Gardening Contract Services

The contractor shall provide gardening services for the U.S. Embassy Chancery  and real property owned or managed by the U.S. Government at U.S. Embassy  Australia. The contractor shall perform the services including furnishing all  labor, material and equipment. Please note that this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The  Embassy of the United States in Canberra, Australia will launch the solicitation on  the SAM.gov website when it is available. The anticipated performance period is for a base year, with four one-year option  periods, if exercised by the Government. All responsible sources may submit a  quote, 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/time for this conference will be  in the solicitation. All contractors must be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management)  Database https://www.sam.gov prior to submitting an offer pursuant to FAR  provision 52.204-7. Therefore, prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior  to the submittal of quotations/proposals.