The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to issue a competitive solicitation, set-aside for 8(a) eligible business concerns, under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), for grounds maintenance, janitorial and related services at the NETL Pittsburgh, PA site. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 561210 with a size standard of $23.0 million. The contractor shall provide all supervision, personnel, tools, equipment, and services (excluding those items identified under the government-furnished section of the solicitation document) to perform the contract requirements. The services include support in the area of grounds maintenance, landscaping, janitorial services, mail distribution, snow removal, recycling program, and other miscellaneous related services. NETL anticipates awarding a fixed-price contract for a two-year base period with two option periods (one 2-year option period and one 1-year option period). All work performed under the contract shall be issued through Task Orders which specify the required services and any deliverables. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be made available for downloading from the IIPS Internet page on or about March 5, 2003. The IIPS page is located at http://e-center.doe.gov. At this internet site you will also be able to register with IIPS, enabling you to download the solicitation and to submit a proposal. If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other IIPS function, call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or email the Help Desk personnel at
[email protected]. Questions relating to the solicitation content must be submitted electronically through the question submittal option of the IIPS program. All responses to solicitation questions will be released on the IIPS internet page. The solicitation will only be made available in IIPS, no hard (paper) copies of the solicitation and related documents will be made available.