Grounds Maintenance/Snow Removal Services, BP Station, Swanton, VT

The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection seeks grounds maintenance and snow removal services at its Swanton Border Patrol Station in Highgate Center, Vermont, with quotations due August 4, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET and questions due July 31 at 12:00 p.m. ET. This procurement is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 561730 (Landscaping Services), with a small business size standard of $8.5 million.

Place of performance is the CBP facility at 104 Raven Drive, Swanton, Vermont 05488, encompassing 53,712 square feet of building footprint on approximately 26 acres. The scope includes 418,735 square feet of grounds: 94,900 square feet of surfaced pavement, 2.34 acres of lawn, 3.84 acres of meadow, plus sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, and landscaped areas. All contractor employees require security clearance processing and orientation; managers and supervisors must possess at least two years of recent managerial experience directing cleaning-type operations in similarly-sized buildings and be fluent in English. Snow removal begins automatically at two inches of accumulation and is the contractor's highest priority service. All work occurs seven days per week, with grounds maintenance performed 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and snow removal during accumulation periods. The contractor furnishes all labor, equipment, supervision, and supplies except electrical power, water, and specified storage.

The contract is firm-fixed-price with a base period September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, followed by four optional one-year renewal periods through June 30, 2031. Wage Determination 2015-4137 applies. A mandatory contractor walk-through occurs July 30, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET (POC: Kelly Colling, 802-330-7742). Evaluation weighs technical capability and past performance more heavily than price. Quoters must submit SF-18, technical capability statement, price quote form, and past performance questionnaire via email to robert.j.kay@cbp.dhs.gov.