICS 561730 (Size Standard: $ 9.5 Million).

Method of Payment under this contract will be Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to a commercial bank account specified by the contractor.

One award will be made from this Solicitation. The contract award will be based on Lowest Price to the Government.

The solicitation will be available on the web only. Faxed, telephoned, or mailed requests for this solicitation will not be honored.

To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Contract Opportunities website at SAM.gov.

Technical questions pertaining to this project shall be posted to ProjNet per the instructions incorporated into the solicitation. Contractors are NOT to contact the Technical Point of Contact(s) (TPOCs) listed within the solicitation until an award has been made.

No site visit will be held for this solicitation. Please refer to the SOW and accompanying Exhibits for project details.

Quotes will not be accepted for quantities less than the quantities specified in the price breakout schedule. Failure to submit a fully completed price breakout schedule with a unit price and total cost for all items listed, including a total cost of the project, will be considered as a material deviation from the requirements of the RFQ and the quote will be rejected. Note: In addition to the completed price breakout schedule, the Offeror must also complete their Representation and Certifications located in the solicitation.

Quotes are due on 07 April 2026 at 01:00 PM Eastern Time. All quotes shall be submitted through PIEE per the instructions incorporated into the solicitation. Fax, telephoned, or mailed submittals will not be accepted.

For contractual questions, please contact Justin McPherson at (502) 315-7057 or by e-mail at justin.m.mcpherson@usace.army.mil.

All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a contract. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, which indicates “All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT).” Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM.gov. The process can usually be completed from 24 to 48 hours after submission. Contractors will need to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier for processing their registration. If you do not already have a Unique Entity Identifier, one can be obtained from http://www.SAM.gov.

PLEASE NOTE: SAM is completely free of charge for both registrants and users.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS/OFFERORS: In accordance with DFARS 204.7302, Contractors and subcontractors are required to provide adequate security on all covered contractor information systems.

http://www.sam.gov/ http://www.sam.gov/

Contractors are required to implement National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800- 171Revision 2 by inclusion of clause at 252.204-7012 (Dev), Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber incident Reporting, are required at time of award to have at least a Basic NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment that is current (i.e., not more than 3 years old unless a lesser time is specified in the solicitation).

SPRS provides storage and access to the NIST SP 800-171assessment scoring information. To access the NIST SP 800-171 Assessments module, users must be registered in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) https://piee.eb.mil/ and be approved for access to Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS).

The NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment Methodology is located at:

https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/cp/cyber/safeguarding.html#nistSP800171

Vendor Help and Training Tutorials are available at https://www.sprs.csd.disa.mil/nistsp.ht

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