Janitorial Services

Added: Jun 01, 2017 10:23 am Background
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. 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 289,113.

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Answers to common questions:

1 - Who is the incumbent? See Notice Details (contract# AG-5680-C-11-0003)
2 - What is the annual Government Estimate? $250,000 - $500,000
3 - What is the total square footage to be cleaned? Approximately 289,113 sq. ft.
4 - Cleaning frequency? Daily

Added: May 24, 2017 9:38 am The USDA Forest Service has a requirement for janitorial services at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) located in Madison, Wisconsin. The contractor shall furnish all management, labor, supervision, transportation, training, equipment, supplies, and materials needed to provide Janitorial Services. Sustainable products, to include but not exclusive of, Bio-Based and Bio-Preferred products must be utilized. Drawings will be included in the solicitation.

The solicitation will cover all pertinent information relating to the janitorial services at FPL.

The incumbent is Peterson Cleaning.
The Governments anticipates awarding this contract for a base and up to four option years to be exercised at the discretion of the Government. This is a Firm Fixed Price contract and this acquisition is total small business set-aside, NAICS code: 561720, size standard: $18 million. All questions regarding this solicitation must be in writing and sent before June 16th. We will not respond to questions received after June 16th. Email your questions to chrisfrank@fs.fed.us and bajohnston@fs.fed.us . Telephone inquiries will not be honored

RFQ due date is June 23rd, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. CST.

SITE VISIT: Will be conducted at the Forest Products Laboratory located at:
1 Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI
June 6th at 10:00am CST
Contact Bonita Johnston at 608.231.9335 or email balohnston@fs.fed.us

Interested parties are urged and expected, prior to submitting a quote, to inspect the site where services are to be performed so as to understand all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of the contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable.
IN NO EVENT WILL FAILURE TO INSPECT THE SITE CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR A CLAIM OR CONTRACT PRICE ADJUSTMENT AFTER AWARD.