Mowing and Trimming Coralville Lake, IA

This pre-solicitation notice is in support of providing mowing and trimming services for Coralville Lake Project, near Coralville, Iowa.

The contractor is to provide all labor, supervision, equipment, fuel and supplies required to satisfactorily perform mowing and trimming of Coralville Lake recreation and operation areas including: the Administrative Compound; Dam Complex Sewage Lagoons; Tailwater West; West Overlook Day Use Area, Dam Complex Recreation Areas; Sugar Bottom Campground; Sugar Bottom Disc Golf Course and Day Use Area; Sugar Bottom Sewage Lagoons; Mehaffey Ramp and Storage Area; Sandy Beach Campground and Day Use Area; and the Amana Levee.

The solicitation is a request for quote and is issued as 100% Small Business Set-Aside. NAICS code 561730 will apply with the size standard of $7.5 Million.

The award will be made to the contractor whose price is the lowest of all offers determined to be technically qualified of performing the required service in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items.

The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
PRICE, TECHNICAL CAPABILITY, AND PAST PERFORMANCE.

The Contracting Officer will evaluate each offeror's price in accordance with FAR 15.404-1 to determine price reasonableness. In this context, reasonableness will be determined by comparing offered prices to one another, to the Government estimate and to pricing for previous work of a similar nature.

The solicitation will be posted to the FedBizOpps (FBO) website, www.fbo.go on or about 3 March 2015. The date and time for receipt of proposals is by 17 March 2015, 12:00 PM CT. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps (FBO) website for amendments to the solicitation.

The resultant contract will be a Firm Fixed Price Contract in accordance with the solicitation procedures outlined in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items/Services.

All prospective offerors must have a Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE Code) and be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database at www.sam.gov.

The solicitation will not be available in paper format. All documents required for the offer submittal, including amendments to the offer submittal, shall be in hardcopy or electronic submittal. No faxes will be accepted. If you are submitting your offer by mail or electronic commerce, please ensure your offer has been received.