U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

S -- JANITORIAL SERIVCES FOR ATLANTIC CITY SUB OFFICE, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY SOL DACW61-98-R-0004 DUE 121697 POC Contract Gwendolyn V. McBride, 215-656-6917 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm, fixed price contract for janitorial services at the Atlantic City Sub-Office, 501 Maryland Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey. The total square footage of 1,452 to be serviced includes a carpeted area of 936 square feet; a tile area of 480 square feet; and a ceramaic tile (restroom) of 36 sqaure feet. The period of performance is for the base contract to cover 9 months commencing, on or about January 1998 through September 1998 and the four (4) consecutive option years to be for a period 12 months each commencing on or about October 1998 through September 1999. Any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation will be subject to the availability of funds for the subsequent fiscal year(s). This notice was preiously advertised in the CBD on 30 June 1997 as RFP No. DACW61-97-R-0028 as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. All work is to be performed in accordance with the terms and conditions as stated in the solicitation. Although cost is one of the factors for evaluation, it is not as important as technical competence. Offerors shall submit their proposals in two separate parts for evaluation; a cost proposal and a technical proposal. The Government will evaluate both technical and cost proposals separately. Evaluation of the technical proposals will include completeness and reasonableness of the information provided by prospective offerors. The evaluation process includes: A) The separation of cost and technical proposals for independent evaluation; B) Cost proposals will receive a cursory review to determine the competitive cost range; C) Technical proposals will be evaluated for technical acceptability; D) The Government may elect to conduct negotiations with offerors whose proposals are technilcally acceptable (or which may be made acceptable without major modification) and fall within the competitive cost range. The Government reserves the right to award a contract on the basis of initial offers without conducting negotiations; and E) an award will be made to the offeror whose proposal provides the greatest overallvalue and is most advantageous to the Government. TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA- Each techical proposal shall be evaluated on the basis of the following factors: NOTE: The Government may reject a proposal if preliminary assessment of the proposal concludes that the proposal is so technicall deficient that it is not reasonably susceptible to being made acceptable without major modification. The following factors are listed in a decending order of importance. The subfactors within each factor are listed in descending order of importance. (A) Managerial/Organizational Capability -- 1) Demonstration of project managerial ability through documented history of timely and successful completion of past janitorial services/projects; 2) Demonstration of ability to respond quickly to the concerns and inquires of the Corps of Engineers and a willingness to communicate on a regular basis throughout the term of the contract; 3) Demonstration that adequate supervision, staff, and employee resources will be allocated to satisfactorily perform required services; and 4) Demonstration that current contracts and obligations will not impede timely and successsful completion of contract requirements (B) Quality of Technical Proposal -- 1) Demonstration of detailed plan for performance of weekly, monthly and semi-annual services; 2) Demonstration that the plan for performance of weekly, monthly and semi-annual services meets all cleaning requirements of the specifications; and 3) Demonstration that the plan for performance of weekly, monthly and semi-annual services conforms to schedules stipulated in the specifications. (C) Prior Experience 1) Demonstration of at least three (3) years of experience in providing general janitorial/cleaning services. (D) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 1) Geographic proximity of the contractor to the Atlantic City Sub-Office. An award will be made to the offeror whose offer provides the greatest overall value and is the most advantageous to the Government. Solicitation No. DACW61-98-R-0004 will be issued on or about 13 November 1997 with a closing date of 16 December 1997 at 1400 hours at the local place of bid opening. Interested prospective contractors can obtain a copy of the solicitation by writing to the Corps of Engineers, Wanamaker Building, Room 643, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, Attention: Gwen McBride, or faxing to (215) 656-6798. All requests must include the solicitation number, mailing address (No P.O. Box Numbers), telephone and fax numbers and a point of contact. The SIC code for this procurement is 7349. All responsible sources may submit a proposal for consideration. This procurement is 100% Set-Aside for Small Business. (0302)

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