S208--Landscape and Irrigation Maintenance Services for Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS)

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) SOURCES SOUGHT and ANNOUNCEMENT of INDUSTRY DAY 1. Responses to this Sources Sought must be in writing. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of businesses, including Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), interested and capable of providing Landscape and Irrigation Maintenance Services, per paragraph five (5) below, for the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. 2. The NAICS for this requirement is 561730, Landscaping Services. 3. Interested and capable Contractors should respond to this notice not later than April 22, 2022 by providing the following via email only to contact@example.gov. (a) company name (b) address (c) point of contact (d) phone, fax, and email of primary point of contact (e) DUNS number (f) A capability statement that addresses the organization s qualifications and ability to perform as a contractor specifically for the work described in paragraph 5 below. Respondents are also encouraged to provide specific examples (e.g., contract number, point of contact information) of the Contractor s experience providing the same or similar supplies/services to that described in paragraph 5 below. 4. SDVOSB/VOSB respondents. (a) SDVOSB/VOSB respondents are encouraged to provide proof of registration in the Veteran Information Pages at https://www.va.gov/osdbu/. Further, SDVOSB and VOSB Contractors are asked to acknowledge that they understand the limitations on sub-contracting pursuant to FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Sub-Contracting, which will be included in the impending solicitation. Further SDVOSB/VOSB contractors are asked to respond that they can provide the requested services keeping within the parameters of this clause. (b) SDVOSB/VOSBS are also advised that per 13 CFR, § 125.6 the prime contractor's limitations on subcontracting are as follows: (1) General. In order to be awarded a full or partial small business set-aside contract with a value greater than $150,000, an 8(a) contract, an SDVOSB contract, a HUBZone contract, a WOSB or EDWOSB contract pursuant to part 127 of this chapter, a small business concern must agree that: (2) In the case of a contract for services (except construction), it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to it to firms that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated subcontractor further subcontracts will count towards the 50% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. 5. Required Services. The VAGLAHS requires Grounds Maintenance services that include the following: Lawn Maintenance (42 mowing per year minimum) Shrub Bed Maintenance (2 x per week as needed) Tree Care & Pruning (1 x per week as needed) Fertilization & Aeration (3 fertilizations & 3 Aerations per year) Weed Control (1 x per week and as needed) Trash pick-up (3 x per week outside receptacles at buildings entrances and parking lots. Estimated number of receptacles 32) Irrigation Installations, Operations & Repair (daily) The Contractor shall furnish all necessary and appropriate labor, materials, supplies and equipment to successfully perform all landscape maintenance services at 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073. 6. Services are required by July 01, 2022. Interested contractors are asked to submit an estimated price to allow the contracting officer to assess market prices. 7. Please note that if VA s pending market research establishes that two or more VOSB or SDVOSB, who are certified in VA s Vendor Information Pages (VIP) can perform the required services, the VA will set aside the underlying solicitation per 38 U.S.C. §8127. --End of Sources Sought Announcement--