Grounds Maintenance Services

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITAITON/COMBINATION SYNOPSIS FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES AT THE NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY CRANE IN. The Solicitation Number for this announcement is N40083-14-R-2701. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-West, PWD Crane, will issue a request for proposals for a combination Firm Fixed Price/Indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (FFP/IDIQ) type contract with a base period of twelve months and four (4) one-year option periods to be exercised at the Government's discretion. The RFP will be issued as a Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS Code for this solicitation is 561730, Landscaping Services. The Small Business Size Standard is $6,500,000.00. The total amount of the contract (base plus options) shall not exceed $10,000,000.00. It is the Government's intent to utilize the contract resulting from this solicitation to accomplish grounds maintenance services. Under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) guidelines, the prime contractor must have the capability to perform at least 50% of the cost of labor. The intention of this solicitation is to obtain Grounds Maintenance Services as outlined below and described in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) primarily for the Naval Support Activity, Crane Army Ammunition Activity and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, plus the Glendora Test Facility at Sullivan IN. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, materials, supplies, equipment, tools, transportation, incidental engineering, and vehicles to perform all work associated with grounds maintenance services in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and regulations. The following is a brief description of required services: Maintain/mow 200 acres of lawn areas and 30 cemeteries; 400+ miles of road right of way and associated areas, 1700 + magazines, 60 miles of boundary fence right of ways, miscellaneous utility line right of ways and 140 miles of railroad right of way. Services also include weed control for parking lots, buildings, substations, riprap, removal of fallen trees from road right of ways and maintained areas, snow and ice removal on sidewalks and building entrances; landscape maintenance; and as required miscellaneous services including tree removal, shrub installation, reestablishment of right ways. Best Value Source selection procedures will be utilized in conducting this competitive negotiation, which will consist of the submission of price and technical proposals once the Request for Proposal is issued. Anticipate the solicitation will be released on or about 04 October 2013. In accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(7) availability of the solicitation will be limited to the electronic medium and the Government will NOT provide copies. The Solicitation once issued will be available for download free of charge via the Internet at: www.fbo.gov. The apparent successful offeror must be currently registered in the Department of Defense Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to contract award via the SAM (System for Award Management) website. Offerors not already registered in the SAM database are highly encouraged to do so via Internet at: https://www.sam.gov. Please be advised that this registration is FREE. All contractual and technical inquires shall be submitted via electronic mail to contact@example.gov. Responses may be submitted under solicitation number N40083-14-R-2701 via delivery to NAVFAC MW PWD CRANE; Att: Annette Taylor, 300 Highway 361 B-2516, Crane IN 47522-5082.