THIS IS A SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY.
This is not a Request for Proposal. This notice does not represent a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. This is strictly market research to determine availability and adequacy of potential sources with the capabilities and experience to perform the required work. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received as a result of this announcement. Requests for solicitation will not receive a response.
The General Services Administration (GSA), Great Lakes Region (Region 5), has a verified need to provide LANDSCAPING SERVICES: removal, renovation, restoration, and maintenance for a project area of approximately three (3) acres at the United States Nathaniel Jones Courthouse at 10 E Commerce St Youngstown, OH 44503.
The current project area consists of a variety of invasive species or unmaintained landscape, and unmanaged forested areas on moderate to steep slopes (10%-40%) that will require near full removal and soil preparation prior to installing the new design elements. In addition to executing the construction of the project, the contractor will be responsible for ensuring the establishment and proper maintenance of the restored site and landscape for a period of 2 years after final project acceptance.
The base project elements include the construction of the following major elements:
Lawn (.19 acres)
Fine Fescue Meadow (.19 acres)
Reforestation (.32 acres)
Wetland Meadow (.08 acres)
Concrete sidewalk (500sf)
Natural boulder and modular block retaining walls (100 LF)
Interpretive educational Signage (x2)
Perennial and shrub plantings (.25 acres)
The contractor responsible for the implementation of the project will be required to have verifiable experience executing projects similar in scope along with the having the following credentials and/or expertise:
ISA Certified Arborist
Ohio Licensed Pesticide Applicator
Installer shall be a member in good standing of either the Professional Landcare Network or the American Nursery and Landscape Association.
Installer shall have a certified landscape technician on site during all landscape preparation and installation activities
Installer shall have a Minimum of three (5) similar (scale and scope) successfully installed and established projects with references
Installer shall have verifiable invasive species management experience
Installer shall have verifiable post installation vegetation maintenance & management experience
The contractor would be responsible for providing the labor, supervision, equipment, and material necessary to perform the work specified above.
The project magnitude is listed as between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The anticipated award date is estimated to be in May, 2025. The NAICS code is 561730 (Landscaping Services) with a size standard of $9.5M. No other information is available at this time.
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If you are an interested party, please provide the following information. All information submitted will be subject to verification and additional information may be requested to substantiate responses:
Interested and potential offerors are advised that, in order to be eligible for a federal contract award, registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) is mandatory. Prospective contractors must ensure their active registration in SAM at https://www.sam.gov prior to submitting a proposal. Lack of registration in SAM may result in ineligibility for award consideration.
Interested firms should submit the above information to:
David Wykrent - 5P2QCB
Contract Specialist
david.wykrent@gsa.gov .
An electronic submission is required. Your submission should be no longer than 5 pages.
Responses are due by 12:00PM EST on Dec 2, 2023.
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