Plant Management and Care Services

This procurement is for a base plus 4 option years contract for plant management and care services. Currently within the CC, OCMR requires a contractor who will install and maintain, move and/or remove upon request, interior plants in the hospital and the Edmond J. Safra Lodge (Building 65).

The contractor shall furnish all necessary services, labor, qualified personnel, material, equipment and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, to provide plants and maintenance procedures for live and silk interior and flowering plants as specified in this SOW. The Contractor will be responsible for beautifying the hospital and Safra Family Lodge during the holiday season with live poinsettia and other seasonal displays in the NIH Clinical Center. See attached SOW for specifics.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 –Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Ryssa Nix, Contract Specialist via email to Ryssa.nix@nih.gov by close date.