SAM #70ZH1526QCGA00003

Nitchman Field Complex Ballfield Maintenance and Field Materials

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is seeking field-maintenance services and specified materials for the Nitchman Field Complex in New London, Connecticut. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard Academy. - Scope: Maintain baseball, softball, and track-and-field/practice soccer areas to NCAA specifications. Work includes skinned-area and turf care, repairs to field features, and aeration and topdressing. - Named manufacturer: Beam Clay — its existing infield and pitching-mound clay mixes are specified for continued use. No other vendors are named. - Materials and quantities: Replace 2 homeplates and 9 pitching rubbers in the base year. Maintain the existing Beam Clay infield mix, estimated at 10 tons per field annually; existing red mound clay and 3/16-inch red warning-track material must also be maintained. Topdressing mix is one-third screened compost and two-thirds sand. - Service CLINs: Four recurring tasks per contract year: skinned-area maintenance (0001/1001/2001/3001/4001), baseball and softball turf maintenance (0002/1002/2002/3002/4002), pitching/homeplate/bases maintenance (0003/1003/2003/3003/4003), and aeration and topdressing (0004/1004/2004/3004/4004). Each CLIN has a quantity of 1. - Notable requirements: June aeration must be deep-tine hollow-core to at least 8 inches; cores are allowed to dry and then dragged back. June aeration and topdressing also cover the track-and-field/practice soccer areas. Existing field material mixes must be maintained.

Description

The United States Coast Guard Academy intends to solicit quotations for ballfield maintenance services at the Nitchman Field Complex in New London, Connecticut. The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, materials, equipment, transportation, and incidentals necessary to maintain the Baseball, Softball, and track-and-field/practice soccer fields in accordance with NCAA specifications. Required services include seasonal late-winter/early-spring maintenance of the baseball and softball infields and turf areas, including scarifying, regrading, infield and warning-track material placement, lip removal, edging, rolling, turf repair, replacement and verification of home plates and pitching rubbers, baseline and mound adjustments, and bullpen and pitching-mound repairs. The contractor shall also perform June deep-tine hollow-core aeration and topdressing of all three fields. The anticipated contract consists of a one-year base period, January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, with four one-year option periods.

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