SRS Athens Grounds Maintenance

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Property and Procurement Services (PPS), intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under the number 12445024Q0025 in support of the SRS Athens Forestry Sciences Laboratory.

Subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. The Resultant contract, if any, will be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) solicitation under the number 12445024Q0025.

This procurement is set aside 100% for small business concerns. Only offers from small business concerns will be accepted.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 561730- Landscaping Services and the Small Business Size Standard is $9.5M. 

Please ensure you have or have added this NAICS in System for Award Management (SAM).

                                                            NOTICE TO OFFERORS:

The quoters shall submit their quote to Contracting Officer Yolanda Padilla at yolanda.padilla@usda.gov no later than August 10, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. eastern time. It is the quoter's responsibility to confirm receipt of the quote. The following items shall be included:

• (1) Acknowledge any amendment information issued on sam.gov
• (2) Completed Experience Questionnaire (Attachment 7) 
• (3) Completed Schedule of Items (Attachment 1) 
• (4) Completed Representations and Certifications –Fill in the check boxes for provisions 52.204-24 and 52.212-3 

Submissions that do not include all the required elements or information may be excluded from the selection process.

Quoter may submit an alternative Bid Schedule. If submitting an alternative Bid Schedule, the quoter shall clearly indicate how all requirements of the SOW will be met with line items as proposed, and all shall be Firm Fixed Price without estimated quantities. 

Address questions about this solicitation to Yolanda Padilla by email at yolanda.padilla@usda.gov. Questions received after July 31st, 2024, may not be answered. Answers will be posted on https://SAM.gov by August 2nd, 2024.

See attachments included with this solicitation
  Attachment 1. Schedule of Items 
Attachment 2. Statement of Work SRS Athens Grounds Maintenance (20 pages)
Attachment 3. SRS Athens Site Plan (1 page)
Attachment 4.  SRS Athens Planting Plan (Contract Change) (1 page)
Attachment 5. Map 320 Green St (1 page)
Attachment 6. Map 2 of 320 Green St (1 page)
Attachment 7. Experience Questionnaire 12445024Q0025 (2 pages)
Attachment 8. Wage Determination 2015-4469 Rev 23 May 7 2024 (9 pages)