Z--Sources Sought for Ground Maintenance at Fort Bliss, Texas

Sources Sought The Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center- Fort Sam Houston is conducting market research for Ground Maintenance Services at Fort Bliss, Texas. The contractor shall provide labor and supervision. The Services include mowing and edging, approved watering landscape plants, fertilizer application, weed, pest, and disease control, pruning shrubs and trees, chemical controls, turf, trash and debris control, ground cover care, snow and sand removal, cleaning drainage structure, canal, roads, sidewalks, park, building, ranges, and irrigation systems maintenance and special grounds services on emergency basis. The Purpose of the sources Sought notice is for market research only to determine the method of acquisition. The Governments determination on how to compete the proposed requirement will be made based on responses to the notice and is at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer. The period of performance is base (1 year) plus (4) 1-year options periods for a total of five (5) years, estimated to begin 1 June 2011. This is NOT request for proposal (RFP). When issued, the RFP will be posted on FedBizOpps. Responses to this notice should include: 1) A written narrative of contractors capability to provide the Ground Maintenance Services in accordance with the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) (no more than ten pages), to include any past performance information for providing the same or similar services ( past performance information should include the contract number, dollar value of contract, a description of the services provided, and point of contact with phone number and e-mail address); 2) company size and socio-economic category in relation to the applicable North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) 561730 size standard $7.0 Million; 3) Commercial and Government entity (CAGE) Code; 4) Previous acquisition was an 8(a) set-aside and is expected to remain within the 8(a) program. Therefore, responses are being requested from 8(a) firms only; 5) Comments concerning the draft PWS; 6) Point of Contact information to include name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers. Responses to this notice should be e-mail to contact@example.gov and contact@example.gov. The Government will not award a contract based on this Sources Sought Survey, the information received, nor reimburse participants for information they provide. Information provided is strictly voluntary. POC: Contract Specialist, Michely Walton at contact@example.gov, and Contracting Officer, Brenda S. Johnson at contact@example.gov Responses must be received no later than 4:00PM Central Time on 28 May 2010.