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Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The U.S. Consulate General Cape Town, South Africa will launch the solicitation on the SAM.gov website when it is available.
General Services.
The U.S. Consulate General in Cape Town intends to solicit proposals for contracted Grounds-keeping/Landscaping Services for Official Government Properties.
All firms that respond to the solicitation must be technically qualified and financially responsible to perform the work. At a minimum, each offeror must meet the following requirements when submitting their proposal:
*Vendor would be responsible to supply all labor & materials. Details will be made available in the solicitation.
Contract Details.
The intention is to award a firm-fixed price agreement to the qualified vendor who meets the minimum requirements identified above and is the lowest priced of all technically acceptable offers. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussion.
The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation.
Vendor Registration. All contractors must be registered in the U.S Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) Database at time of proposal submission pursuant to the U.S Federal Acquisition regulation (FAR) provision 52.204-7. Prospective offerors are highly encouraged to register and/or update any lapse in registration at SAM.gov immediately if interested in submitting an offer to this upcoming solicitation. Any offeror not registered at time of proposal submission is subject to immediate disqualification.
SAM Registration Website: https://www.SAM.Gov
Registration Quick Guide:
https://www.fsd.gov/sys_attachment.do?sys_id=99a2fa061b0bcd500ca4a97ae54bcb12
Electronic Submission/Responses:
This opportunity allows for electronic responses. Please submit your offer prior to the response date and time. Please ensure your email with your offer does not exceed 25MB, if it does then you might have to send more than one email.
If a firm is interested in competing for this requirement, please provide a written request for a copy of the solicitation documents to [email protected] . It will also be available for download from www.sam.gov once available.
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