Cabin Cleaning, Olympic National Forest

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks custodial cleaning services for three recreation cabins on Olympic National Forest, with quotations due October 8 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time and questions due September 16. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services) and a $22 million small business size standard.

Place of performance spans Quilcene, Washington, with cabins located in Clallam, Jefferson, and Mason Counties: Louella Cabin (700 sq ft, Clallam County), Interrorem Cabin (400 sq ft, Jefferson County), and Hamma Hamma Cabin (1,000 sq ft, Mason County). All cabins are accessed via paved roads with short maintained dirt roads and passenger vehicle parking.

The contract is firm fixed price with a base year from December 1, 2026 through November 30, 2027, followed by four optional one-year periods through November 30, 2031. Weekly services include interior and exterior cleaning, bathroom sanitation, and safety inspections performed between 12:00 PM Thursday and 2:00 PM Friday. Monthly tasks include damp mopping, exterior window cleaning, laundry of mattress covers and curtains, lawn mowing, and vegetation control at least five feet from structures. The contractor must develop a Quality Control Plan, work plan, and bioproduct materials list within 14 days of award. Performance standards require 100 percent schedule adherence and 90 percent acceptable quality levels for cleaning and housekeeping tasks, with missed services and quality deficiencies resulting in monthly invoice deductions of 1 to 5 percent.

The contractor provides all personnel, supplies, equipment, tools, transportation, and off-site disposal services, except government-furnished cabin keys and lawnmowers. Service Contract Labor Standards apply with a $20.00 per hour minimum wage for janitors; Washington State prevailing wage determinations apply by county. All cleaning products must be bio-based.

Evaluation criteria are relevant past performance history with three years of similar experience (including references), technical approach addressing in-house capabilities, facilities, equipment, and personnel qualifications, and price. The Government intends a single award. Offerors must submit firm pricing for 90 calendar days and acknowledge Amendment 0001 on the SF30 form with their offer. Amendment 0001, effective September 16, revised the Performance Work Statement sections 1.6.2, 1.15, 1.15.1, and 5.1, corrected the offer due date, and provided government responses to vendor questions.