Janitorial Services - Cherokee National Forest Ocoee RD

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under the number 12444021Q0001. The resultant contract, if any, will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract.  In support of Janitorial Services for the Ocoee Ranger District Office Spaces and the Ocoee Work Center, located in Benton, Tennessee.

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supervision, supplies except as identified in Government furnished property.

Biobased products will be required to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. The products should first be acquired from the USDA designated products categories.

The Government anticipates issuing this solicitation as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561720 Janitorial Services, with a Small business size standard of $19.50M.

The anticipated contract period is December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021, with Four (4) option years.

The closing date and time for submission of offers shall be contained in the solicitation package. The entire solicitation package shall be made available on the Federal Business Opportunities Web Site (FedBizOpps) at http://beta.sam.gov/. Requests for copies of the solicitation package, or any cumulative parts thereof, by any other means shall not be honored. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website for the release of the solicitation package which is estimated to be posted on or about 16 October 2020.

All firms wishing to submit a quotation to the solicitation, must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (http://beta.sam.gov/) or risk their otherwise timely quotation being considered non-responsive regardless of its completeness, timeliness or other salient considerations. Information on SAM registration can be obtained at the following web site: http://beta.sam.gov/.

No response to this announcement is required or requested. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this announcement. The solicitation subsequent to this announcement may be cancelled at any time without warning. After solicitation, and prior to award, all offers may be rejected if in the best interest of the Government or the public. This announcement does not obligate the Government to pay for any bid and or proposal preparation costs.

Questions regarding this synopsis should be directed to Tony Duncan, (423) 476-9713 or tony.duncan@usda.gov.