United States National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC 20002

F -- TREE PRUNING AND CUTTING SERVICE SOL 31B7-CAS-002 DUE 011200 POC Carol Sisas 202-245-5093 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, sisasc@ars.usda.gov. Tree maintenance activity, i.e. removal and pruning for the fiscal year 2000 with an option to renew the contract for fiscal year 2001. The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, quality control, safety prevention, tools, materials, equipment and transportation necessary to perform work in accordance with all Federal, District of Columbia, laws, regulations, codes, licenses and directives. The contractor shall perform according to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard ANSI A300-1995 "Tree, Shrub and other Woody Plant Maintenance -- Standard Practices". The contractor shall demonstrate proper and careful grounds care to ensure a pleasing appearance is maintained in the area where tree work is performed. The Contractor shall demonstrate caution to protect all public buildings facitilites and planted areas. Signage identifying work areas shall be required protecting Arboretum employees and the visiting public. All work shall be under the direction and general supervision of an Arborist(s) certified by the International Society of Arboriculture, P.O. Box 3129, Champaign, Illinois 61826 -3129 (217-355-9411) who posses verifiable experience and technical competence in tree physiology, identification, diagnosis of disorders and current tree care and safety practices in accordance with accepted industry standards. The contract is a combination firm fixed-price/indefinite quantity contract. The contract term will be a base period of one year with one option year. Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria: (1) Business shall be of a predominately arboricultural nature. Provide recommendations from at least five previous aborecultural jobs of a similar nature. (2) Provide equipment list on hand to perform task. (3) Provide names of ISA certified employees and date of certification with copies of certification identification cards. The proposed contract listed here is 100 percent small business set-aside. The Government will only accept offers from small or small disadvantaged business concerns. Offerors desiring a copy of the solicitation should submit a written request to the address above to the attention of the Contracting Officer or requests may be faxed to Carol Sisas (202) 447-2811. No telephone requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. A site visit is scheduled for January 5, 2000 at 10:00 A.M. The anticipated award date is January 18, 2000. Posted 12/07/99 (W-SN406433). (0341)

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