Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Services, Mahoning Creek Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, has a need for a Requirements contract for Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Services at Mahoning Creek Lake. The project is located in New Bethlehem, Armstrong County, in southwestern Pennsylvania. Public-use facilities owned and operated by USACE at this site include the Dam Site Day Use Area including a trail and pavilion, the Fisherman’s Trail, the Outflow Day Use Area including a pavilion, playground, restroom building, and fishing pier, the Area A Day Use Area including a playground and restroom building and Mahoning Creek Lake. Non-public areas include Administration, Dam and Maintenance Areas. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary management, personnel, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, fuel, and vehicles as required to mow grass, trim and maintain landscaped areas, remove debris, cleaning of offices and restrooms, empty trash receptacles and other services in accordance with procedures established in the Performance Work Statement which will be provided with the solicitation. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 561210, Government Base Facilities Operations Support Services, and the small business size standard is $41,500,000. The proposed period of performance will be a base year from 1 March 2021 - 28 February 2022 with four (4), one (1) year option periods. The government is planning a virtual pre-quote meeting for 4 January 2021 at 0800 to review the requirement; including the solicitation, performance work statement and Service Contract Act. That meeting will be followed up by a tour of Mahoning on 5 January 2021 at 1000. Reservations and compliance with COVID 19 protocols, including mask-wearing and social distancing are required. Contractors are expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. 7 January 2021 at 1000 is the rain date for this site visit. The Request for Quote (RFQ) will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set Aside on or about December 23, 2020 online only through the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.beta.sam.gov). Contractors must be registered and Active in the System for Award Management (SAM) database by the Request for Quote due date in order to receive any federal contract award (visit www.sam.gov to register). Registration is free. If you would like to learn about doing business with USACE, please visit https://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/ The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) provides assistance to businesses looking for help with Government Contracting. To locate your local APTAC, please visit https://www.aptacus.org/ Any resulting award will be for one, firm, fixed-price, performance based indefinite delivery Requirement service contract made to the responsible* offeror whose quote is lowest. [*Responsible means a contractor that meets the standards in FAR 9.104 - available at www.acquistion.gov] ***PLEASE READ, UPDATES*** Please see attached to this notice: Soliciation, Attachments, Appendices and Price Schedule. 1/4/2021 Documentation from the virtual Pre-Quote meeting conducted on 1/4/2021 has been uploaded to Beta.SAM.gov. (Agenda, Attendee List, Department of Labor Presentation and Resources/Helpful Links from the Department of Labor) 1/6/2021 Documentation from the Site Tour conducted on 1/5/2021 has been uploaded to Beta.SAM.gov. (Attendee List) An amendment to this solicitation is anticipated. 1/15/2021 This is the first Amendment being issued against this Solicitation. Amendment 0001 is issued to 1) Respond to questions submitted by vendors; 2) Delete air monitoring requirements from C-11.2 of the PWS; 3) Replace Attachment 5 with the current Wage Determination 2015-4235 Rev. 14 dated 21 December 2020; 4) Add high-resolution (low leaf cover) maps 5) Move Provision 52.229-11 from the Clause section to the Provision section. Amendment 0001 has been uploaded to Beta.SAM.gov along with supporting documents (Attachments 1-5 and Supplement to the Attachments - High Resolution/Low Leaf-Cover Maps) This amendment must be acknowledged and returned along with the quote submission. A total of 3 Attachments have been uploaded today, 1/15/21, to this posting.