UWCNF SO SLC RD

The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, is seeking a contractor to provide snow and ice removal services at two designated locations: the UWC NF Supervisors Office in South Jordan, Utah, and the Salt Lake City Ranger District in Salt Lake City, Utah. The contractor is responsible for furnishing all equipment, labor, transportation, supplies, and supervision necessary to clear roadways, parking lots, sidewalks, and fire hydrants, ensuring compliance with strict performance standards including maintaining a minimum clearance of 18 inches from vehicles and gates, 0.8 inches from fences, and an 8-foot diameter around fire hydrants, with immediate sanding or de-icing applied after snow removal. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price requirement with one base year and four one-year option periods, extendable by an additional six months under FAR 52.217-8, for a potential total performance period of five years and six months. All work is to be performed at the performance locations, with acceptance determined by the Contracting Officer’s Representative through on-site inspections and quality assurance surveillance. Noncompliance may result in immediate correction or a 50% reduction in payment per deficient item, and no more than three valid customer complaints are permitted across both sites. This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5, with the NAICS code 561730, and requires offerors to provide a certified Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The solicitation mandates strict adherence to anti-discrimination and DEI compliance requirements under AGAR 452.203-70 and 452.203-71, prohibiting any funding or promotion of programs that violate Title VI or VII of the Civil Rights Act, with false certification potentially triggering False Claims Act liability. Contractor personnel must undergo Personal Identity Verification (PIV) for facility access, and all subcontractors must be free from debarment or suspension. Pricing details are omitted from the solicitation, requiring offerors to submit their own unit and extended prices per line item within the Schedule of Items, with award determined through a best-value tradeoff based on technical approach, acceptable past performance, and fair and reasonable pricing—without tradeoffs between technical and cost factors. Submissions must be sent electronically to Andrea Marks-Cash by the deadline specified in the solicitation, and must include attachments for past performance and service schedules. The contract is administered under FAR Part 12