Pest Control Services SAVAHCS

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Synopsis:
This announcement serves as a Pre-Solicitation Notice Only and Not a solicitation. The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) Office of Acquisitions, intends to issue a solicitation to seek a qualified contractor that can provide Pest Control Services. The services will be provided at SAVAHCS located at 3601 S. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85723.
The contractor shall provide all management, supervision, personnel, labor, tools, supplies, materials, transportation, equipment, and other items necessary to provide pest control and management services at SAVAHCS for the development and implementation of a comprehensive Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM). The pesticide formulations used shall be United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified, and approved, for use in the manner applied, and must comply with Federal, State, and Local regulations. The Contractor shall be knowledgeable and certified to apply, maintain, and mix pesticide formulations in accordance with all Federal, State, and Local regulations.
The contractor shall provide material to control, reduce, or eliminate from the interior/exterior facilities and all Medical Center grounds, throughout the term of the contract, invertebrate and vertebrate pest including, but not limited to, vermin such as rats and mice; Birds/mammals such as pigeons, and bats; Bat removal shall be done on a catch and release basis. Insects such as bedbugs, bees, wasps, termites, mosquitoes, roaches, silverfish, gnats, mosquitoes, spiders, crickets, ants, and bed bugs; Arachnids such as spiders, mites, black widows, tarantulas, scorpions; Incidental invaders such as, crickets, earwigs, midges, millipedes, centipedes, ground beetles, clover mites, termites and bats.
The Government anticipates awarding a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with a 100% set aside for Small Business as a result of the solicitation. The period of performance for this procurement shall consist of one 1 base period and 4 option years each consisting of 12 months each. The award date (Base Year) will begin 10/01/19.
It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor the FBO website for the issuance of the RFQ as well as any updates to the solicitation.
All contractors must be currently registered (have an active registration) in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (http:/www.sam.gov) and registered in the VetBiz (https://www.vip.vetbiz.va.gov/) website as an SDVOSB. Further, Offerors are required to complete their Online Representations and Certifications under SAM.gov prior to submittal of a proposal. All responsible sources may submit an offer in response to the solicitation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the solicitation, which shall be considered by the agency.
The solicitation will be posted to Federal Business Opportunities on or about August 4, 2019..