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General Information

Document Type:
Sources Sought Notice
Solicitation Number: 263-2007-Q-(GI)-0057
Classification Code: S -- Utilities and housekeeping services
Naics Code: 561710 -- Exterminating and Pest Control Services

Contracting Office Address
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, Rm 538, Rockville, MD, 20892-7663, UNITED STATES

Description
Contracting Office Address
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, Rm 538, Rockville, MD, 20892-7663, UNITED STATES
Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research Services (ORS) plans to procure services for the development and implementation of a comprehensive Integrated Pest Management Program (IPMP).     The services will be performed in approximately 121 NIH campus facilities (patient care, food services and support facilities) located in Bethesda/Rockville, Maryland and leased buildings in the surrounding Washington Metropolitan area.     Assessment services will only be required for approximately 19 of the leased facilities.     The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, tools, materials, parts, equipment, and transportation necessary to develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive IPMP in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, and contract requirements.     Only the most current and effective pest management practices shall be used in the IPMP.     Pest management practices are based on thorough inspections, pest monitoring, collecting, evaluating and reporting data, identifying housekeeping and structural deficiencies, and training pest management contractor and NIH personnel.     Pest control is accomplished through identifying required control measures, determining the type of control measures, and the method(s) of application.     The Contractor shall be responsible for surveying, monitoring, plan development, assessment of facility conditions and personnel practices, applying pesticides, and sealing pathways and harborage.     The Contractor MUST have a Commercial Pesticide Business License and ensure personnel have required licenses to perform in accordance to all federal, state and local laws, such as certification for a Pesticide Applicator by the Maryland Department of Agriculture.     The Contractor MUST have a Quality Control Supervisor with a degree in biological sciences on staff.     The Contractor will be required to provide an approach for the development of IPM programs, service schedules, pest management monitoring, surveying and quality assurance.     The following is a tentative schedule for this procurement:

SCHEDULE:     Issuance of Solicitation on or about 3/23/2007; Site Visits expected 4/5-6/2007; Proposal Due Date expected 4/23/2007; and Issuance of Award expected by 7/01/2007.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME.           Interested offerors may register at http://www.fbo.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. We recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions.           All updates/amendments pertaining to this requirement will only be posted and made available for viewing and downloading on the Government Electronic Posting System (Fedbizopps) site at http://www.fbo.gov.                       It is the Offerors responsibility to review this site frequently for updates to any and all documents.         All vendors/prospective contractors must be registered with the Central Contractors Registration (www.ccr.gov) prior to award date.

Point of Contact
Terita Stevenson, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-402-3727, Fax 301-480-1203, Email stevenst@od.nih.gov