Mowing Services at Woodcock Lake Park

Woodcock Lake Park Campgrounds are located in Meadville, in central Crawford County, PA. The project's purpose is threefold: to reduce downstream flooding as part of the French Creek flood control system, to improve downstream water quality and to provide a diversified array of general recreation activities. Public-use facilities owned and operated by the Corps at Woodcock Lake Park Campgrounds include a swim beach, campground, picnic shelters, boat launch and nature trail. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary management, personnel, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, fuel, and vehicles as required to mow grass, trim and maintain landscaped areas, remove debris, cleaning of offices and restrooms, empty trash receptacles and other services in accordance with procedures established in the Performance Work Statement which will be provided with the solicitation. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 561730, Landscaping Services, and the small business size standard is $8,000,000. The proposed period of performance will be a base year from 20 May 2021 - 28 February 2022 with two (2), one (1) year option periods. The government is planning a virtual pre-quote meeting for 26 April 2021 at 8:00 AM ET to review the requirement; including the solicitation, performance work statement and Service Contract Act. That meeting will be followed up by an on-site tour of Woodcock Lake Park Campgrounds on 27 April 2021 at 10:00 AM ET. Reservations and compliance with COVID 19 protocols, including mask-wearing and social distancing are required. Contractors are 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. The Request for Quote (RFQ) will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set Aside on or about 19 April 2021 online at https://beta.SAM.gov under Contract Opportunities. Offerors must have a current and active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at the time of quote submission in order to be awarded a contract. Quotes from offerors not registered in SAM will not be considered. The SAM registration process may be accessed at the following link: https://www.sam.gov. Registration is FREE to all vendors. PLEASE ensure your annual SAM registration is current. If it has expired, or will expire soon, PLEASE START THE RENEWAL PROCESS TODAY if you intend to submit a quote. If you would like to learn about doing business with USACE, please visit https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/ The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) provides assistance to businesses looking for help with Government Contracting. To locate your local APTAC, please visit https://www.aptac-us.org/ Any resulting award will be for one, firm, fixed-price, performance based indefinite delivery Requirements service contract made to the responsible* offeror whose quote is lowest. [*Responsible means a contractor that meets the standards in FAR 9.104 - available at https://www.acquisition.gov ]. ***PLEASE READ, UPDATES*** Please see attached to this notice: Solicitation, Attachments, Appendices and Price Schedule. 4/22/2021 This is the first Amendment issued against this Solicitation. Amendment 0001 is issued to 1) Provide information on the Site Visit scheduled for 27 April 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET. 2) Provide information on the Virtual Pre-Quote meeting scheduled for 26 April 2021 at 8:00 a.m. ET. This amendment must be acknowledged and returned along with the quote submission. A total of 1 Attachment has been uploaded today, 4/22/2021, to this posting. 4/29/2021 Documentation from the Site Tour conducted on 4/27/2021 has been uploaded to Beta.SAM.gov. (Attendee List) Documentation from the virtual Pre-Quote meeting conducted on 4/28/2021 has been uploaded to Beta.SAM.gov. (Agenda, Attendee List, Department of Labor Presentation and Resources/Helpful Links from the Department of Labor) A corrected Price Schedule replaced the original Price Schedule. A total of 6 attachments have been uploaded today, 4/29/2021, to this posting. Another amendment to this solicitation is anticipated. 4/30/2021 This is the second Amendment issued against this Solicitation. Amendment 0002 is issued to 1) Answer questions submitted by contractors 2) Update Attachment 2 to the solicitation "Performance Work Statement and Attachments" and Attachment 3 "Appendices to the PWS" as a result of answers to question submitted. Four attachments have been uploaded today, 4/30/2021, to this posting: "B01 Amendment 0002 to W911WN21Q6668"; "B01 Combined Synopsis Solicitation Updated"; B01 Attachment 2 Performance Work Statement and Attachments Updated" and "B01 Attachment 3 Appendices to PWS Updated". (The latter three replace the original Combined Synopsis Solicitation, Attachment 2 and Attachment 3.)