Bucharest - Gardening and Snow Removal

Gardening and Snow Removal Services for U.S. Embassy Bucharest, Romania

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany intends to issue a Firm, Fixed-Price type contract during the first quarter of calendar year 2021.

The successful contractor shall perform complete gardening, landscape maintenance and snow removal services, on four geographically seperated Government properties in Bucharest, Romania.

The Contractor shall furnish all equipment including vehicle fuel, consumables and labor required to accomplish the required services (all degrading materials such as salt, Calcium Chlorine and sand will be provided by the U.S Embassy). The Contractor shall include all planning, administration, and management necessary to ensure that all services comply with the contract. As this will be a performance based contract, the Contractor’s work will be measured by the appearance of the landscape covered by this contract. Snow and ice removal services will be needed for approximately 14,786 square meters of asphalt and paved surfaces, on four U.S. Government locations.

Companies interested in the solicitation should express their interest by written correspondence, no later than Friday, November 13, 2020, at the following email address (baltaa@state.gov) and MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Name, Telephone, Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm. Please DO NOT TELEPHONE. Only companies expressing interest in writing shall receive a copy of the solicitation package when it becomes available.

Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English.

APPLICATION FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION CHECK LIST

In applying for the solicitation material, you are acknowledging that your company is able to reach compliance with the following highlighted requirements included in the solicitation.

In accordance with DOSAR 652.242-73 AUTHORIZATION AND PERFORMANCE (AUG

1999), it will be necessary for your organization to possess authorization to operate and do business in the country in which this contract will be performed. Furthermore, authorization shall include the requirement to be registered to do business in Romania, and the obligation to be in possession of a Value Added Tax registration number. Contractors shall be required to provide:

1. A thorough description as to what steps you have taken to investigate all requirements to obtain authorization to perform in the given country, and to obtain in-country business registration;
2. Details of your findings and a description of what your organization will actually be required to undertake to obtain licensing, registration and applying for a Value Added Tax registration number; and
3. Specific information concerning the period you anticipate it will take to obtain appropriate authorization.

You will be required to provide information that clearly shows you are able to perform work in Romania. Any entry or work visa issues requirements must be clearly discussed, with a plan to mitigate any risk clearly identified.

If you have a Duns number* and have been beta.SAM** registered, please include below. Please note that the requirement to obtain a Duns number and for your company to be beta.SAM registered, will be a mandatory requirement upon contract award.

Duns number:                                                     beta.SAM Registered:    (    ) Yes      (    ) No

*          Dunn and Bradstreet: www.dnb.com/get-a-duns-number.html

**        System for Award Management: www.beta.SAM.gov

The failure to provide the above documentation when submitting your proposal may result in your proposal being found technically unacceptable and removed from the competition without further discussions.

Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America. This requirement is being competed utilizing full and open competition procedures.