LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE - CAMPUS WIDE - Salinas, CA
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 1232SA25Q0451
- Agency
- Agricultural Research Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561730 Landscaping Services
- Place of performance
- Salinas, California 93905, United States
- Points of contact
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- Peter Nelson peter.b.nelson@usda.gov (970) 851-3737
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service is soliciting landscaping and maintenance services for their campus-wide operations at the Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas, California. The contractor will provide comprehensive grounds maintenance including edging, trimming, irrigation management, debris removal, weed control, pest control, fertilization, mulching, and pruning across multiple buildings and fence lines, with services performed at least every two weeks to maintain a clean and professional appearance. Key requirements include submission of a Quality Control Plan within 30 days of contract award, monthly performance reports, certification for herbicide/pesticide application, and compliance with federal labor standards under Service Contract Labor Standards Wage Determination Number 2015-5633. The solicitation uses a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation methodology with two primary factors: Technical Capability and Price, requiring quoters to demonstrate experience with similar landscaping projects within the past five years. Critical dates include a mandatory site visit on August 27, 2025, and quotation submissions due by August 29, 2025, with Peter Nelson handling all quotation responses via email.
This procurement is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 561730 (Landscaping Services) with a small business size standard of $9.5 million, and no incumbent contractors are identified in the documentation. The contract structure includes a base year with four option years, spanning approximately from September 15, 2025, to September 14, 2030, for a total potential duration of 60 months. The solicitation does not specify total contract values, though it references a base wage rate of $21.40 per hour for grounds maintenance laborers and requires compliance with prevailing wage rates under the attached wage determination. Performance will occur at the USDA Agricultural Research Service facility located at 1636 E Alisal Street, Salinas, California 93905, with work conducted Monday through Friday from 0800 to 1700 hours. The government will provide reasonable electricity, water, and one vehicle to support the contractor's operations, while the contractor must provide all other necessary personnel, equipment, and supplies to maintain the grounds to industry standards.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
UPDATED 08/28/2025 - ATTACHMENT 1 - SOW REPLACED WITH ATTACHMENT 1 - PWS. - Please acknowledge this change when submitting quotations.
Peter Nelson will reply to all quotations received via email. If you do not receive a reply, your quotation was not received.
i. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the procedures contained in FAR Part 12.6, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
ii. The solicitation number is 1232SA25Q0451 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).
iii. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2025-05 dated 08/07/2025. Service Contract Labor Standards Wage Determination Number 2015-5633 revision 24 for Monterey County, California is applicable and is attached.
iv. This solicitation is issued as a total small business set aside. The associated NAICS code is 561730 the small business size standard is $9.5M.
v. List CLINS, item descriptions, quantities and units of measure:
0001 – Landscaping and Maintenance. Base Year
1001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year One
2001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year Two
3001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year Three
4001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year Four
vi. Description/Statement of Work/Specification:
See attached SOW
vii. Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance:
Base year – 09/15/2025 to 09/14/2026 (dates are approximate) Option Year 1 – 09/15/2026 to 09/14/2027 (dates are approximate) Option Year 2 – 09/15/2027 to 09/14/2028 (dates are approximate) Option Year 3 –09/15/2028 to 09/14/2029 (dates are approximate) Option Year 4 –09/15/2029 to 09/14/2030 (dates are approximate)
USDA – ARS - Salinas 1636 E Alisal Street Salinas, CA 93905
viii. FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions for the submission requirements and its addendum.
ix.Evaluation:For the evaluation criteria, please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions.
x.Quoters are required to complete in full FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (DEVIATION), with their quote online at SAM: www.sam.gov. An quoter must state in their quote if they completed FAR 52.212-3 online and that is it up-to-date and valid. See the attached RFQ terms and conditions for more requirements.System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Agencies will not consider or use these representations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM
xi.FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions for its Addendum.
xii.FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (DEVIATION), is incorporated and applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions that are applicable to the acquisition.
xiii.There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices.
xiv.The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned ratings are not applicable to this solicitation.
xv.Date, time and place quotes are due.Quotes are due by 1:00PM Eastern, Thursday, August 28, 2025Submit quotes to the following e-mail address(es), by the quote due date and time: peter.b.nelson@usda.gov
Late quotes after the established deadline may be considered only if it is in the government’s best interest and if it will not unduly delay award.
xvi.Any and all questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing to PeterNelson – peter.b.nelson@usda.gov no later than 1:00PM Eastern, August 26, 2025. All correspondence must include solicitation number.
Update #1 ·
Peter Nelson will reply to all quotations received via email. If you do not receive a reply, your quotation was not received.
i. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the procedures contained in FAR Part 12.6, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
ii. The solicitation number is 1232SA25Q0451 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).
iii. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2025-05 dated 08/07/2025. Service Contract Labor Standards Wage Determination Number 2015-5633 revision 24 for Monterey County, California is applicable and is attached.
iv. This solicitation is issued as a total small business set aside. The associated NAICS code is 561730 the small business size standard is $9.5M.
v. List CLINS, item descriptions, quantities and units of measure:
0001 – Landscaping and Maintenance. Base Year
1001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year One
2001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year Two
3001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year Three
4001 - Landscaping and Maintenance. Option Year Four
vi. Description/Statement of Work/Specification:
See attached SOW
vii. Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance:
Base year – 09/15/2025 to 09/14/2026 (dates are approximate) Option Year 1 – 09/15/2026 to 09/14/2027 (dates are approximate) Option Year 2 – 09/15/2027 to 09/14/2028 (dates are approximate) Option Year 3 –09/15/2028 to 09/14/2029 (dates are approximate) Option Year 4 –09/15/2029 to 09/14/2030 (dates are approximate)
USDA – ARS - Salinas 1636 E Alisal Street Salinas, CA 93905
viii. FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions for the submission requirements and its addendum.
ix.Evaluation:For the evaluation criteria, please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions.
x.Quoters are required to complete in full FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (DEVIATION), with their quote online at SAM: www.sam.gov. An quoter must state in their quote if they completed FAR 52.212-3 online and that is it up-to-date and valid. See the attached RFQ terms and conditions for more requirements.System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Agencies will not consider or use these representations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM
xi.FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions for its Addendum.
xii.FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (DEVIATION), is incorporated and applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions that are applicable to the acquisition.
xiii.There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices.
xiv.The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned ratings are not applicable to this solicitation.
xv.Date, time and place quotes are due.Quotes are due by 1:00PM Eastern, Thursday, August 28, 2025Submit quotes to the following e-mail address(es), by the quote due date and time: peter.b.nelson@usda.gov
Late quotes after the established deadline may be considered only if it is in the government’s best interest and if it will not unduly delay award.
xvi.Any and all questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing to PeterNelson – peter.b.nelson@usda.gov no later than 1:00PM Eastern, August 26, 2025. All correspondence must include solicitation number.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFQ 1232SA25Q0451.pdf | ||
| Attachment 1 -PWS.pdf | ||
| RFQ 1232SA25Q0451.pdf | ||
| Attachment 2 - 2015-5633 Wage Rates.pdf | ||
| Attachment 1 - SOW.pdf | ||
| Attachment 4 - QASP.pdf | ||
| Attachment 3 - Schedule of Prices.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE - CAMPUS WIDE - Salinas, CA | Award Notice | |
| LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE - CAMPUS WIDE - Salinas, CA | Solicitation |
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