This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisitions Procedures, will be used. A contractor may be eliminated from consideration without further exchanges if pricing proposals are not among those Offerors considered most advantageous to the Government. The International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) has the need for Grounds Maintenance Services for Guayama Research Station subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13. 1) Action Code: NAICS 561730, Landscaping Services 2) Date: Solicitation Notice posted 27Jul 3) Year: 2021 4) Contracting Office Zip Code: 00926 5) Product or Service Code: S208, Housekeeping - Landscaping/groundskeeping 6) Contracting Office Address: USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Bot'nico Sur 1201 Calle Ceiba San Juan, PR 00926 7) Subject: Grounds Maintenance Services for Guayama Research Station 8) Solicitation Number: 12445021Q0038 9) Closing Response Date: 22 Aug, 2021, 11:59 PM EST. All quote packages shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist and be received in their inboxes on or before the date and time established in the RFQ. 10) Point of Contact: Purchasing Agent: Yolanda Padilla,
contact@example.gov Contracting Specialist/Officer: Amelia Davila,
contact@example.gov 11) Contract Award Number & Solicitation Number: Contract award number to be determined. Solicitation number: 12445021Q0038 12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: To be Determined 13) Line-Item Numbers: 0001, 1001, 2001, 3001, 4001 for quarterly services (Firm-Fixed Price). The contract will have a base period plus four option years for a total of five years. 14) Contract Award Date: To be Determined. 15) Contractor: To be Determined. 16) Description: See attached Statement of Work (SOW). 17) Place of Contract Performance: Guayama Research Area Carr 7712 KM 0.3 Sector El Palo Bo. Pueblito del Carmen, Guayama PR 00784 18) Set-Aside Status: Total Small Business NO PAPER COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AND TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES: USDA Forest Service requires that all Contractors doing business with this acquisition office must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). An award cannot be made unless the Contractor is registered in SAM. For additional information, and to register in SAM, please access the following website: https://www.sam.gov/SAM. In order to register with SAM and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all Contractors must first have a Unique Entity Identifier [formerly known as a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS number]. A DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number may be acquired at the following website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform
