8730--Topsoil for Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is soliciting quotations under Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number 36C78620Q0189 to supply topsoil to Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. This acquisition is 100% set aside for Small Businesses (SBs). The NAICS Code is 444220; Size Standard is $11.0 million dollars.

Units shall be in accordance with the Price Schedule and terms and conditions contained in the solicitation.

The Government will award a (5) five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) using the best value tradeoff approach resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quotation is most advantageous to the Government regarding price. In addition, the Government intends to award without discussions. Therefore, the offeror s initial proposal should contain optimal terms from a price and technical standpoint.

Electronic solicitations will be available for download from Federal Business Opportunities https://beta.sam.gov/ on or around April 10, 2020. Responses to the solicitation are due by 4:00 p.m. EST on April 22, 2020. The question and answering period commences on April 10, 2020 and concludes on April 16, 2020 by 12:00 p.m EST. Email questions to sarah.poole1@va.gov. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to the solicitation which will be available at https://beta.sam.gov/.

Awardees must be registered in the System for Award Management website at http://www.sam.gov.

All proposals must be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs vendor portal website in order to be considered for award. Please go to VA eCMS Vendor Portal to register. https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov. For assistance contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov.

No telephone requests will be accepted. Any questions should be sent via email to sarah.poole1@va.gov.