Landscaping Services

Contracting Office Address: General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Property Management Service Center, Ohio Service Center - Cleveland (5PSSB1A), 201 Superior Avenue, suite 450, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114. Description: The following work will be performed at the Anthony J. Celebrezze (AJC) Federal Building at 1240 E. 9th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44199. Project Summary Description: This project includes, but is not limited to, the following: GSA has a need for a contractor to provide management, supervision, manpower, equipment and supplies necessary to provide Landscaping Services at the Anthony J. Celebrezze (AJC) Federal Building at 1240 E. 9th Street Cleveland, Ohio. The NAICS code for this project is 561730 with a standard size of $7 million. This new contract is scheduled to begin on April 1, 2011. This is a 12 month contract with an 8 month period of performance. Payment for services will be for work performed during the 8 month period of performance only. The contract is scheduled to commence on April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012, with a period of performance of April 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011. There will be a base period and 4 one year Option periods, with each having an 8 month period of performance. The Landscaping Services acquisition will be a performance-based contract. The purpose of this new landscaping contract will be to maintain the current level of professional landscaping now in place and to provide the management, supervision, manpower, equipment and supplies necessary to provide landscaping services to this location. The Contractor shall be responsible for performing all work under this contract in accordance with all Federal, State, County, City laws and codes, and follow the more stringent of them. This procurement is open to all business concerns in accordance with the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Women owned, Veteran owned, Service Disabled Veteran owned, HUBZone and Small Disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to submit an offer. This is a negotiated procurement. Best value method will be used to determine awardee. Evaluation factors will consist of past performance and Total Evaluated Price. Proposals will be opened privately. The solicitation will be available on or about October 5, 2010. The solicitation cited above can only be obtained by accessing a secure website known as FedBizOpps. It is fully integrated with other electronic government initiatives such as the Vendor Past Performance System (VPP). VPP is a module within the PBS contract writing system that collects, maintains, and disseminates contractor performance information. You may access FedBizOpps via the following URL https://www.fbo.gov. You will then be required to access the vendor registration. There is a vendor's user guide that walks you through the registration process. At a minimum all vendors must supply the following information: Your Company's Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) (You can get this from your Company's, CCR Point of Contact), Your Company's DUNS Number or CAGE Code (Contact Dun & Bradstreet at +1 (555) 000-0000 if you do not have a D&B Number), Your Telephone Number and Your E-Mail Address. Also, as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) all vendors will be required to use the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) in federal solicitations as a part of the proposal submission process. ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of many of the FAR required representations and certifications previously found in solicitations. With ORCA, you now have the ability to enter and maintain your representation and certification information, at your convenience, via the Internet at http://orca.bpn.gov. Potential offerors should refer to the solicitation package regarding instructions involving the use of ORCA. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading the solicitation and monitoring the Federal Business Opportunities website for amendment(s), if any, to the solicitation. Offer due date and time for receipt of proposals will be November 4, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. (EST). All requests must be submitted to General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Property Management Service Center, Ohio Service Center - Attn: Connie Bilek-Hammond- Contract Specialist, 201 Superior Avenue, suite 450, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114. Any questions regarding this notification should be directed to the Contracting Officer or Contracting Specialist whose name appears herein.