Laundry Service for Northwest Area Incident Support Cache Redmond Air Center

Amendment 0001 issued 10/31/23 is to make the following changes:

1. Updated CLINs format per USDA Policy effective October 2023, pages 4-6 of Continuation Sheet
2. Added verbiage to Scope of Work, page 7 of Continuation Sheet
3. Amended Changes Clause reference in Government Obligations (to that noted in original clauses of 52.212), on page 8 of Continuation Sheet
4. Noted shirts are long sleeve in Laundry Services number 2, page 8 of Continuation Sheet
5. Added NFES for items 7-9, page 9 of Continuation Sheet
6. Added “End of Clause” at the end of each of the clauses, pages 12-22 of Continuation Sheet
7. Added capability statement to Submission of Offers in 52.212-1(b)(4), page 27 of Continuation Sheet
8. Added language to Technical Capability in 52.212-2(a)(1)(ii), page 31 of Continuation Sheet
9. Added language to Evaluation of Experience in 52.212-2(a)(1)(iii), page 31 of Continuation Sheet
10. Added three (3) years to Past Performance requirement in 52.212-2(a)(1)(iv), page 31 of Continuation Sheet
11. Added language to Price in 52.212-2, page 31 of Continuation Sheet
12. Amended Attachment 4 to address laundry in #5
13. Added Attachment 6 addressing mandatory instructions for refurbishment procedures per NWCG Standards for Fire Equipment Storage and Refurbishment
14. Extend due take to November 10, 2023 at 2:00 Pacific Time

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Property and Procurement Services (PPS), Incident Procurement Operations (IPO) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under the number 1202SC24Q2700 for laundry services in support of the Northwest Area Incident Support Cache (NWK) located at Redmond Air Center (RAC). The Resultant contract, if any, will be a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Services Requirement Contract (Base Plus Four (4) Option Years).

This solicitation for commercial services is prepared in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, 'Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13.

This procurement is set aside 100% for small business concerns. Only offers from small business concerns will be accepted.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 812320- Drycleaning and Laundry Services with a small business size standard of $8M.

Please ensure you have or have added this NAICS in System for Award Management (SAM).

All vendors wishing to submit a quote to the solicitation described herein must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database (http://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://sam.gov/.

The Contractor must be actively registered with no exceptions in SAM to be awarded any resultant contract.

If there are any questions, please email Lindsey Christian at lindsey.christian@usda.gov . All questions must be received by October 27th, 2023, 12:00pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Quotes must be emailed to Lindsey Christian at lindsey.christian@usda.gov by no later than November 3rd, 2:00pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST).

It is the offeror's responsibility to ensure the quote has been received by the contracting office by email confirmation. Fax quotes will not be accepted.

Notice to Offerors: The Government reserves the right to cancel this solicitation, either before or after the closing date. In the event the Government cancels this solicitation, the Government has no obligation to reimburse an Offeror for any costs.