Ashton Ranger District Office Janitorial

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service is soliciting janitorial services for the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Ashton Ranger District Office in Ashton, Idaho, with quotations due August 18, 2026. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with the small business size standard of $22.0 million.

Place of performance is a 4,800 square foot facility at 46 Highway 20, Ashton, Idaho 83420. The contract is firm-fixed-price with a one-year base period from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, and four optional one-year renewal periods for a maximum duration of five years. Services are required three times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday or Saturday or Sunday) from May through October and twice weekly (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from November through April, with work restricted to off-hours (no cleaning between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; Friday work must be completed by 6:00 a.m. Monday). Scope includes floor cleaning, carpet vacuuming, furniture cleaning, restroom cleaning with disinfection, trash and recycling removal, window and mirror cleaning, monthly descaling and floor stripping/waxing, and quarterly window washing. The government furnishes vacuum cleaners, paper towels, toilet paper, garbage liners, soap, cleaners, and related supplies; the contractor furnishes all other equipment, materials, and labor.

Contractors must comply with bio-based and bio-preferred materials requirements under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, Executive Order 13514, and the USDA Bio Preferred Program. All personnel must be 18 years or older, pass background investigations compliant with HSPD-12 for LincPass identification, and complete mandatory annual training including Unconscious Bias, Anti-Harassment, Information Security Awareness, USDA Records Management, and Section 508 training. The prevailing wage for janitors is $16.33 per hour plus fringe benefits of $5.55 per hour (or $5.09 under Executive Order 13706), with mandatory paid vacation and eleven paid holidays annually per Wage Determination 2015-5517, Revision 28.

Evaluation is lowest price technically acceptable, with technical acceptability as pass/fail and past performance rated acceptable, neutral, or unacceptable. Offerors must submit SF-1449, a Technical Approach Narrative, Equipment List, Biobased Product List, and Past Performance Data Sheet with no more than three references; contact information (phone or email) is mandatory for each reference. A mandatory site visit is scheduled August 12, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. MT. Questions are due August 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time via email to arlen.fausett@usda.gov. Amendment 001 clarified SOW requirements and corrected lighting provisions (August 13, 2026). The previous contract (1240LS22P0015) was awarded to Germrip LLC for $21,600 over three years. NAICS 561720; PSC S201.