Social Security Administration, Office of Acquisition and Grants, 1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21207-0696

S -- JANITORIAL SERVICES SOL SSA-RFP-98-3288 DUE 091797 POC Eileen Keating Carnaggio Tel: (410) 965-7419 WEB: Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm.. The Social Security Administration plans to issue a competitive 8(a)solicitation for the acquisition of janitorial and related services at the Social Security Administration's West High Rise and West Low Rise Buildings in Baltimore, Maryland. The requirement will be processed as a Commercial Item acquisition and will be subject to FAR Part 12. The contractor shall provide all necessary management, supervision, human resources, materials, equipment and supplies to perform janitorial and related services. Services will include, but are not limited to: cleaning of occupiable areas, support areas, outside grounds, and garage parking areas; insect and rodent control; and, other related services. Work shall be accomplished between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM within the normal five day week, federal holidays excluded. The total square footage of the buildings is 363,234 SF. The services will be required for a base period of 12 months with four additional 12-month renewable option periods. The Government plans to evaluate offers based on Experience, Past Performance and Price. The requirement will be processed through the Small Business Administration (SBA) and has been set-aside for the 8(a) program. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 7349 with average annual receipts not exceeding $12 million in the preceding three years. Interested 8(a) firms are encouraged to request a copy of the solicitation as expeditiously as possible since the solicitation will be issued without further notice upon SBA acceptance of the requirement for the section 8(a) program. It is anticipated that solicitation #SSA-RFP-98-3288 will be issued on or about August 18, 1997 with proposals due 30 days later. Only written requests for the solicitation will be honored. The solicitation document will be available on the Office of Acquisition and Grants (OAG) Bulletin Board System which can be accessed by dialing 1-800-SSA-SELL. In addition, the solicitation document can be downloaded for OAG's Government Internet Home Page at http://www.ssa.gov/oag/oag1.htm. (0213)

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