James J. Howard Laboratory Janitorial Services in Sandy Hook, NJ

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is intends to post a solicitation for janitorial services on SAM.gov. The services include Janitorial services for two buildings approximately 40,000 sq. ft. per building.  The two buildings are located at 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732.

The NEFSC has a responsibility to maintain a safe, clean, organized, functional, and aesthetically pleasing environment for the staff and visitors.

REQUIREMENTS:

Janitorial Services – Ensure services are performed in a manner that ensures the health and safety of Federal employees and members of the public; and, both the sanitary conditions and esthetic appearance of Federal buildings.  Superior customer service and well-maintained facilities that present a clean, neat and professional appearance shall be furnished

A comprehensive list of requirements will be included in the Request for Quotation (RFQ).

The Contractor shall furnish all necessary personnel and equipment, required in the performance of work which will be provided in the RFQ.

The proposed contract action is set aside 100% for service-disable veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB).  The associated NAICS code is 561720, and the business size standard for this requirement is $19.5 million.  It is highly encouraged that any small business meeting this size standard and desiring to be considered for award be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) using this NAICS code or a NAICS code with an equivalent size standard.  It should be noted that offerors must be registered in SAM prior to submission of an offer.  For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: https://sam.gov/.  In order to register with the SAM, all offerors must also have a unique entity identifier through http://sam.gov/conent/entity-registration.

Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or about June 9, 2022 at https://sam.gov/.  Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued.  Interested parties may use the “follow” feature to monitor changes to this notice, including Request for Quote (RFQ) posting as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter.  Each potential offeror is responsible for checking https://sam.gov/ to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at https://sam.gov/.  The date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents and will be adjusted based upon the actual release date of the solicitation.  All questions of any nature regarding this procurement should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Anna Ma at Anna.Ma@noaa.gov.