SOLICITATION NOTICE
Z -- GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR NASA, JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561730
— Landscaping Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BV
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ06162799R
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- 8a Competitive
- Description
- NASA/JSC plans to procure commercial Grounds Maintenance Services at JSC, including Ellington Field (EF) and the Sonny Carter Training Facility (SCTF) as a partial follow-on to the current Center Operations Support Services (COSS) contract. Activities include basic Landscaping Services, including Lawn Mowing, Edging, Watering and Fertilizing, Trimming of Trees and Shrubs, Tree Removal and Planting, and Weed Control; Pest Control and other Landscape Maintenance. Also included is Maintenance of Ponds, Unimproved Areas and Ditches, Fire Lanes, Gravel Areas and Fence Lines. Pesticide and Herbicide application will also be required. Miscellaneous tasks, such as Removal of Leaves and Animal Relocation or Removal will be done as necessary. The contract will also require Records, Reports and Submittals in accordance with the Statement of Work and other applicable documents. Included also are Personnel Requirements and Training. JSC is certified to the ISO 9001 and 14001 standards as a joint Government and contractor team, and is an OSHA VPP Star certified site. Interested parties are encouraged to address their experience in working within these requirements. To fulfill these requirements, NASA plans to release a Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP will result in a fixed price contract with an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) feature for additional requirements within the general scope of the Statement of Work. The contract will be written for a two year base, a two year option and a one year option, for total of five years. The procedures for Communications with Industry regarding this procurement are available electronically for download by hypertext link on the Ground Maintenance Procurement Internet site, or URL: http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/coss/gms/default.asp A draft RFP will be released in mid-January 2007. The draft RFP will allow interested parties the opportunity to submit question, comments, and innovative ideas. Feedback can be submitted up to 10 days after the draft RFP release date and is encouraged. A listing of businesses which have expressed interest in participating in this procurement will be released with the draft RFP. A pre-proposal conference will be held on January 29, 2007 at JSC in Building 111. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to attend this conference. A maximum number of 3 people per company is strongly encouraged. After considering industry feedback impacts on the draft RFP, the Government anticipates that the final RFP will be released in late February with the proposals due in late March. A phase-in period of approximately 60 days for the new contractor is planned. The solicitation and, to the extent possible, documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Documents unavailable over the Internet will be made available in the Technical Reference Library (TRL) at JSC. Additional information about the TRL at JSC will be posted on the website at a later date. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror?s responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed a the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 561730 and $6.5M, respectively. JSC will pursue a Section 8(a) set-aside contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 19.8 Contracting with the Small Business Administration (The 8(a) Program). An ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note ?B?. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted.
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