Description
The contractor shall provide all management, supervision, manpower, equipment and supplies necessary to perform: cleaning of the DOE Forrestal Complex, inlcuding the Child Development Center, also floor maintenance, snow and ice removal and pest and rodent control. Total estimated area to be cleaned is 1.4 million square feet. The base period for this contract will be for 12 months with four twelve month option periods. Award will be made to a single firm. The work is set-aside for small business. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 561720 with a size standard of 14 million in annual average receipts over the last three years. The solicitation is expected to be issued between October 22-29, 2004. The solicitation will be available through the Department of Energy's Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS). The US Department of Energy, Office of Headquarters Procurement Services (ME-64), located in Washington, DC, employs a secure, web-enabled acquisition and financial assistance system, Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS). Since October 1, 1999, this system has become the primary way for the Headquarters Procurement Office to conduct competitive acquisition and financial assistance transactions. IIPS provides for the posting of solicitations, receipt of proposals, conducting of clarifications or discussions, evaluation of proposals or bids, and award of contracts in a paperless environment via the Internet. To obtain additional information about IIPS and to register your company, within your Internet browser, go to http://e-center.doe.gov. To register your company, follow the link marked “Register� on the e-Center homepage. At the register page you can choose to “Register� “Subscribe� or “Register and Subscribe�. Please choose “register and subscribe.� On the same page, please choose the option for “Acquisitions greater than Simplified Acquisitions threshold.� Please bookmark this page and check it frequently for updates to the solicitation. If you have problems or questions in using IIPS please contact the IIPS help line at (800) 683-0751. Instructions on how to submit your proposal electronically can be found in the help document, which is located at https://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov/iips.BopIn.nsf