Mowing, Grounds Maintenance, and Janitorial Services at Taylorsville Lake, KY

*****Please note this solicitation has an Amendment, Posted 27 January 2020*****

This Request for Proposal (RFP) is to provide all necessary management, personnel, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, fuel, and vehicles, except as otherwise provided herein, required to perform mowing and cleaning services at the Taylorsville Lake project recreation areas, as specified and in strict accordance with all Terms, Conditions, General, Specific and Technical Provisions, Drawings, Attachments, Exhibits, etc., contained herein or incorporated by reference. The Contractor’s work and responsibility shall include all planning, programming, administration, management, supervision, communications and inspection necessary to assure that all services are conducted in accordance with the contract requirements and all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations. The Contractor is required to attend a pre-performance meeting to be scheduled by the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC).

This solicitation contains an option clause to extend the awarded contract for up to four (4) additional one year periods. The one-year option periods are as follows:

Option Year 1: 01 January 2021 through 31 December 2021
Option Year 2: 01 January 2022 through 31 December 2022
Option Year 3: 01 January 2023 through 31 December 2023
Option Year 4: 01 January 2024 through 31 December 2024

LOCATION:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Taylorsville Lake Project Office
2825 Overlook Road
Taylorsville, KY. 40071
Phone: 502-477-8882
Technical Point of contact: Mr. Evan McKinney

This procurement is 100% set-aside for Small Business, NAICS 561720 ($19.5M).

Method of Payment under this contract will be Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to a commercial bank account specified by the Contractor.

There is no bonding requirement for this procurement action.

Note: The offeror must complete the price breakout schedule/price quote.

Note: Page numbering in this document may not be accurate.

The contract award will be based on Lowest Price to the Government.

The solicitation will be available on the web only. Telephone and FAX requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at Beta.SAM website at http://www.Beta.SAM.gov.   Amendments will be available from the Beta.SAM website by download only. Downloads are available only through the Beta.SAM website.

Quotes are due on 01 February 2020 at 1000 AM Eastern Time. Fax submittals will not be accepted.  Electronic submittals will be accepted and may be emailed to john.c.butts@usace.army.mil.   Interested contractors are highly encouraged to schedule a Site Visit.

Site visits are strongly encouraged and may be scheduled prior to the due date for submitting proposals by contacting Mr. Evan McKinney at (502) 477-8882. Please note that the site visit is not an opportunity for questions or clarifications regarding this solicitation.  All questions shall be submitted to the contracting specialist through email at john.c.butts@usace.army.mil.

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