Landscaping Services Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge MD

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5, is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide Landscaping Services for the Northeast Region (Region 5 or R5), Chesapeake Marshland National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge MD, County of Dorchester. Region 5 encompasses the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. This procurement action is being solicited as a Small Business Set-aside. The NAICS code is 561730 Landscaping Services, with a size standard of $7 million. This requirement is being procured in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation.

This work involves providing Landscaping Services as defined in the Statement of Work that will be provided when solicitation is issued. Detailed requirements and/or specifications will be listed within the solicitation. A Firm Fixed Price award is contemplated from this solicitation with an award to the offeror(s) providing the best value, based on the evaluation criteria outlined in the solicitation once issued. Evaluation of interested firms will be based on the following in the Solicitation: 1) Best Value; 2) Past Performance; and 3) Price Proposal. This action is projected to have one base year and four option years which will have a total of five years if all option years are fully exercised. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to participate in this requirement. The SAM can be found at https://www.sam.gov. Payments will be made via Electronic Funds Transfer using the data within the SAM registration database. Contracting Representative and Point of Contact information for this requirement is U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035-9589, Attn: Christine Beauregard, Buyer. Contact may be made via email to christine_beauregard@fws.gov. Phone 413-253-8232. All inquiries and questions shall be submitted in writing; no verbal questions will be accepted.