Custodial and Related Services, El Paso and surrounding areas

THIS IS A PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR OFFERS OR PROPOSALS. THIS IS A NOTICE FOR INTERESTED CONTRACTORS TO ADVISE THEM OF THE UPCOMING SOLICITATION. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION OR AWARD A CONTRACT. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY OF TECHNICALLY CAPABLE AND OTHERWISE RESPONSIBLE FIRMS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING OFFERS FOR THIS ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION.

The General Services Administration (GSA) Greater Southwest Region intends to solicit proposals for Custodial and Related Services located at the locations below. Services will include but are not limited to custodial, grounds maintenance, pest control and snow removal. The anticipated award date will be January 31, 2021 with an anticipated start date of March 1, 2021. This will be solicited as a firm fixed-price contract with one (1) base year contract and four (4) one (1) year option periods for a total potential contract period of five (5) years.

•           R.C. White Federal Building, 700 E San Antonio Ave, El Paso, TX

•           DCL Port of Entry, 1090 S Mesa, El Paso, TX

•           Port of Entry, Termination of FM 1088, Fort Hancock, TX

•           Port of Entry, 104 Santa Teresa, Santa Teresa, NM

•           Port of Entry, Palomas and 2nd St, Columbus, NM

•           Border Patrol Sector Headquarters, 300 W Madrid St, Marfa, TX

This procurement is restricted to 8(a) small business participants (in the developmental and transitional stages) using FAR Parts 15 and 19 procedures. The NAICS code 561720 with a size standard of $19.5 million dollars. This is negotiated best value procurement.  Proposals will be evaluated on price and non-price factors. The solicitation will be available on or about October 19, 2020 upon SBA acceptance of the requirement for the section 8(a) program; the actual date for receipt of proposals will be stated in the solicitation. The solicitation will be available for download through the System for Award Management (SAM) website: https://beta.sam.gov. All interested vendors must be registered with this website in order to download the solicitation and amendments. Offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring SAM for amendments and/or additional information. We encourage all responsible 8(a) business concerns to download a copy of the solicitation upon issuance and submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency.

As a performance-based contract, the requirements are stated in terms of desired results with associate quality standards. The contract shall consist of two major functional areas: standard services, and above standard services. Custodial services provided by the Contractor are arranged and oversight is provided through one or more of the following entities: GSA's Regional Office, Service Centers, Field Offices, or contracted inspection services. The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, labor, equipment, material, tools, supplies, training/certifications, supervision, management, and services, except as may be expressly set forth as Government furnished, and otherwise do all things necessary, to, or incident to, perform and provide the work efforts.

All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), located at https://beta.sam.gov/, in order to be considered for award.

See the forthcoming solicitation for more information.  The specifications are performance based and it is the responsibility of the offeror to review the entire solicitation and base their proposal on the forthcoming solicitation.