Grounds Maintenance- Ft. Jackson

Added: Feb 19, 2016 8:04 am

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 5.2.3(a) this announcement serves as preliminary notice of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA)/Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) intent to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) to provide Grounds Maintenance Services for DODEA schools located on Fort Jackson Army Garrison, South Carolina. The resulting award will be for a base period of one year with four (4) one year options.  The anticipated start date for the award is May 1, 2016.  A brief synopsis of the services required is as followed:

Offerors shall provide all personnel including supervision, services, supplies, and equipment necessary to perform scheduled grounds maintenance services for the two elementary school grounds on Ft. Jackson. 

The solicitation, when posted, will be a total small business set-aside. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 561730 - - Landscaping Services with a Standard Size of $7.5M. The solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be available on or about 2 March 2016. The offer closing date will be specified in the solicitation when it is issued.  A Firm Fixed Price contract will be awarded under Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 12 and 13. A lowest price acceptable award decision will be made from offers received.

The FedBizOpps.gov website will be used to issue the solicitation, amendments or any other information concerning the solicitation. No additional media (CD-ROM, floppy disks, faxes, emails, etc.) will be provided. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be available. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible to receive an award from any Government solicitation.  For more information visit the SAM website at http://www.sam.gov.  After completing SAM, in order to download documents contractors and their subcontractors must register at www.fbo.gov. In order to locate the solicitation, interested parties can go to FedBizOpps website and search for the solicitation number (HEVAS6-16-T-0014) at www.fbo.gov.  Interested vendors can register at the website to be put on an interested vendors list (IVL) for the solicitation that others can access through the FedBizOpps site. It is the offerors responsibility to check the FedBizOpps site as necessary for any posted changes to this solicitation and all amendments.  All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by DoDEA/DDESS.