Valley Resident Office – Groundskeeping, West Sacramento, CA.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District seeks groundskeeping services at the Valley Resident Office in West Sacramento, California, with proposals due September 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT. The procurement is a total small business set-aside; it is also explicitly a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside. Amendment 0001, issued August 19, 2026, incorporates a revised Performance Work Statement dated August 19, 2026, and approved Questions and Answers. A mandatory site visit was held August 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM PDT; questions were due August 14, 2026 by 10:00 AM PDT.

Place of performance is West Sacramento, California. The scope covers 2.54 acres divided into three operational zones: 0.43 acres of lawn surrounding buildings, 0.25 acres for a trash receptacle area, and 0.60 acres for a secure gated water facility. Work includes weekly mowing at 1 to 1.5 inches with catchers, edging prior to each mowing, removal of wild sprouts and vine growth, leaf and debris pickup, weeding of flowerbeds and hard surfaces, pruning and trimming of 47 trees twice yearly under supervision of a California-licensed arborist, irrigation system maintenance and repair, lawn aeration twice yearly, and EPA-designed bio-based fertilizer applications twice yearly at 3 pounds per 1,000 square feet using 15-15-15 formula. Chemical weed control is permitted with prior hazard analysis approval and state applicator certification. All refuse and clippings must be removed and disposed of off-site. The contract runs September 15, 2026 through August 31, 2031 (base year plus four one-year option periods exercised at government discretion).

The incumbent contractor is Lopez Susie under contract W9123821P0016, valued at $96,900 for the base period and all options combined. Pricing is firm fixed-price per service occurrence. Evaluation is price alone; award goes to the responsible offeror with the lowest conforming price. All contractor personnel require Antiterrorism Level I training, E-Verify employment eligibility verification, and background vetting for unescorted facility access. Service Contract Labor Standards (SCA) wage rates apply. The NAICS code is 561730, Landscaping Services; PSC is S208, Housekeeping–Landscaping/Groundskeeping.