Provide Housekeeping Janitorial Services for Fort

The National Park Service Southeast Region is soliciting proposals for comprehensive janitorial services at the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square in Charleston, South Carolina, under NAICS Code 561720. The contractor must provide all labor, supplies, materials, and equipment to maintain a safe, sanitary, and aesthetically pleasing facility covering approximately 6,800 square feet of interior space, operating seven days per week (362 days annually) from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with services including trash and recycling removal, restroom maintenance with continuous spot-checks, daily glass and window cleaning, floor care (tile and carpet), and immediate response to spills and biohazards. Proposals will be evaluated using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) criteria with technical capability and past performance combined as approximately equal to price, and prospective contractors must demonstrate a minimum of three years' experience in professional janitorial services at public-use facilities with three professional references and submit an OSHA DART rate for the preceding three years. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for April 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. EST, with RSVP required by April 14, 2026; written questions must be submitted to edward_dingle@nps.gov by 4:00 p.m. EDT on April 17, 2026, and proposals are due April 30, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

This solicitation is designated as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside, as modified by Amendment 0001 issued April 10, 2026, which changed the requirement from a 100% small business set-aside; no incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation documents. The contract period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027, with two optional one-year renewal periods, and pricing is to be submitted as firm-fixed monthly payments in twelve equal installments with escalation allowed for option years at the contractor's discretion. Proposals must include three volumes: a technical capability and approach section, past performance documentation with no more than five completed projects from the past three years, and a completed Excel-format price schedule covering labor costs for supervisory and janitorial staff, supplies and materials, periodic yearly tasks (including carpet steam cleaning twice annually and tile strip and wax operations), and other direct costs such as transportation and insurance. The service location is 340 Concord Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, and the contractor must obtain proof of insurance including minimum $500,000 workers' compensation, $100,000/$500,000 general liability, and $1,000,000 property damage coverage with the National Park Service listed as additional insured.