Combined Synopsis/ Solicitation Great Lakes National Cemetery Grounds Maintenance
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C78625Q50142
- Agency
-
National Cemetery Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Sole Source
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561730 Landscaping Services
- Place of performance
- Holly, Michigan 48442, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration is seeking a comprehensive grounds maintenance services contract for the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Michigan. The solicitation (RFQ #36C78625Q50142) requires a contractor to provide all personnel, equipment, and supervision necessary to maintain the 110-acre cemetery with approximately 33,700 headstones. Key contract requirements include weekly mowing, string trimming around headstones, blade edging of curbing and sidewalks, core aeration, overseeding, spillway maintenance, snow/ice removal, and headstone installation services. The technical evaluation will focus on past performance (requiring at least two references from the last 5 years), technical qualifications (with the Site Manager needing 5 years of experience), and price competitiveness. Important dates include a pre-bid site visit on March 18, 2024, questions due by March 20, 2024, and quote submissions due by April 4, 2025 at 11:00am MST.
The solicitation is exclusively set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 561730. The contract structure includes a base year and four one-year option periods, with a guaranteed minimum of $5,000 and a maximum potential value of $5.1 million over the contract's life. The place of performance is Holly, Michigan 48442, with work to be performed Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with some flexibility for special events and weather conditions. The cemetery anticipates future expansion in FY29, potentially adding 4 acres of columbarium, 1 mile of roadway, and 1,500 linear feet of walkways. Contractors must maintain active SAM.gov registration and VetCert verification as an SDVOSB, and adhere to Davis-Bacon Act wage requirements for labor categories. The contract includes provisions for annual tasks such as installing approximately 2,750 new headstones, replacing 350 headstones, and performing fine-tune alignment of 2,000 headstones per year.
Notice text
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), solicitation number 36C78625Q50142.
The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, supervision, and other items and services necessary to ensure that Grounds Maintenance at the Cemetery is done in a manner that shall maintain proper decorum and respect; and grounds maintenance operations are performed at the Cemetery in a manner that shall maintain healthy grass, trees, shrubs, and plants; and present a groomed, clean, neat, and professional appearance.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| G P09 Pricing Ammended.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Amendment to solicitation 36C78625Q50142 Questions .docx | DOCX document | |
| nca-operational-standards-and-measures-guidebook-dec2023.pdf | ||
| S02 Combined Synopsis Solicitation.pdf | ||
| B P09 C Cemetery Operational Standards and Measures.pdf | ||
| A P09 A SOW.pdf | ||
| G P09 Pricing.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| E P07 Davis Bacon MI20250069.txt | TXT text file | |
| F P09 Past Performance.pdf | ||
| D P07 2015-4867.pdf | ||
| C P09 D Dignity Clause.pdf |
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