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S--LANDSCAPE SERVICES AT NWS WFO IN LAKE CHARLES, LA
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This solicitation, identified as 1305M326Q0221, seeks non-personal landscape services for the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, under a total small business set-aside with a NAICS code of 561730 and a small business size standard of $9.5 million. The contract is structured as a single firm-fixed-price purchase order on an all-or-none basis with Net 30 payment terms, and the government intends to award using a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) process. The base period of performance runs from the date of award through May 31, 2027, with four sequential one-year option periods extending through May 31, 2031. All services must be performed at 500 Airport Blvd., #115, Lake Charles, LA 70607, and include comprehensive exterior maintenance such as weekly mowing from April through September, bi-weekly mowing during other months, edging, debris removal, seasonal fertilization and mulch replacement, pruning of eight trees annually, chemical weed control, and fire ant control conducted concurrently with mowing. The contractor must provide all labor, supervision, tools, materials, and equipment, and comply with the Department of Labor wage determination WD 2015-5185, Revision 31, dated May 13, 2026, while ensuring employees applying pesticides hold valid certifications. The solicitation incorporates numerous Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and NOAA-specific clauses, including requirements for System for Award Management (SAM) registration, environmental compliance with green product certifications, labor standards, anti-trafficking measures, and prohibitions on contracting with inverted domestic corporations. Performance must occur Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and the contractor must submit monthly invoices electronically through the Treasury’s IPP system, accompanied by signed service tickets from the site manager. Quotes must be submitted electronically via email to kirsten.keen@noaa.gov by June 5, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. MDT, with a subsequent amendment extending the deadline to June 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. MDT. A site visit is strongly recommended but not mandatory, and all offerors must hold an active SAM registration with a valid
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AMENDMENT 0001 06/04/2026: The purpose of this amendment is to:
• Add Question and Answer document
• Add RFO 52.223-23
• Extend deadline to 10:00am MDT 06/09/2026
END OF AMENDMENT 0001.
COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION
THE INCUMBENT CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO GARY COPPELS FOR AN AGGREGATE OF $48,900.00 FOR FIVE (5) YEARS. THE STATEMENT OF WORK WITHIN THIS SOLICITATION MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE INCUMBENT CONTRACT; THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT QUOTERS THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE STATEMENT OF WORK IN THIS SOLICITATION AND MAKE A SITE VISIT.
Non-personal landscape services for National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Lake Charles, LA.
(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
Solicitation number 1305M326Q0221 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ), for landscape services for the NWS WFO in Lake Charles, LA.
The Government intends to award a low priced, technically acceptable, single firm fixed-price purchase order on an all or none basis with payment terms of Net 30.
This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The associated NAICS code is 561730. The small business size standard is $9.5M.
This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.
(ii) A list of line-item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure (including option(s), if applicable).
CLIN 0001 – Base Year
Services, non-personal, to provide all supervision, labor, tools, materials, and equipment (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for landscape services at the NWS WFO in Lake Charles, LA, in accordance with the Statement of Work. Period of Performance Date of Award through 05/31/2027.
CLIN 1001 – Option Year 1
Services, non-personal, to provide all supervision, labor, tools, materials, and equipment (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for landscape services at the NWS WFO in Lake Charles, LA, in accordance with the Statement of Work. Period of Performance 06/01/2027 through 05/31/2028.
CLIN 2001 – Option Year 2
Services, non-personal, to provide all supervision, labor, tools, materials, and equipment (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for landscape services at the NWS WFO in Lake Charles, LA, in accordance with the Statement of Work. Period of Performance 06/01/2028 through 05/31/2029.
CLIN 3001 – Option Year 3
Services, non-personal, to provide all supervision, labor, tools, materials, and equipment (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for landscape services at the NWS WFO in Lake Charles, LA, in accordance with the Statement of Work. Period of Performance 06/01/2029 through 05/31/2030.
CLIN 4001 – Option Year 4
Services, non-personal, to provide all supervision, labor, tools, materials, and equipment (unless otherwise provided herein) necessary for landscape services at the NWS WFO in Lake Charles, LA, in accordance with the Statement of Work. Period of Performance 06/01/2030 through 05/31/2031.
(iii) Description of requirements for the items to be acquired, including documentation supporting any brand name descriptions (see 12.102).
See attached Statement of Work which applies to Base Year and all Option Years 1 –4, and Department of Labor Wage Rates: WD 2015-5185, Revision No. 31, dated 05/13/2026, which can be found on: https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations.
See the attached SF18 with the terms and conditions which all quoters must be in compliance with to be eligible for award.
(iv) Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and f.o.b. point (see part 47).
Period of performance shall be:
Base Period is Date of Award through 05/31/2027.
Option Period 1 for a twelve month period 06/01/2027 through 05/31/2028.
Option Period 2 for a twelve month period 06/01/2028 through 05/31/2029.
Option Period 3 for a twelve month period 06/01/2029 through 05/31/2030.
Option Period 4 for a twelve month period 06/01/2030 through 05/31/2031.
If there is a significant delay in awarding this contract, a shortened base year Period of Performance may be utilized or an updated quote may be requested with a new 12-month base year and corresponding option years.
Place of Performance is:
LAKE CHARLES WFO LOUISIANA
500 AIRPORT BLVD. #115
LAKE CHARLES LA 70607.
(v) A list of solicitation provisions that apply to the acquisition (see 12.205(a)) can be found on the Request for Quote Form SF18 attachment.
(vi) A list of contract clauses that apply to the acquisition can be found in the attached SF18.
(vii) Quotes are required to be received in the contracting office no later than 10:00am MDT on FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2026. All quotes must be submitted electronically via email to kirsten.keen@noaa.gov.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR NON-RECEIPT OF QUOTES. IT IS THE CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION OF THE QUOTE RECEIPT.
(viii) Any other additional information required by 5.101(c).
Site Visit Information
A site visit is highly recommended but not required. Vendors are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. Please contact David Fontenot at david.fontenot@noaa.gov or by phone at 337-348-3639 to set up a time to visit the site. All questions during the site visit should be submitted electronically to kirsten.keen@noaa.gov.
Per NOAA Deviation 2025-02/03: System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Contracting officers will not consider those representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM.
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