Janitorial Services, Recruiting Center, Cranston, RI

The contract is a small business set-aside for janitorial services at 1235 Oaklawn Avenue, Cranston, RI, a 1,675 square foot facility, requiring cleaning to be performed two days per week for 104 service days annually. The procurement is governed under NAICS code 561720 with a $22 million small business size standard and is exclusively reserved for small business concerns including Women-Owned Small Businesses, Economically Disadvantaged WOSBs, 8(a) participants, HUBZone businesses, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. All vendors must maintain an active SAM.gov registration at the time of submission; failure to do so results in automatic rejection. The solicitation, issued as an RFQ under FAR Part 12, requires submission of a bid schedule in Excel format only, with PDFs prohibited. Proposals must be emailed to Jennifer Samela by the deadline of May 4, 2026, with no extensions permitted. The contract has a one-year base period through April 30, 2027, with two one-year option periods for a potential total performance period of three years. Services include daily and monthly cleaning tasks as defined in a Performance Work Statement and Janitorial Service Checklist, with performance evaluated through on-site inspections at the facility. The contractor must submit a Quality Control Program within 30 days of award and maintain detailed inspection records, with failure to meet standards potentially leading to payment withholding. All personnel must complete DoD security awareness training within 30 days, wear government-compliant photo ID, be subject to access searches, and comply with Force Protection Conditions and Antiterrorism measures including iWATCH training. Key personnel, including the project manager and superintendent, must attend a pre-work conference, and certification in areas such as First Aid/CPR, Fall Protection, and Rope Access may be required. The contractor is responsible for obtaining all necessary permits, licenses, and insurance, and must adhere to the applicable wage determination. Invoicing must be conducted through WAWF using either Cost Voucher or Invoice 2in1 formats. Payment is made by electronic funds transfer, with provisions in place to accelerate payments to small business subcontractors. The evaluation will consider technical approach, price, and past performance on a trade-off basis, not using LPTA, and award will be made to the quote most advantageous to the government. Special clauses require compliance with sustainability standards, prohibition of convict labor