Pagosa Ranger District Custodial Services

An SF 1449 based solicitation has been added to facilitate submittals.  The SCA Wage Determination has also been attached.

This solicitation is amended to add FAR 52.208-9, CONTRACTOR USE OF MANADATORY SOURCES OF SUPPLY OR SERVICES (OCT 2008), which is included by reference herein.

A rough floor plan of the Pagosa RD office has been attached for reference.  The total area is approximately 4,700 square feet.  All three bathrooms are unisex (two in main building, one in warehouse).

Prospective offerors are highly encouraged to attend the site visit on July 30.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation issued as Request for Proposal (RFP) AG-82CS-S-13-0021.

A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFP are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-68 (06/26/2013) and are available in full text through Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far.

The U.S. Forest Service encourages the participation of disadvantaged, service disabled veteran, and women owned business enterprises. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561720 and the small business size standard is $16.5 million. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. All responsible small business concerns may submit an offer which will be considered by the Forest Service.

The Government requires performance of the work described in these documents to provide custodial services for the Pagosa Springs Ranger District, San Juan National Forest as further described in the attached Performance Work Statement. The Government anticipates the award of a fixed priced contract.

Offers are due for this combined synopsis/solicitation on August 19, 2013 at 3:00PM Mountain Time and shall be delivered by the specified time to the USFS, 2250 Highway 50, Delta CO 81416. Facsimile proposals will not be accepted. Proposals may be submitted electronically to jtobin@fs.fed.us.

All Offerors shall be registered at the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to be eligible for award.

Award will be made on the basis of lowest priced, technically acceptable offer. Offerors shall complete the  attached schedule of items and experience questionaire for evaluation by the Government. 

A pre-offer site visited will be conducted at the District Office at 9:00AM on Tuesday, July 30, 2013.  Please e-mail jtobin@fs.fed.us to confirm attendance.