Ground Maintenance Services for Naval Station Norfolk, Va

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal and no contract will be awarded from this notice. There will not be a solicitation, specifications, or drawings available at this time. This notice is a market research tool used for planning purposes only to determine the availability and capability of small business sources.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT) Acquisition is seeking Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, certified HUBZone Small Business, and certified 8(a) Businesses with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel and capability to perform a proposed contract.

A combination Firm-Fixed Price/Indefinite Quantity type, performance-based contract is anticipated.

The total contract term including the exercise of any options, shall not exceed 60 months. Source Selection procedures will be used to evaluate and select the proposal that is most advantageous to the Government. The Contractor shall provide all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, and equipment necessary to provide grounds maintenance and landscaping services located at Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Additional locations within a 50-mile radius of these locations may be added by modifications to the contract.

Grounds Maintenance and Landscaping is to specify the requirements related to lawn maintenance, vegetation removal, and debris removal within installation grounds, parcels designated as improved, semi-improved and unimproved areas.

Services include, but are not limited to, mowing and trimming edging, irrigation systems maintenance. Weed control is intended to be primarily accomplished by applications for herbicides.

All Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, certified HUBZone Small Business, and certified 8(a) Businesses are encouraged to respond. The Government will not pay for any information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. One of the main functions of this synopsis is to assist the Contracting Officer in determining whether Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, certified HUBZone Small Business, and certified 8(a) is an acceptable strategy for this procurement.

All qualified firms are encouraged to respond. The appropriate NAICS Code is 561730.

It is requested that interested parties submit a brief capabilities package not to exceed 5 pages. This capabilities package shall address, at a minimum the following:

(1) Examples of projects worked within the last five years of similar size, scope and complexity as the work indicated. Knowledge of the state regulations within the AOR. Indicate whether your firm worked as a prime or subcontractor, contract value, brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the work described, and a Government / Agency point of contact.

(2) Company profile, to include number of offices and number of employees per office, annual receipts, office location(s), available bonding capacity, DUNS number, and CAGE Code.

(3) Please indicate if you are a Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, certified HUBZone Small Business, and certified 8(a) Business.

(4) In order to assist us in determining the geographic boundaries of the contract(s) necessary to cover the services of the proposed requirement within our AOR, please identify the geographic area in which you can operate in an efficient and economical manner.

The capabilities package for this sources sought notice is not expected to be a proposal, but rather a short statement regarding the company’s ability to demonstrate existing, or developed, expertise and experience in relation to this contract.

Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the capabilities package. Submission of a capabilities package is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Navy in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be mailed to the following address:

Commander

NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, Acquisition

Attn: Jurmin Francis (Contracts - ACQ3)

9324 Virginia Avenue, Bldg. Z140, 1st Floor, Suite 114

Norfolk, VA 23511

Responses must be received no later than 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on March 8, 2018. Electronic submission will be accepted. Questions regarding this sources sought notice may be addressed to Jurmin Francis at the above address and email at Jurmin.francis@navy.mil, or via telephone at (757) 341-1673.