Landscaping Services

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), Montlake Laboratory in Seattle, Washington has a requirement for landscaping services. The service project site consists of approximately 7.2 acres, parts of which are occupied by buildings, roads, walks and other paved surfaces. The purpose of these services is to maintain the landscaping at the Montlake Laboratory site in an aesthetic, environmentally sustainable, and professional manner.

It is anticipated the award will consist of a one year base period and four one-year option periods, and each period of performance will include an option for landscaping restoration services.

The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, equipment and materials (except as otherwise indicated) for the general care and maintenance of all existing outdoor landscape (i.e. grass, bushes, planted beds, trees, and barked areas, etc.) located at the NOAA NWFSC Montlake Laboratory located at 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112.

A pre-proposal conference and site visit will be scheduled at the Montlake Laboratory. Please see CAR 1352.270-71 PRE-BID/PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE AND SITE VISIT (APR 2010) in the attached solicitation for dates, times and point of contract.

The proposed contract action is set aside 100% for woman owned small business (WOSB). The associated NAICS code is 561730, and the business size standard for this requirement is $7.5 million.  It is highly encouraged that any small business meeting this size standard and desiring to be considered for award be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) using this NAICS code or a NAICS code with an equivalent size standard. It should be noted that offerors must be registered in SAM prior to submission of an offer.  For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: www.sam.gov.  In order to register with the SAM, all offerors must also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm or by phone at (866) 969-8491. It is also preferred that offerors to complete the electronic representations and certifications at the SAM website.

Solicitation documents are attached for download at https://beta.sam.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties may use the “follow” feature to monitor changes to this notice, including Request for Quote (RFQ) posting as well as all postings of information associated with this solicitation thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking the beta.sam.gov website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at https://beta.sam.gov/.  The date offers are due will be stated within the solicitation documents and will be adjusted based upon the actual release date of the solicitation.  All questions of any nature regarding this procurement should be sent in writing to the Contract Specialist, Mona Ash at Mona.M.Ash@noaa.gov.