JANITORIAL SERVICES

The U.S. Coast Guard will issue a nationwide competitive 8(a) Small Business Program Solicitation for Janitorial Services at USCG, Base Support Unit, 1519 Alaskan Way South, Seattle, Washington. This acquisition will be procured using procedures under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation. This requirement is to provide all labor, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform the service requirements in accordance with the Performance Work Statement. The period of performance will be 01 April 2010 through 30 September 2010, with six (6) one year options. If all options are exercised the contract terms will end on 30 September 2016. The applicable North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 561720, Janitorial Services with a size standard of $16.5 million. Any correspondence shall be in writing and reference Request for Proposal (RFP) Number HSCG89-10-R-PTE001. All prospective offerors are responsible to visit the Federal Business Opportunities website frequently and obtain any amendments or other information pertaining to this solicitation. The solicitation, performance work statement, and attachments, will only be available by downloading from Federal Business Opportunities website. Offeorrs must be registered in the Centralized Contractor Registration in order to receive a contract award from any DHS activity. Offerors who are not registered with CCR may be considered non-responsive and may not be considered in the evaluation. Contractors may access the CCR and register at http://www.ccr.gov. FAR Clause 52.232-33 is applicable to this procurement. Ensure DUNS and CAGE Code numbers are provided with the proposal. To receive your DUNS number, call 1-800-333-0505 or www.dnb.com. The resultant contract under this solicitation will be firm fixed price and awarded to the responsible offeror providing the best value to the Government. The entire Request for Proposal and any other subsequent amendments will be available electronically by accessing www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 18 November 2009. No paper copies of the solicitation and/or amendments will be distributed. If you have any questions, you may contact Jocelyn Brox-Chester at 510-437-5913 or via email: Jocelyn.A.BroxChester@uscg.mil All FOIA requests for previous contract information and pricing should be sent to the FOIA Control Officer, Jennifer Mitchell, at 510-437-3727 or email: Jennifer.A.Mitchell@uscg.mil. Any interested 8(a) firms may submit an offer which shall be considered.