TSA Janitorial Services - Newark Liberty Airport (EWR)

Solicitation# HSTS01-16-R-RES748 is hereby made publicly available as a document package attachment.

As specified in the synopsis, the MANDATORY site visit will be held Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 10:00 AM local time at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). Participants should meet TSA's POC at the entrance of the B3 TSA screening checkpoint at EWR Terminal B. All participants will need to have a current driver's license as an ID. No more than 1 representative from each vendor will be permitted to attend the site visit.

To attend the site visit, each vendor shall send a PASSWORD PROTECTED MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT to Michael Capovilla at michael.capovilla@tsa.dhs.gov no later than 12:00 PM local Washington DC time on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 with the full name, date of birth, and social security number (SSN) of their representative. The Password to open the document shall be sent in a separate email. Offerors shall send the email containing the password without a subject line. RSVPs received after the deadline WILL NOT be permitted to attend the site visit.

No technical or contractual questions will be answered nor will any additional instruction outside the Statement of Work be provided on the site visit. Offeror participation in the site visit will be verified prior to award. If the Offeror does not attend the site visit, any proposal submission will be rendered nonresponsive. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a dispute after contract
award.

All questions or request for clarifications shall be submitted electronically to Michael Capovilla at michael.capovilla@tsa.dhs.gov no later than noon local Washington, DC time on Friday, January 29,
2016.

Offerors are cautioned to submit proposal in either PDF or MS Word Format. Email responses must be received no later than Noon Local Washington DC time on Wednesday, February 10, 2016.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will solicit proposals from Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Concerns to perform "Janitorial Services for the TSA at the Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)" in Newark, NJ. The Contractor will provide janitorial maintenance services, seven (7) days a week for approximately 75,000 square feet of checkpoint/baggage space and 5,000 square feet of leased space. The space is dedicated to passenger and baggage screening operations, TSA training room, supervisor offices leased space, and break room. The Contractor shall provide janitorial services seven (7) days a week, for the space occupied by TSA at EWR.

Pursuant to FAR 19.501, this acquisition is a SDVOSB set-aside and will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12 and Part 15. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 561720 and the small business size standard for this NAICS code is $18 million dollars in annual receipts.

All responsible sources considered a SDVOSB concern under this NAICS code are eligible to respond to this solicitation. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intends to award a firm fixed price contract with one (1) base year and four (4) option periods, as well as a possible extension of performance not to exceed six months, on a competitive basis to one responsive and responsible Offeror. The Offerors shall be considered responsible as defined within the meaning of FAR 9.104-1.

It is anticipated that the RFP will be issued on or about January 5, 2016 via modification and uploaded to this Pre-Solicitation Notice. Potential Offerors are hereby notified that future information about this acquisition, including the solicitation and subsequent amendments, will only be available on the Federal Business Opportunities website www.fbo.gov. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website to assure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Firms offering a response to this notice should ensure that their registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov is current.

A MANDATORY site visit will be held at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The date, time, and point of contact information will be provided with the solicitation. Proposals submitted from Offerors who do not attend the site visit shall be renderd as non-compliant and shall therefore be ineligible for award. No technical or contractual questions will be answered nor will any additional instruction outside the Statement of Work be provided at the site visit.