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AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

1. CONTRACT ID CODE PAGE OF PAGES

1 8

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

05/01/2025

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

36C786CODE

NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN (786)

NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN

DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-CENTRAL CO

5105 RUSSELL RD

QUANTICO, VA 22134

6. ISSUED BY CODE7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NUMBER

36C78625Q50045

CODE FACILITY CODE

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (Number, street, country, state and ZIP Code) (X)

X 9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

04/15/2025

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER

NUMBER

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X XThe above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended, is not extended, Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning __1__copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment your desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

ORDER NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return _______ copies to the issuing office.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate a revised Statement of Need that updates the requirement of the screened planting topsoil. The response due date is extended to 9 May 2025.

CLOSING DATE/TIME:

05/09/2025 - 14:00 ET US/Eastern

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print) 16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) Brian Trahan

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 15C. DATE SIGNED

By (Signature of Contracting Officer)

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 16C. DATE SIGNED

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

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STANDARD FORM 30 (REV.

11/2016) Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

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Table of Contents

Section Description Page Number

1 SON_Materials_FY25Base4_Fort Sam Houston_110124.docx 3 Documents, Exhibits, or Attachments

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Statement of Need

Purchase and Delivery of Materials for Burials and Grounds Maintenance

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

San Antonio, TX 78209

General Scope: Contractor shall be responsible for all labor, supervision, materials, and equipment to deliver the following materials to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery: Sand, Topsoil, Mulch, Texas Blend Rock, Sand, and Crushed Rock (granite and limestone).

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is located at 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78209.

Order and Delivery Time Frame: Materials must be delivered within five (5) business days of receipt of order unless an alternate time frame is agreed upon in writing with the COR.

Deliveries shall be made Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

Delivery Instructions: Deliveries of Topsoil MUST be made with a 10CY Tandem Dump

Truck or smaller due to low height requirements at the enter point into the cemetery and exit via

San Antonio Blvd to the Maintenance Material Storage Bins. All other materials may be delivered by Tractor Trailer End Dump / Live Bottom or similar equipment via Cougar Way off of Rittiman Road to the Material Storage yard located along the East Perimeter Cemetery

Boundary.

Note: Due to ongoing construction at the cemetery, delivery routes may change.

Submittals: For the screened planting topsoil, the topsoil provider's specification sheet shall be submitted prior to each delivery. The information shall include the date of analysis, soil texture, soil pH, soluble salts, CEC, and percent soil organic matter.

With each bulk delivery, a weight ticket shall be provided detailing gross, tare, and net weights.

Description and Specification of Required Items:

1. Screened Planting Topsoil (Unit: CY)

a. Screened planting topsoil shall have been screened through a 1” screen or smaller.

b. The topsoil shall be a loam, sandy loam, clay loam, silt loam, and/or sandy clay loam.

The texture must conform to the following soil particle percentages: Sand: 20-70%; Silt:

10-60%; Clay: 5-30%.

c. The topsoil shall have 4 to 20 percent soil organic matter.

d. The pH range of shall be 5.5 to 8.0. A pH value up to 8.5 may be approved by the COR and District Agronomist in areas with prevailing geologic conditions.

e. The electrical conductivity (soluble salts) should not exceed 2 mmhos/cm.

f. The topsoil shall be free of weed seeds, noxious weeds, invasive plants, gravel, stones 1 inch or larger in any dimension, roots, viable plants, sod, clay lumps, foreign matter, refuse, and other extraneous materials harmful to plant growth.

g. Topsoil shall not be infested with nematodes, grubs, other pests, pest eggs, or other undesirable organisms and disease-causing plant pathogens.

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h. The topsoil shall be friable and with sufficient structure to give good tilth and aeration to serve as a suitable medium for plant growth.

2. Mulch (Unit: CY)

a. Mulch shall be sourced from native Texas hardwood species.

b. Color shall be a natural brown without dye or colorants.

c. Mulch shall be twice ground and screened to a medium coarseness.

d. Mulch shall not be contaminated with plastic, glass, metal, rock, or paper. None of these foreign fragments shall (none visible: less than 0.5 percent by weight or volume

3. Texas Blend Rock (2” to 3”; Unit: Ton)

a. Texas blend rock shall be natural river stone harvested from local river bottoms.

b. The rock shall be multi-colored with browns, tans, whites, reds, and neutral colors.

c. Stone sizes shall range from 2” to 3”. Large stones in the 4” plus size range are unacceptable.

4. Screened Fill Sand (Unit: CY)

a. The screened fill sand shall be composed of fragments of durable rock screened free from undesirable quantities of soft or flaky particles, loam, and organic or other deleterious material.

5. Crushed Rock, General:

a. Crushed Rock shall be composed of limestone, granite, dolomite, or any other hard, sound rock that is produced by blasting and then crushing.

b. Crushed Rock shall be clean, hard, tough, and durable fragments (excluding) schist, shale or slate) of uniform quality throughout and free of any detrimental quantities of soft, friable, thin, elongated or laminated pieces, disintegrated material, dirt, organic matter, oil, alkali, or other deleterious substance.

c. Crushed Rock shall consist of hard durable fragments of particles of rock, free of stripping dirt, vegetation, and other foreign substances. Hardness: Resistant to breaking, crushing or crumbling

d. Shape: Sharp and angular (Do not use rounded pea gravel.)

e. Gravel or Crushed Gravel mixed with filler, sand, crushed rock, or crushed stone is NOT an acceptable substitute.

f. The gradation of crushed rock shall comply with ASTM D-448. Sampling and sieve analysis shall be performed in accordance with ASTM D-75 and ASTM C-136.

6. Decomposed Granite (1/4” to minus; Unit: Ton)

a. Decomposed granite is derived from the crushing and screening of naturally friable granite. The blending of course sand with rock dust is not an equal product. The granite is screened to include stone particles of ½” minus. The particles that pass the 200-screen mesh as determined by ATSM methodology shall not exceed 18 percent.

Sieve Size % Passing

½” 100

3/8” 90 - 100

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No. 4 50 - 100

No. 30 25 - 55

No. 100 10 - 20

No. 200 5 - 18

7. 1/2” Crushed Limestone Rock Base (1/2”; Unit: Ton)

a. In addition to the specifications for Crushed Rock listed above in 5a. through e., this ½” crushed rock shall consist of the product obtained by crushing rock or stone so that is meets the following gradation requirements:

Sieve Size % of Passing

1/2 inch 100

3/8 inch 70 – 90

No. 4 50 – 72

No. 8 35 – 55

No. 40 14 – 32

No. 200 4 – 10

8. Crushed Limestone Rock Base (TXDOT Item #247, Grade 3, Type A Flexible Base)

(3/4” to minus; Unit: Ton)

a. This limestone base shall meet the requirements of TXDOT Item #247, Grade 3, Type A

Flexible Base.

b. In addition to the specifications for Crushed Rock listed in para 5a. through e., this flexible base shall consist of the product obtained by crushing rock or stone so that is

Sieve Size % Retained, Cumulative

1-3/4 inch 0

3/4 inch 1 – 5

1/2 inch 5 – 20

3/8 inch 20 – 40

No. 4 45 – 75

No. 40 50 – 85

c. The portion of any component or of the completed course passing the No. 40 sieve shall be either non-plastic or have a liquid limit not greater than 40 and a plasticity index not greater than 12.

d. The material type shall be Type A: Crushed stone produced and graded from oversize quarried aggregate that originates from a single, naturally occurring source. Do not use gravel or multiple sources.

9. Road Base Limestone (1 ½ to minus; Unit: Ton)

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a. In addition to the specifications for Crushed Rock listed in para 3a. through e., this flexible base shall consist of the product obtained by crushing rock or stone so that is

Sieve Size % Retained, Cumulative

1-1/2 inch 5 - 10

3/4 inch 10 - 15

1/2 inch 15 – 20

3/8 inch 20 – 40

No. 4 45 – 75

No. 40 65– 85

b. The portion of any component or of the completed course passing the No. 40 sieve shall be either non-plastic or have a liquid limit not greater than 40 and a plasticity index not greater than 12.

c. The material type shall be Type A: Crushed stone produced and graded from oversize quarried aggregate that originates from a single, naturally occurring source. Do not use gravel or multiple sources.

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Section 3 - Documents, Exhibits, or Attachments Title Dates Number of

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