36C78620R0016-000.docx

Contract Opportunity Presolicitation Notice

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Required Field Contract Opportunity Presolicitation Notice

W1 UPRIGHT GRANITE HEADSTONES

and INSCRIPTIONS FOR NATIONWIDE LOCATIONS.

MANUFACTURE

INSCRIBE AND

DISTRIBUTE

22172 36C78620R0016 03-27-2020 N

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327991 Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration Contracting Services 18434 Joplin Road Triangle VA 22172 Katherine E Iacovelli Contract Officer 703-630-9350 Various, see title and SOW

USA

https://www.va.gov Department of Veterans Affairs Katherine.Iacovelli@va.gov Contract Officer The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. 36C78620R0016 for blank granite upright headstones (W1)- manufacturing, inscribing and distributing nationwide.

Work shall be performed in strict accordance with all terms, conditions, specifications, schedules and drawings. Performance shall be in accordance with the requirements, conditions, terms and representations contained in this solicitation, any pertinent OSHA Occupational and Safety regulations, VA and Federal Security regulations and policies, and any State and/or local regulations, laws and codes.

Proposals will be evaluated and award will be made to the responsible offeror conforming to the solicitation, is determined to be in the best interest of the Government, price and other factors considered. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS MAY BE USED. An offeror’s proposal may not be considered when proposed cost is unreasonably high or unrealistically low.

Factors that will be evaluated to determine award are past performance, technical, and price. Technical is considered first by itself, if the sample fails the submission is removed from further consideration. A technical methodology will next be reviewed. Past Performance is considered the next greatest importance; therefore, the Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror.

Responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1 Responsible Prospective Contractors. Price will be evaluated on the basis of its realism and acceptability to the Government. Risk will be considered in all of these factors.

This acquisition is 100% set aside for Small Business (SB). The NAICS Code is 327991. Size standard is 500 employees. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov on or about March 12, 2020.

Questions are due by noon on March 20, 2020.

Responses to the solicitation are due by 11:59PM Eastern time on Friday March 27, 2020.

Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at www.betaSAM.gov. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments.

Information shall be submitted in the manner requested in Section E.

There are many changes in this solicitation compared to other years’. Please read the document thoroughly.

Failure to submit all documentation required as required so may result in your submission being determined non-responsive and removed from further consideration.

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