6710B Parking, Housekeeping and Shuttle Services

INTRODUCTION
THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to:

ND Properties, Inc.

6700 Rockledge Dr.

Bethesda, MD 20817

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 531312 with a Size Standard $19.5M.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99-1, July 16, 2018. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title: 6710B Parking, Housekeeping, Shuttle Services

2. Background Information: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has a requirement for staff parking for authorized individuals at 6710 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The contractor shall provide 267 parking spaces with 24 hours/day – 7 days/week access in close proximity to 6710B Rockledge Drive for employee safety, worker productivity, and also sufficient unencumbered access for disabled staff, parking spaces shall be consistent with Montgomery County ordinances and building, the requested parking spaces shall be accessibility compliant and have unencumbered access to paved pedestrian pathway.

Period of Performance:

Base Period:             November 4, 2023 – November 3, 2024

Option Period #1:     November 4, 2024 – November 3, 2025

Option Period #2:     November 4, 2025 – November 3, 2026

Option Period #3:     November 4, 2026 – November 3, 2027

Option Period #4:     November 4, 2027 – November 3, 2028

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, the Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.
All responses must be received by September 28, 2023 at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number NICHD-24-001. Responses may be submitted electronically to Mr. Michael Falzone, Contracting Officer at Michael.falzone@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.

"All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency."