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This document is a Presolicitation Notice for Solicitation No. 36C78625Q0005 issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA). The NCA is seeking proposals from small businesses to manufacture, inscribe, and distribute various sizes of upright marble headstones and markers, including some with "Retro Confederate" and "Retro Pre-Recessed Shield" designs, for placement on veterans' graves worldwide.

The Government will award a Firm Fixed Price Requirements contract to the responsible quoter whose proposal represents the best value based on evaluation factors of Sample Submission, Past Performance, Quality Assurance, and Price, with Past Performance being the most important. Proposals are due by 4:00 PM Eastern on September 18, 2024, and the NAICS code is 327991 with a size standard of 500 employees. The solicitation will be available on SAM.gov around September 1, 2024, and any amendments will also be posted there. Offerors must submit all required documentation to be considered responsive.

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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

SUBJECT*
OFF-SITE BLANK/INSCRIPTIONS/DELIVERY OF (XA/XB/XC/XD/XE) FOR NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION AND PACKAGING IF OCONUS SHIPPING

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
22172
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C78625Q0005
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
09-18-2024 4PM EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
ARCHIVE
30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
SET-ASIDE
SBA
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
9930
NAICS CODE*
327991
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
Contractor Site

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY
USA

CONTACT INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Administration Contracting Services 18434 Joplin Road Triangle VA 22172

POINT OF CONTACT*

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL
https://www.cem.va.gov
URL DESCRIPTION
National Cemetery Administration
AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS
katherine.iacovelli@va.gov
EMAIL DESCRIPTION
Contract Officer

DESCRIPTION

This Pre-solicitation Notice is to inform prospective quoters that The National Cemetery Administration will be soliciting proposals under Solicitation No. 36C78625Q0005.

Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) furnishes headstones, markers and niche covers for the graves of veterans worldwide. Memorial headstones, markers and niche covers are also furnished to memorialize veterans whose remains are non-recoverable.

The purpose of this contract is to manufacture, inscribe and distribute worldwide:

· (XA) – Headstone, Upright Marble, 12”, Old Style, Raised Lettering

· (XB) – Headstone, Upright Marble, 13”, Old Style, Raised Lettering

· (XC) – Headstone, Upright Marble, 10”, Old Style, Raised Lettering

· (XD) – Headstone, Upright Marble, 12”, Old Style, Retro Confederate

· (XE) – Headstone, Upright Marble, 10”, Old Style, Retro Pre-Recessed Shield

The Government will award a Firm Fix Unit Price Requirements contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible quoter whose quote is the best value to the Government. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with FAR 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures to determine which response represents the “best” as a whole. The award may be made without discussion.

Factors that will be evaluated to determine award are Sample Submission, Past Performance, Quality Assurance and Price in that order of importance with Past Performance being the most importance.

Samples failing to meet the submission requirements and their quotes will be removed from further consideration as nonresponsive.

Responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1 Responsible Prospective Contractors. Price will be evaluated on the basis of its reasonableness and acceptability to the Government.

This solicitation is being issued as set-aside for all small business registered in SAM.

The NAICS Code is 327991. Size standard is 500 employees, solicitations will be available for download from https://sam.gov on or about September 1, 2024.

Questions are due by 1:00 PM Eastern on September 12, 2024. Responses to the solicitation are due by 4:00 PM Eastern on September 18, 2024.

Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at https://sam.gov/. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments.

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

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

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