Grounds Maintenance on McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

1. The Department of the Army, Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, intends to issue a solicitation for a contractor to provide grounds maintenance services for McChord Field, JBLM, WA. The contractor shall plan, program, administer, manage, and execute the work necessary to provide grounds maintenance on McChord Field, JBLM, WA. A complete performance work statement (PWS) will be included in the solicitation. The solicitation number is W911S8-13-R-0030.

2. The solicitation will result in a single award. The applicable NAICS code is 561730 Landscaping Services and the small business size standard is $7.0 million. This procurement will be a 100% HUBZone small business set-aside.

3. The anticipated contract period of performance is a phase-in from 18 March 2015 thru 31 March 2015 with a base period of 1 April 2015- 31 March 2016 and four (4) one-year option periods (Option Period 1: 1 April 2016-31 March 2017; Option Period 2: 1 April 2017-31 March 2018; Option Period 3: 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019; Option Period 4: 1 April 2019 -31 March 2020) that expires on 31 March 2020.

4. The Government will not honor telephonic requests for the solicitation. When issued, the solicitation will be available via the FedBizOpps website, http://www.fbo.gov/. The tentative solicitation issue date is 13 June 2014 and the anticipated closing date is 17 July 2014. Interested offerors shall consult the actual solicitation for final dates and times.

5. The Government will consider offers from all capable and responsible sources. Firms offering a response to this notice should ensure that they have registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database, https://www.sam.gov/, and ensure that the applicable NAICS code 561730, Landscaping Services, is included in the SAM profile prior to submission of proposals.

6. Prospective offeror should to submit any questions they may have, in advance and in writing, to usarmy.jblm.acc-micc.list.proposals@mail.mil and Renee M. Krahenbuhl, Contract Specialist, at renee.m.krahenbul.civ@mail.mil.

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