Nonpersonal services, grounds keeping for national weather service (NWS) in lihue, HI

Amendment 10/30/2020 - The attachment is corrected to show the NAICS to be 561730 $8 million for grounds keeping opposed to the one which was listed for janitorial.  This was a typo. No changes are made to the scope or need.

Just a reminder that Hawaii has a GET excise tax which you'll want to make sure if it is or is not applicable and the rate, if it is.  This changes infrequently and is something to check every time for any purchases of products or services in Hawaii.

Explanation of GET from the Hawaii Tax.Technical.section@Hawaii.gov

"Hawaii does not have a sales tax but has a general excise tax (GET), that is imposed on the seller (unlike a sales tax that is imposed on the customer).  In an attempt to recover their GET expense, sellers will pass on their GET expense in what they charge for their goods or services; the visible pass on of the GET is a contractual agreement between the seller and customer.  In this case, what the customer is charged and is paying for is an expense of the seller and not a tax that is imposed on the customer, like a sales tax.  Because the imposition of the GET is on the seller and not the customer, any exemption from the GET would be one that the seller can claim and not the customer.  Section 237-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides an exemption from the GET that sellers can claim with regards to the sale of tangible personal property to the federal government; however, the exemption does not extend to the sale of services or to tangible personal property furnished in conjunction with services.  Therefore, not having an exemption that sellers can claim with regards to the sale of services to the federal government, sellers are subject to the GET on those sales and will pass on their GET expense in what they charge the federal government for those services." 

 

NOTE: There are many items needing responses to including minimally, insurance for going to the site each year, SASH training (spelled out and explained below), FAR 52.204-24 response of WILL NOT DOES NOT, active SAM.GOV registration, evaluations for past work, and other items listing within this posting which you will be responsible for “all” for a quote to be accepted and considered.

There are two different rates for 12 months of services:

• (8) Months February-September (once per month)
• (4) Months October-January, during rainy season (twice per month)