OFF-SITE LAUNDRY SERVICES - USMMA

The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to extend the offers due date in order to provide sufficient time for the Government to address and respond to questions received from prospective offerors.

A. Proposal due date is changed from:

Aug 10, 2026 02:30 pm EDT to August 17, 2026, 02:30 pm EDT.

B. No other changes to the terms of this solicitation.

NOTE: Offerors must sign/acknowledge all posted amendments.

All Other Terms And Conditions Shall Remain The Same ================================================================================================

This is a solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation No. 6923G226Q000026 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Off-Site Laundry Services at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). The scope of work includes the contractor will pick-up laundry bags six (6) days a week (Monday through Saturday) from multiple (three) campus locations. Contractor is not responsible for providing laundry bags. Laundry to be processed off-campus (see geographic requirement in section 6) and returned within forty-eight (48) hours. On-campus storage facility (with metal shelves) will be provided by Government. Contractor is responsible for transporting bags down one flight of stairs to storage facility and providing employees to monitor student retrieval of completed laundry. Objective is to eliminate incidents of misappropriated bags by another individual. Freshmen indoctrination program during July requires special schedule of two campus visits per day and twenty-four (24) hour turn-around.

This acquisition is set aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of these provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. All responsible small business sources may submit a response, which, if received in a timely manner, will be considered by the agency.

The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 812320, Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated), with a dollar threshold below $8 million. Offers received from firms that are not small business concerns will be considered nonresponsive and will be rejected in accordance with FAR 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside, which applies to this solicitation.

The USMMA seeks a qualified and experienced contractor to perform the one-time comprehensive cleaning and remediation, in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The deadline for the receipt of questions is 5:00 p.m. ET on July 30, 2026. All questions or comments shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer, Daphnee Ravilus, at RavilusD@usmma.edu. Responses to questions will be provided through a solicitation amendment.

Quotations are due by August 10, 2026, at 2:30PM-ET via e-mail to the contracting officer. Quotations shall be prepared in accordance with Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services. The provision may be attained from https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide/far-overhaul-part-52.

Offerors are advised that they are responsible for all solicitation documents and acknowledging any amendments and should re-visit this website periodically to check for any changes to this notice, updates, or amendments without further notice from the USMMA.

BASIS FOR AWARD-

A single Firm-Fixed-Price award will be made to the responsible offeror whose quote, conforming to this Solicitation, represents the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer.

The Government will evaluate quotations on an acceptable/unacceptable basis to determine whether the offeror meets the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Evaluation will be based on the offeror’s demonstrated technical capability to perform the required services and its past performance on projects of similar size, scope, and complexity.

Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose quotation is determined to be technically acceptable and represents the lowest evaluated price. Quotations determined to be technically unacceptable will not be considered for award.

SAM REGISTRATION

All interested parties must have an active registration with the federal SAM system https://Sam.gov/ to receive an award.

SEVICE CONTRACTS ACT, DOL WAGE DETERMINATION (WD) IS APPLICABLE:

DOL WD# SCA 2015-4157 REV 31: https://sam.gov/wage-determination/2015-4157/31

Please see the attached references below:

Attachment 1 – Solicitation (i.e. SF 1449)

Attachment 2 – Performance Work Statement(PWS)

Attachment 3 – Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)