Janitorial Services-Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

The USDA Forest Service is soliciting janitorial and custodial services for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center located in Great Falls, Montana. The contract encompasses comprehensive cleaning services for approximately 17,100 square feet of facility space across 22 rooms, including daily services from May 1st through September 30th and three-times-weekly services from October 1st through April 30th, along with monthly vinyl floor waxing, biannual tile floor scrubbing, and annual carpet cleaning. Contractors must submit technical proposals demonstrating past performance, quality control plans, and janitorial contract management experience, along with price proposals and required certifications. Following an amendment issued on July 28, 2025, the submission deadline has been extended to August 7, 2025, at 5:00 PM MST, with all questions due by August 1, 2025. An open house site visit was conducted on June 25, 2025, and all previous quotes submitted before July 28, 2025, were invalidated, requiring vendors to resubmit all documents including a signed amendment.

This opportunity is designated as a 100% small business set-aside with a NAICS code of 561720 and a size standard of $22 million. The contract includes a base period from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, with four one-year option periods extending through August 31, 2030, potentially creating a five-year total contract duration. The facility requires museum-quality cleaning standards that exceed typical commercial office janitorial expectations, with performance-based requirements designed to protect visitors with potentially compromised immune systems. The contractor must comply with prevailing wage determinations, use biobased cleaning products, and ensure employees complete mandatory USDA training courses including unconscious bias, anti-harassment, information security awareness, and records management training. The government will conduct quality assurance inspections with a performance threshold of no more than five customer complaints per month, with payment reductions imposed for exceeding this standard.