Sources Sought - Pest Control Services

This request for information (RFI) Sources Sought for planning/market research purposes only, and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid or as an obligation on the part of the National Gallery of Art (NGA) to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the NGA will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the NGA use of such information. This request does not constitute as the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the NGA in developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The NGA does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI hereunder.

The preliminary goal for the NGA is to receive information regarding current trends, maintenance, inspections, and other related issues from the perspective of the identified industry for pest control services. The NGA invites voluntary participation to provide information on capabilities of detection, inspection and maintenance technologies to determine current industry solutions and cost for related services.



Responses must be structured as follows:

Information Requested



The capability statement in the response to this RFI should include the following topics as a minimum:

Vendor Information:

1. Company Name/Division,



2. Point of Contact (POC)

a. Name,

b. Phone number

Responses should be submitted by Friday, February 27, 2009 by 4:00PM. Responses may be emailed to Denise Gilson at db-gilson@nga.gov or mailed to 2000B South Club Drive, Landover, MD 20785.

A site visit is scheduled for this Request for Information on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 10:00AM. Parties interested in submitting their capability statement are requested to attend this visit. The site visit will begin at the service entrance of the West Building at 10:00AM. Individuals planning to attend the site visit are requested to notify, Denise Gilson @ (202) 842-6344 of their intention to attend the site visit by February 15, 2009. All interested parties should direct their questions to: Denise Gilson, Contract Specialist, 202-842-6344.