Janitorial Services

Added: Jun 14, 2011 2:29 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation notification for solicitation number AG-5680-S-11-0010 for janitorial services at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. A performance based contract will be awarded from this solicitation. The contract shall provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, supplies, equipment and training necessary to ensure the effective performance of janitorial services per the statement of work of laboratories and other multi-use facilities. The contract period will consist of one base year with four (4) one (1) year options which may be exercised with a start date of October 1, 2011. This is a procurement this is restricted to small business competition nationwide. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561720. The solicitation will be issued electronically only via FedBizOpps. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. As required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) all offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) website www.ccr.gov and are required to use the Online Representations Certifications Application (ORCA) in federal solicitations as part of the proposal submission. The website for ORCA is www.orca.bpn.gov. Potential offerors should refer to the solicitation package for further instructions involving the use of ORCA. Registration in CCR and Representations and Certifications must be currently active and current before an award can be made. The offer due date and time of receipt of proposals will be stated in the solicitation package as well as this announcement. A site visit is scheduled for July 7, 2011 at 1300 hours Central Time to tour the facilities and a Q & A meeting. Award will be based best value for the government using Tradeoff procedures. Offerors will be evaluated on the following factors: 1. Specialized experience. 2. Past performance. 3. Price. Weighted values are stated in Section M of the solicitation. Failure of an offeror to address the individual factors will result in the incontrovertible determination that the submittal is non-responsive. Cover letters and extraneous materials ARE NOT desired and WILL NOT be considered by the selection boards. Personal visits, for the purpose of discussing this announcement or the submittal, will not be allowed. NOTE: THIS IS RESTRICTED TO SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITION NATIONWIDE.

The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin is the Nation's leading Federal wood-utilization research laboratory and wood research institute. With more than 200 scientists and support staff, the FPL conducts research on expanded and diverse aspects of wood use.
The FPL is located to the west of the University of Wisconsin in Madison Wisconsin. The facility is situated on a fairly steep rise adjacent to the Veteran's Administration Hospital. The FPL campus encompasses a total of 12 buildings 8 of which are included in the cleaning contract, the main building being the largest at five stories high and over 180,000 square feet. Total approximate square footage to be cleaned is 268,723.