USDA-ARS-CCRU Facility - Janitorial Services

This solicitation, numbered 1232SA26Q0580, is a combined synopsis and Request for Quotation (RFQ) under FAR Part 12 for commercial janitorial services at the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Cereal Crops Research Unit facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a NAICS code of 561720 and a size standard of $22 million in average annual receipts, allowing only certified small businesses to compete. Services are required three days per week—Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays—excluding federal holidays, to maintain a 35,000 square foot facility that includes offices, restrooms, a break room, library, and conference rooms. Performance is defined by specific cleaning tasks such as trash removal, dusting, vacuuming, mopping, disinfecting surfaces, and replenishing supplies, with all work to be conducted on-site at 502 Walnut Street, Madison, WI 53726. The contract includes a base year from June 10, 2026, through June 9, 2027, with four one-year options and a possible six-month extension, making the total potential contract duration up to five and a half years. All offers are Firm-Fixed-Price and evaluated under the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology, where technical acceptability and past performance serve as threshold criteria before price is considered. The solicitation mandates full compliance with numerous FAR clauses including those related to small business set-asides, employment eligibility verification, paid sick leave under Executive Order 14168, equal opportunity for veterans and workers with disabilities, service contract labor standards, combating trafficking in persons, and prohibitions on deceptive or overly restrictive supplier terms. Key special requirements prohibit contractors from using government data to train AI models, impose external security or data localization constraints on the government, or engage in discriminatory DEI practices inconsistent with federal law; contractors must certify compliance with these requirements, and false certifications may trigger False Claims Act liability. All proposals must be submitted by May 20, 2026, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time, and must include the SF-1449 form, Statement of Work (Attachment 1), and the Service Contract Wage Determination (Attachment 2). Subsequent amendments added a revised Floor Plan (Attachment 3) and Vendor Q&A