Purchase Order 36C26326P0321

HLC Enterprises, LLC (doing business as Harper Lawn Care) was awarded a $388,196.88 firm fixed-price purchase order by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 to provide comprehensive ground maintenance services for the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System. As a total small business set-aside contract, this procurement was exclusively available to certified small businesses, and the awardee meets this requirement as an SBA-certified Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. The contract encompasses landscaping and grounds care services at two VA facilities in Nebraska—the primary Omaha location at 4101 Woolworth Avenue and the Grand Island VA Medical Center—with services including fertilization and weed control treatments, mulch application and maintenance, tree care, and specialized regrading and drainage correction projects. The contract is effective from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, with four one-year renewal options available to the government, potentially extending service through March 31, 2031.

The underlying solicitation, which was ultimately cancelled and reissued due to inaccurate line items, required offerors to demonstrate special responsibility standards by providing evidence that personnel hold Commercial Pesticide Applicator Licenses from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture and submit past performance references. Evaluation was based on lowest-price, technically acceptable criteria. The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration manages the VA health care system, which provides comprehensive medical services to eligible veterans, and this grounds maintenance contract supports facility operations and the veteran care environment.