36C78626Q50152 Amendment 003 Grounds Maintenance Crown Hill National Cemetery -- S208

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration is soliciting quotations for grounds maintenance, facility cleaning, headstone and monument cleaning and alignment, and interment of cremated remains services at Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. The contract is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type with a base period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, plus four optional one-year renewal periods. Key requirements include submission of a current Indiana commercial pesticide/herbicide application license, demonstrated experience with at least three comparable cemetery or large-scale grounds maintenance projects completed within the past five years, and a qualified on-site manager with minimum four years of supervision experience managing at least five personnel. The government will evaluate quotations using a Lowest-Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology considering price, technical acceptability, and past performance. The original proposal deadline was April 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST; Amendment 002 extended this deadline to May 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST.

This solicitation is designated as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside with a guaranteed minimum of $5,000 and a maximum aggregate contract value not to exceed $2,500,000 across all periods. The applicable NAICS code is 561730 (Janitorial Services) with a small business size standard of $9.5 million in revenue. The contract encompasses approximately 14.2 acres of cemetery grounds containing 2,095 headstones across three distinct locations: the 15-acre Annex (columbarium only), the 2.2-acre Historic Cemetery (closed to new interments), and the Confederate Plot (0.022 acres with 11 monuments). Services include approximately 270 annual interment shelter operations, 39 mowing cycles, 350 urn transport events, and 24 snow removal events, with work performed during normal cemetery hours of 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday, with potential weekend and holiday work as required. The contract specifies that contractors must comply with Service Contract Act prevailing wage requirements applicable to nine Indiana counties and are subject to performance standards monitored through a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan with financial remedies for non-compliance.