Lawn & Grounds Maintenance

This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation issued as Request for Quote (RFQ) AG-3604-S-16-0010. FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFQ are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-80 and are available in full text through Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. The United States Forest Service encourages the participation of small, disadvantaged, service disabled veteran, and women owned business enterprises. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561730 and the small business size standard is $7.5 million. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. Responsible small business concerns may submit an offer which will be considered by the Forest Service. The Government requires performance of the work described in these documents to perform lawn and maintenance services as further described in the Schedule of Items. Quotes are due for this combined synopsis/solicitation on April 7, 2016 at 3:00PM Eastern Time and shall be delivered by the specified time electronically to contact@example.gov. Facsimile proposals will not be accepted. All questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted via e-mail. The Forest Service anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract to the lowest-priced technically acceptable offeror. Proposals will be evaluated for acceptability. In order to be eligible for award, offerors must receive a rating of "acceptable" in every non-price factor/sub factor. In the interest of economy and efficiency, the Government will start by evaluating the technical proposal of the lowest-priced offeror and will award to that offeror if the technical proposal is rated "technically acceptable". If the lowest offeror receives a rating of "unacceptable" in any of the non-cost factors, the Government will then move on to evaluating the technical proposal of the next lowest offeror and so on until a proposal is rated "technically acceptable". Therefore, the technical proposals of the non-low price offerors may or may not be evaluated. Offerors must be registered at the System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) to be eligible for award.