Grey Towers Historic Site Tree Maintenance Services

Added: Jun 05, 2018 4:27 pm The USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station intends to initiate a Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement action and award a negotiated, Firm-Fixed Price, multiple year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for tree maintenance services at the Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, PA. The Contractor shall perform tree maintenance for trees in a highly maintained formal landscape and wooded areas in various locations at Grey Towers National Historic Landmark Site.

The Period of Performance will include a Base Period (from approximately July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018) with four (4) twelve (12) month option periods (from approximately July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020; July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021; July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022; and July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 ), if exercised.

The acquisition will be solicited using the procurement process prescribed in Part 12, Commercial Items, of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures; and Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. The Government will award the contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the RFP will be the Best Value to the Government. The award may be made to a superior offeror which is not the lowest offered price, but which is significantly more technically advantageous than the lowest offer so as to justify the payment of a higher price. The evaluation factors are as follows: (FACTOR 1) Past Performance; (FACTOR 2) Experience & Response Plan; (FACTOR 3) Bio-Based Plan; (FACTOR 4) Price. Factors 1, 2 and 3 are given more weight than Factor 4.

A Pre-Proposal Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 10:00 am EASTERN time at the USDA Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, PA 18337. Please contact Elizabeth Hawke at 570-296-9661 or ehawke@fs.fed.us.

Solicitation documents, plans and specifications will only be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) homepage located at https://www.fbo.gov/ An electronic copy of Solicitation Number 12360418R0003 will be posted on this site on or about June 7, 2018. No hard copies will be issued and no written or fax requests will be accepted. Proposals are due on June 25, 2018 by 11:00 am EASTERN time. Proposals shall be e-mailed to Maria T. Evans at the following e-mail address: mtevans@fs.fed.us No hard copy proposal submissions will be accepted.

The NAICS Code for this project is 561730 with a size standard of $7.5 million. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor FBO for any amendments. All contractors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) database at : https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ as required by FAR 4.1102. Also, contractors who receive a federal contract of $25,000.00 or more are required by legislation to submit an annual VETS-100 Report on your employment of targeted veterans. Information on submitting your report may be obtained by calling 703-461-2460 or by accessing the following Internet web site: http://vets.dol.gov/vets100/.

Service Contract Act Wage Rates will be applicable. Award will be made as a whole to one offeror. This procurement is set aside 100% for small business concerns.