Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Leavenworth National Cemetery Trash Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration seeks collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste at Leavenworth National Cemetery, with responses due May 15, 2026 and questions due May 8. The procurement is unrestricted, no set-aside.

Place of performance is Leavenworth National Cemetery, 150 Muncie Road, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048. The contract is structured as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity award with a one-year base period and four optional one-year periods, with a guaranteed minimum of $1,000 and maximum aggregate value not to exceed $100,000 across all five ordering periods. NAICS code is 562111, Solid Waste Collection; PSC is S205, Housekeeping—Trash/Garbage Collection. Business size standard is $47 million.

Services include weekly pickup of a 6-cubic yard general waste dumpster, monthly deliveries and pickups of a 30-cubic yard roll-off container, on-call 20-cubic yard roll-off dumpsters (estimated 5 each annually), and tonnage-based billing on the 30-cubic yard dumpster. Contractors must furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, and supplies and maintain all containers in leak-proof, covered, clean condition with pressure washing twice monthly April through September and once monthly October through March, plus quarterly steam cleaning. All pricing must be all-inclusive on an FOB Destination basis.

Quoters must demonstrate at least three years' experience in trash collection for similar-sized operations and hold all required federal, state, and county licenses. All drivers must hold current Commercial Driver's Licenses with appropriate endorsements. The Dignity Clause requires special care and reverence for headstones, markers, and human remains; contractors bear full responsibility for replacing damaged headstones and restoring damaged turf. Service Contract Act prevailing wage rates apply to Kansas counties including Leavenworth.

Quoters must submit four volumes: Volume A (administrative certifications from SAM.gov), Volume B (technical proposal with 10-page maximum management plan and vehicle list), Volume C (past performance with at least three references completed or active within five years), and Volume D (pricing). Evaluation follows FAR Part 12 Lowest Price Technically Acceptable procedures, considering price (lowest), technical acceptability (Pass/Fail), past performance (Acceptable/Not Acceptable), and valid service licensing. The Government intends award without discussions. Amendment 0001, posted May 8, extended the closing date to May 15 and added a line item for ancillary charges to be averaged into total pricing. Contracting Officer is April Graves; submit questions to April.Graves@va.gov.