Grounds Maintenance

The 341st Contracting Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana is issuing a solicitation for commercial services for Grounds Maintenance Services. The requirement is restricted to service-disabled veteran-owned small business entities for a firm fixed price contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this solicitation is 561730 and the small business size standard is $7.5M.

The contractor shall provide non-personal services, to include all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to ensure that grounds maintenance is performed at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana in a manner that will promote the growth of healthy grass, trees, shrubs, and plants and present a clean, neat, and professional appearance.

The contractor's performance will be based on the Contracting Officer's (CO) evaluation and designated Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) (Quality Assurance Personnel) and of the results required by the Services Summary (SS) and not the frequency or method of performance. It is at the contractor's discretion to determine the levels of frequencies to attain the level of service at the best value. The evaluation of results will be based on COR performance assessment, tenant satisfaction, and customer complaints. Final results of the evaluations will be the determining factor for the success or failure of this contract. The contractor shall comply with applicable federal, regional, state and local laws and commercial standards.

The period of performance will be one 1-year base period (1 Feb 2019-31 Jan 2020); plus three 1 year option periods and one 6-month option to extend services IAW FAR 52.217-8. The total contract period of performance will not exceed 4 years and 6 months. A single award will be made based on commercial procedures found in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12.

A pre-proposal conference and site visit will be held on 11 Sept 2018. Paper copies of the solicitation and amendments will not be mailed. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) in order to be eligible for award.

Payment for this acquisition will be made through the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) system. Contractors must be registered in WAWF. Wide Area Work Flow can be accessed at www.dfas.mil/ecommerce, customer support 1-866-618-5988. The single source of entry for all documentation pertaining to this acquisition will be posted on the government procurement website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. All interested parties are responsible for checking this website to ensure they have the most current information (i.e., amendments issued, changes to the Performance Work Statement (PWS), etc.).

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