Saucier HEF Grounds Maintenance
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- Solicitation number
- 12444725Q0019
- Agency
- Forest Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561730 Landscaping Services
- Place of performance
- Saucier, Mississippi 39574, United States
- Points of contact
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- Keith D. Friot keith.d.friot@usda.gov (828) 257-4292
- Paul Foster paul.foster@usda.gov (804) 287-1504
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service is seeking a small business contractor to provide grounds maintenance services for the Harrison Experimental Forest (HEF) in Saucier, Mississippi. The solicitation requires a contractor to perform bi-monthly lawn maintenance from April through October, including grass mowing, edging, trimming, debris removal, and weed control, with specific standards such as maintaining grass heights between 3.5-4.5 inches and ensuring 95% facility satisfaction. Quotes will be evaluated based on price and past performance, with recent and relevant performance within three years being considered. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for May 27, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time, and quotes are due by June 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The government reserves the right to award to a contractor other than the lowest quoter and may not evaluate past performance for all quoters.
The contract is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 561730 with a size standard of $9.5 million, and the current incumbent is Pure Clean Janitorial. The contract structure includes one base year (June 15, 2025 - March 31, 2026) and four potential one-year option years, with a most recent service period cost of $13,893.48 for approximately 5-6 acres of maintenance. The place of performance is 2332 Success Road, Saucier, MS 39574, where services will be performed Monday through Friday, excluding U.S. government holidays. The contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary personnel, equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, supplies, and materials to meet the specified grounds maintenance standards. The contract will be awarded through the USDA Forest Service, with Paul Foster serving as the primary point of contact and Keith Friot as the alternate contact.
Notice text
2 versions
Update #2 · Latest ·
Amendment 001:
This amendment is to incoprate Questions and Answers through May 29, 2025. Please see separate attachment.
Grounds maintenance services as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) at the frequencies and standards identified in the PWS. The contractor shall perform in accordance with the standards defined in this contract. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, supplies, and material (including safety), and all other incidentals necessary to provide ground maintenance services as described herein. The contract will be awarded for one base year with four option years.
System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
Update #1 ·
Site Visit: A formal site visit will be held on May 27, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. The site visit will be held at Harrison Experimental Forest (HEF), 2332 Success Rd, Saucier, MS 39574. The Point of Contact (POC) is Denise Bates and can be reached by phone at 228-832-2747, ext. 200, or by email at Denise.Bates@usda.gov.
Grounds maintenance services as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) at the frequencies and standards identified in the PWS. The contractor shall perform in accordance with the standards defined in this contract. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, labor, supervision, transportation, supplies, and material (including safety), and all other incidentals necessary to provide ground maintenance services as described herein. The contract will be awarded for one base year with four option years.
System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and paragraph (d) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Q and A Saucier HEF Grounds Maintenance.pdf | ||
| Attach 5. - Draft Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan.pdf | ||
| Attach 1. - Performance Work Statement.pdf | ||
| 12444725Q0019 Saucier HEF Grounds Maintenance.pdf | ||
| Attach 2. - Wage Determination.pdf | ||
| Attach 3. - HEF Site Map.pdf | ||
| Attach 4 - Experience Questionaire.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Saucier HEF Grounds Maintenance | Award Notice | |
| Saucier HEF Grounds Maintenance | Solicitation |
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