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Please note that this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Embassy of the United States of America in Lisbon, Portugal, will launch the solicitation on beta.SAM.gov (former FedBizOpps) website when it becomes available.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Lisbon, Portugal is seeking gardening services for real property owned by the U.S. Government in Lisbon, Portugal. The Contractor shall perform gardening services in all designated spaces.
The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with (2) two-year option period, if exercised by the Government. All responsible source may submit a quotation which will be considered.
The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror who is a responsible contractor. The Government may award the contract based on the initial offer without discussion. The resultant contract will be a firm fixed price type contract.
The Government is planning a pre-quotation conference and the date for this conference will be in the solicitation.
All contractors have to be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) Database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of quotation/proposals.

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