Montana FOB/CH/PO Full Facilities Maintenance Services   3

06/04/2018 - Amendment 0005 is issued to provide answers to questions.

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05/31/2018 - Amendment 0004 is issued to provide answers to questions received before the cut off date.

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05/30/2018 - Amendment 0003 is issued to correct the deliverable schedule and submittal information provided in section C.50 and Exhibit 2. This amendment also provides the Asbestos Inspection Report for the Bozeman building.

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05/29/2018 - Amendment 0002 is issued to provide answers to questions received before the cut off date and to incorporate any required changes.

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05/07/2018 - Amendment 0001 is issued to 1) remove FAR clause 52.228-16, Performance and Payment Bond - Other than Construction, 2) change the definition of a Similar Contract/Task Order, and 3) change Attachment 14 - Offeror Experience.

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05/01/2018 - THE OFFICIAL SOLICITATION IS RELEASED. THE SOLICITATION AND ALL ATTACHMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE VIA THE FBO SYSTEM.

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THE SITE VISIT SCHEDULE IS MODIFIED AS INDICATED BELOW:

This is a pre-solicitation announcement is for full facilities maintenance services for multiple locations throughout the state of Montana. Services shall include operations and maintenance (O&M), custodial, grounds maintenance, snow removal, and pest control services. The requirement will be a competitive acquisition set aside for small businesses in accordance with FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2011).

The requirement will provide services at the following locations:
Battin U.S. Courthouse
2601 - 2nd Avenue North
Billings, MT 59101

Bozeman Federal Building and Post Office
10 East Babcock Street
Bozeman, MT 59715

Mike Mansfield Federal Building and Courthouse
400 North Main
Butte, MT 59701

Missoula Federal Building and Post Office
200 East Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 561210, Facilities Support Services; the size standard is $38.5 million.

A contract will be awarded using the best value/trade-off process. The evaluation factors will be 1) staffing plan, 2) management plan, 3) offeror experience on similar contracts/task orders, and 4) offeror past performance on similar contracts/task orders. When combined, non-price factors are approximately equal to price.

The requirement is for a one year base period and four option year periods. The requirement will also include a one month, lump sum transition period.

The following FAR clauses supporting sustainable buildings will be included in the resulting solicitation/contract: 52.223-1 Biobased Product Certification, 52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products under Service Contracts, 52.223-4 Recovered Material Certification, 52.223-9 Estimate of Percentage of Recovered Material Content for EPA-Designated Items, 52.223-17 Affirmative Procurement of EPA-Designated Items in Service and Construction Contracts.

The following FAR clauses supporting the Buy American Act will be included in the resulting solicitation/contract: 52.225-1 Buy American - Supplies, 52.225-2 Buy American Certificate.

Security clearances will be required for all workers.

To be eligible for award, offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Offerors are advised that failure to register in SAM will render your firm ineligible for award. Registration required applicants to have a DUNS number. It is recommended that your firm register immediately in order to be eligible for award.

A solicitation will be issued approximately May 1, 2018. The solicitation will be released electronically on www.fbo.com. Potential offerors are required to visit the website periodically to check for the solicitation and any amendments or other changes to documents. No other notifications will be sent. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be made available. Proposals documents will be available for download in a Adobe PDF format. Free downloads of Adobe Reader software are available at www.adobe.com

The anticipated date when proposals will be due is approximately 30 days after the solicitation is issued. The project award date will be approximately October of 2018.

A pre-proposal site visit is scheduled as follows:

MODIFIED APRIL 18, 2018: The site visit schedule is modified as follows:

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 1:00 PM MST - Battin U.S. Courthouse, Billings, MT
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 8:00 AM MST - Bozeman Federal Office Building and Post Office, Bozeman, MT
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 1:00 PM MST - Mike Mansfield Federal Office Building and Courthouse, Butte, MT
Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 8:00 AM MST - Missoula Federal Office Building and Post Office, Missoula, MT

Interested offerors are highly encouraged to attend the site visit and shall plan for this site visit accordingly. Offerors shall send an email to pre-register for the site visit. Offerors shall submit an email to Contracting Officer, Rhonda Widick at rhonda.widick@gsa.gov. In the text of the email provide; 1) the first and last name of each individual planning to attend the site visit, and 2) the company name of each site visit attendee. Instructions on where to meet at each location will be provided to pre-registration emails.

This announcement does not constitute the solicitation.