Operations & Maintenance Services for federal facilities in New Orleans, LA

* The following Pre-Solicitation Notice has been amended to change the NAICS code from 238220 to 561210. *

General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, Greater Southwest Region, intends to solicit proposals for Operations & Maintenance Services at the following locations:

● FSS Depot Warehouse | 400 Edwards Ave., Harahan, LA 70123
● FSS Depot Office & Garage | 400 Edwards Ave., Harahan, LA 70123
● BPSH New Orleans (7 Bldgs) | 3819 Patterson Rd., New Orleans, LA 70114
● U.S. Custom House | 423 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70130
● FE Hebert Federal Building | 600 South Maestri Place, New Orleans, LA 70130
● JM Wisdom Courthouse | 600 Camp St., New Orleans, LA 70130
● Hale Boggs Fed Bldg/Courthouse | 500 Poydras St., New Orleans, LA 70130
● St. Charles Parking Area | 701 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130

Offerors will be expected to provide all management, supervision, labor, materials, equipment, and supplies necessary to perform Operations and Maintenance Services. The facilities covered by this solicitation encompasses approximately 1,505,789 aggregate square feet in thirteen (13) buildings (buildings range in size from 444 square feet to 597,705 square feet).

In accordance with FAR 52.219-6, this procurement is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. At the time that an offeror submits its offer, it must represent to the Contracting Officer that it is a Total Small Business concern under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 561210 with the small business size of $35.5M. A joint venture will be considered for award as long as each other concern is small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; (2) the joint venture is registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the time the joint venture submits its offer under this solicitation. The Government will recognize the integrity and validity of joint ventures; provided, the arrangements are identified and company relationships are fully disclosed in an offer, or, for arrangements entered into after submission of an offer before the arrangement becomes effective. Additionally, FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, will also be included in the solicitation and FAR 5.202(a)(11) exception to synopsizing the option will apply if that option is exercised.

The solicitation number will be GS-07P-12-JU-D-0036. The procurement will be awarded using FAR Part 15 procedures. The period of performance is for a base of twelve (12) months with nine (9) one-year option periods to begin on or about 11/01/2012. The contract type will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity type contract with Firm Fixed Price monthly payments for basic services. Additional services may be ordered, but funded separately, in addition to the basic services.

The solicitation will be issued in electronic format only and will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website at https://www.fbo.gov/. No phone or fax requests for a copy of solicitation will be accepted. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and for monitoring the website for possible amendments and/or additional information. The solicitation will be available for download on or about 04/16/2012. A pre-proposal conference/site visit will be noted in the solicitation. Proposal submissions will be due on or about 05/16/2012.

Offerors MUST be registered in the CCR database in order to receive an award for this procurement. The website for CCR is http://www.ccr.gov. Offerors are required to use the Online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov for Representation and Certification submissions under this solicitation.

Questions may be directed to Brian Mance, Contract Specialist, at brian.mance@gsa.gov. Interested parties should include their company name, point of contact, address, telephone number(s), E-mail address, and reference the solicitation number GS-07P-12-JU-D-0036.