The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to J.B. Processing, LLC, a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, to manufacture and distribute blank (U1) marble headstones for nationwide delivery to cemeteries with on-site inscription programs. The total ceiling value of the contract is $33,946,500, with an initial delivery order valued at $8,413,500 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025.
The contractor will be responsible for providing all labor and materials to produce, package, label, palletize, and deliver the marble blanks FOB Origin. The stone must be sourced from a quarry located in the United States. This was a tiered set-aside solicitation, with preferences given first to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, then Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, Small Businesses, and finally Large Businesses. The estimated annual delivery quantities range from 35,500 to 38,500 blanks, with monthly shipments scheduled on the second Monday of each month, excluding October.
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