S208--Tree Maintenance

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Action Code: This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice.

Date: 12/2/2022

Contracting Office Address:

James J. Peters

Bronx VA Medical Center

130 W. Kingsbridge Road

Bronx, NY 10468

Classification Code: This procurement is classified as S Housekeeping Landscaping / Groundskeeping

Important: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.2- Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the Request for Quote (RFQ) at a later date.

Description: The RFQ is planned to be issued in December 2022. The Proposal due date is tentatively planned for December 20, 2022. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 561730, Landscaping Services, and the annual size standard is $8.5 Million. The planned procurement method is Simplified Acquisitions competed solicitation. The solicitation utilizes source selection procedure using best value, which require Offerors to submit a non-price proposal that includes past performance, experience information, and a price proposal for evaluation by the Government.

The resulting contract is planned to be a firm-fixed price (FFP) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract term will be a base period of 12 months with four 12-month options. Only the base period of the contract will offer a minimum guarantee.

This procurement is to provide Tree Maintenance Services for New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, and Lyons Campuses. Provide all labor, equipment, supervision, tools, and all materials necessary to provide tree maintenance services to include trimming and thinning services including removal of dead trees and stump grinding on grounds

The procurement consists of one solicitation with the intent to award a single contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the RFQ, will be most advantageous to the Government resulting in the best value, price and non-price factors considered, comparative analysis source selection process may be used. Offerors are advised award may be made without discussions. Therefore, the Offerors should submit proposals which contain their best terms.

This is an IDIQ contract with pre-established fixed price unit prices. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer, or his/her properly authorized representative, who will issue written task orders to the

contractor. Award of task orders will be on a firm fixed price basis.

Set-Aside Status: The proposed solicitation is a 100% Services-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-aside. Please note that Limitations on Sub-Contracting apply.

Additional Details:

THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO

HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Offerors can view and/or download the RFQ and attachments at https://sam.gov/content/opportunities when the RFQ is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at beta.sam.gov. This will be the only method of amendment distribution; therefore, it is the OFFERORS RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION.

Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement

See attached document: SOW for Tree Maintenance