S -- Grounds Maintenance Services, Navy Information Operations Command, Sugar Grove, West Virginia

The Officer in Charge requires all labor, management, supervision, tools, material, and equipment required to maintain improved Grounds Maintenance Services, Navy Information Operations Command, Sugar Grove, West Virginia. The work includes providing mowing and trimming, edging, debris removal, shrub and hedge maintenance, plant and bed maintenance, tree maintenance and removal of obstructions and control vegetation in storm drainage systems to permit unrestricted flow of storm water runoff. The work identified is to be provided by means of a combination Firm-Fixed Price/Indefinite Quantity type of contract. Source Selection procedures will be used to select the proposal that provides the lowest price and is technically acceptable to the government, all offerors will be evaluated using the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Method. The solicitation and resulting contract award will be a performance-based service acquisition made to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the Request for Proposals (RFP), will be advantageous to the Government price and other evaluation factors considered. The offeror's proposal shall contain a response to each of the evaluation factors and shall be in the form prescribed by the solicitation. The evaluation factors are: Factor A - Technical Approach/Management, Factor B - Experience, Factor C - Past Performance and Factor D - Price. Technical Factors A, B and C are of equal importance. The evaluation cumulative rating of the technical factors is equal to the price. Offers shall be submitted for the performance of work for a period of one year. However, the initial term of the contract may be for a period of less than one year. The Government has the option to extend the term of the contract for additional periods of one to twelve months. The total contract term including the exercise of any options, shall not exceed 120 months. The proposed procurement will be issued as a NAVFAC Electronic Facilities Support Contract with online ordering using DOD EMALL for all Indefinite Quantity Exhibit Line Item Numbers (ELINs). Acceptance of Government Purchase Credit Cards is required along with the purchase of DOD EMALL Encrypted software. The North American Classification System (NAICS) is 561730, the size standard is $6,500,000.00. The proposed procurement listed herein is a 100% set-aside for HUBZONE contractors. The RFP will be available in electronic format only (Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)) and will be posted on the electronic solicitation (E-Sol) website on or about November 20, 2006. The estimated proposal due date shall be at least 30 days after the RFP is posted on the E-Sol website. The site address is http://esol.navfac.navy.mil. Notifications of any updates or amendments to the solicitation will be posted on the website only. Contractors are encouraged to register for the solicitation when downloading from the NAVFAC E-Sol website. Only registered contractors will be notified by e-mail when amendments to the solicitation are issued. IT IS THE SOLE RESPONISBILITY OF THE OFFEROR TO CONTINUALLY VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR CAHNGES. All prospective contractors are required to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. Failure to register in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov .