Bgndrf custodial services

The Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, seeks janitorial and custodial services at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, under a Total Small Business set-aside, with quotes due November 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM MST. Questions are due November 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM MST to Contract Specialist Savanna Manning at savanna_manning@ios.doi.gov.

The Request for Quote (Solicitation 140RR027Q0001) is firm-fixed-price, with a base year from November 24, 2026 through November 23, 2027, four one-year option periods through November 23, 2031, and a six-month extension available under FAR 52.217-8. The NAICS code is 561720, Janitorial Services, and the PSC is S201, Housekeeping-Custodial Janitorial. Place of performance is Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Routine cleaning occurs twice weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays preferred) across approximately 6,000 square feet of office, laboratory, and restroom areas. Periodic services are billed separately: annual deep tile floor cleaning and carpet shampooing, quarterly exterior window and deep wall cleaning, and as-needed custodial support not exceeding 20 hours annually. Missed cleanings may not exceed three per month. Facility hours are 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday through Friday, with after-hours and weekend cleaning permitted after successful background clearance. All cleaning personnel require PIV credentials and background investigations; contractors may perform supervised duties during business hours while investigations are pending. A Quality Control Plan is due within seven days of award. Service Contract Labor Standards apply under Otero County wage determination 2015-5455.

Optional pre-bid site visits are scheduled for November 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM MST and November 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM MST. Quotes comprise five electronic documents: a cover sheet, a technical quote (10 pages maximum), past performance examples (three similar projects completed within five years, 3 pages maximum), pricing on Attachment 2 Price Schedule, and a signed SF 1449. Evaluation weighs technical capability approximately equally with price, and also considers past performance and price reasonableness. Pricing is evaluated on total annual costs across all CLINs.