MODIFICATION
s -- Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Services at the EPA-RTP campus
- Notice Date
- 12/1/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 561730
— Landscaping Services
- Contracting Office
- RTPPOD US Environmental Protection Agency 109 T.W. Alexander Drive Mail Code: AA005 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-NC-16-00005
- Response Due
- 1/14/2016
- Archive Date
- 1/29/2016
- Point of Contact
- Liertz, John
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
- Description
- ATTENTION: DUE TO AN ERROR WITH THE USEPA'S CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM, THE ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS CONTAINED INCORRECT INFORMATION. THEREFORE, THIS AMENDMENT REPLACES THE ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS IN ITS ENTIRETY. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement for exterior landscape services on its main campus in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, personnel, and supplies and otherwise do all things necessary to maintain the grounds at EPA-RTP in an ecological manner which enhances the appearance and cleanliness of the site as a whole, promotes the sustainability of the managed landscape, and minimizes negative impacts to the environment. Work under this contract shall include, but is not necessarily limited to: mowing; trimming; edging; fertilizing; soil pH adjustment; seeding; sodding; aerating; recycling/composting of yard waste; mulching; outdoor pest control; watering; tree and shrub pruning and trimming; weeding; planting and establishment of new plants; invasive plant identification, management, and control; and policing of grounds. In addition, the contractor shall maintain: wet detention ponds; bioretention areas (rain gardens); site storm drainage system; wetland pond; utility easements; flower beds; butterfly habitat gardens; and wildflower meadows. This solicitation is a competitive Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561730 Landscape care and maintenance services and the business size standard $7.5 million. The Government anticipates a single award firm fixed price contract that includes a base year and four 12-month option periods. An award will be made in accordance with FAR part 12 and 15. The Government anticipates awarding this contract based on lowest price technically acceptable procedures. It is anticipated the solicitation will be posted on www.fedconnect.net/ on or about December 15, 2015. The anticipated date of the contract award will be on or about January 29, 2016 with an effective date of February 1, 2016. A pre-proposal conference, including an organized site visit, will be conducted at EPA-RTP facilities approximately two weeks after solicitation release (the RFP will include the actual date and details). Attendees shall register in writing through the Contract Specialist identified below in order to attend the conference/site visit. Registration will be accepted until four work days prior to the conference date. Requests to attend the conference/site visit after this date and time may not be honored. The solicitation SOL-NC-16-00005 will be available for downloading at FedConnect located at the following internet address: www.fedconnect.net/. Questions relating to the solicitation are required to be submitted electronically through FedConnect. ONLY those questions posted through FedConnect will be accepted. All responses to questions will be released via RFP amendment on FedConnect. At this Internet site you will be able to register with FedConnect, enabling you to download the solicitation once released, join the mailing list, and to submit questions. If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other FedConnect function, call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. Contractor registration in the Government System for Award Management (SAM) is required in order to be eligible for contract award. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. Once issued, solicitation documents will be available electronically for download at https://www.fedconnect.net. Hard copies of the solicitation package will not be distributed. Electronic copies of responses will be required and must be submitted via FedConnect (https://www.fedconnect.net). Point of contact for this requirement is John Liertz, Contract Specialist, at (919) 541-5583 or email at liertz.john@epa.gov.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/CMD/SOL-NC-16-00005/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: OARM-RTP-FMSD US Environmental Protection Agency 109 TW Alexander Drive Mail Code: C604-01 Research Triangle Park NC 27709-001 USA
- Zip Code: 27709-001
- Zip Code: 27709-001
- Record
- SN03958020-W 20151203/151201234842-ab0410d48da4aa8a4c4131ff24cfb2ff (fbodaily.com)
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