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Sources Sought Notice for Secured Janitorial Services at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico, VA
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryNAVFAC Washington (FEAD Quantico) is looking for certified 8(a) small businesses that can clean three secured buildings at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. This is a sources sought notice (market research, not a request for offers); capability statements are due November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM EST. A future contract would have a base period and four one-year options, and needs a Top Secret facility clearance. More in the summary
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NAVFAC Washington (FEAD Quantico) is looking for certified 8(a) small businesses that can clean three secured buildings at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. This is a sources sought notice (market research, not a request for offers); capability statements are due November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM EST. A future contract would have a base period and four one-year options, and needs a Top Secret facility clearance.
Who can bid
- Must be a certified 8(a) participant (SBA's business development program for disadvantaged small businesses) with primary NAICS 561720
- An active final Top Secret Facility Clearance (access to COMSEC and NATO) without special limitations; interim clearances are not accepted
- All personnel must be U.S. citizens with a favorable, in-scope Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) / T5, adjudicated for SCI eligibility, at the time of award
How to submit: Email to luz.m.baron.civ@us.navy.mil or dotty.m.medel.civ@us.navy.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 30, 2026.
- Serious: 8(a) firms only. Only SBA-certified 8(a) participants are being sought for this work.
- Serious: Top Secret facility clearance required. Most small janitorial firms don't hold a final Top Secret facility clearance, and interim clearances don't count.
- Serious: Staff need SCI-eligible background investigations. Finding and keeping cleaners with current SSBI/T5 investigations is hard and costly.
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- Worth checking: 60-day transition. The contractor must reach full operation within 60 days or less.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Recurring janitorial services in three secured buildings at MCB Quantico, with all labor, supervision, tools, materials and equipment
- Non-recurring work through Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) task orders for extra services
- Reach 100% operational capacity within 60 days or less of transition
- Provide cleared janitorial staff who are U.S. citizens with current SCI-eligible background investigations
- Contract type
- Recurring services plus IDIQ task orders for non-recurring work; procured by negotiation under FAR Part 15
- Period of performance
- Base period plus four one-year option periods, with up to six more months under FAR 52.217-8
- Place of performance
- Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 2:00 PM EST
- How to submit
- Email to luz.m.baron.civ@us.navy.mil or dotty.m.medel.civ@us.navy.mil
- Page limits
- Capabilities statement: 3 pages, single-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman minimum, title page not counted
What to include when you submit
- Company profile: number of employees, office locations, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), CAGE code, VETS 4212 proof of submission, and your small business status and certifications
- Relevant experience of three (3) recent and completed projects, saying whether you were prime or subcontractor
- For each project give contract value, square footage, scope, agency, contract number, title, place, years, value per year and any security requirements
After award, you must have
- Complete all DD Form 254 (security classification specification) requirements, including for subcontractors, before starting work From the notice:
The Contractor shall ensure it and any subcontractors have completed all…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice mentions a possible follow-on contract only in the option-to-extend clause.
Not in the notice text
- The estimated value and the building square footage are not stated.
- Which Service Contract Act wage determination applies is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- If it goes ahead as planned: only firms in SBA's 8(a) program can bid as the prime contractor. The notice also names requirements: Not in the 8(a) program? How the 8(a) program works. More open 8(a) set-asides under NAICS 561720
- The notice mentions a security clearance. Check who needs one, and whether you must hold it by the time offers are due.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 30, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Navfacsyscom Washington, Washington Navy Yard, DC
- Product/service code
- S201 · Housekeeping – Custodial Janitorial
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561720)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to answer a sources sought notice
- Open 8(a) set-aside contracts
- What's changing in the 8(a) program
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice, 8(a) program, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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