Los Padres Ojai Ranger District Janitorial

The contract is for janitorial services at the Los Padres National Forest, Ojai Ranger District Office in California, under a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a NAICS code of 561720 and a small business size standard of $22 million. The solicitation, numbered 127EAY26Q0062, is a Request for Quote issued by the USDA Forest Service, CSA Southwest 1, with responses due by June 2, 2026, at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. The anticipated contract period runs from June 8, 2026, through June 7, 2031, consisting of a base year and four one-year option periods, each requiring firm fixed price quotations submitted in the provided Schedule of Items template. Pricing must be provided for all periods, and failure to do so will result in exclusion. The evaluation is based on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable approach, where technical acceptability and past performance serve as pass/fail gates, and award goes to the lowest priced offer that meets minimum standards. Work must be performed two days per week between 5:00 PM and 6:30 AM, primarily on Tuesdays and Fridays, cleaning approximately 5,900 square feet of office space with specific daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and semiannual cleaning tasks. All work must adhere to environmentally preferable green standards and be performed in a professional manner. The contractor must submit a Quality Control Plan for government approval prior to work commencement and comply with a detailed Quality Assurance Plan involving random and scheduled inspections, daily sampling of 25% of cleaning tasks, weekly sampling of 50%, and 100% inspection of quarterly and semiannual tasks. Performance deductions may occur for unacceptable service, and rework must be completed within two days of notification. Payments will be made monthly upon submission of invoices to the address specified in the solicitation. The contractor is required to provide resumes and signed contingent letters for the Project Manager, the only designated key personnel, and must maintain workforce integrity with strict prohibitions against identity discrepancies, unauthorized substitutions, and failure to comply with government direction. All subordinate subcontractors with routine unaccompanied access to federally controlled facilities or information systems must include the workforce integrity clause. The contractor must also comply with federal clauses addressing whistleblower rights, anti-trafficking, security requirements, safeguarding of information systems, government property, and accelerated payments to small business subcontractors