Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Concrete Grave Liners

ATTENTION ALL OFFERORS: Offers must provide a current and accurate technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information may be excluded from consideration.



The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under solicitation number

VA786-15-R-0375 for the following cemetery:



Fort Mitchell National Cemetery

553 Highway 165

Fort Mitchell, AL 36856



This acquisition is 100% set aside for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification code (NAICS) is 327390 Other Concrete Product Manufacturing. The Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees.



The contractor shall provide all labor, materials and transportation necessary to fabricate, deliver and install Type I - Concrete Vaults, Style 1 - Box with separate Flat Lid at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. All work shall be performed in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract for the base period of Date of Contract Award through September 30, 2016 with four (4) one year options to extend the term of the contract, if exercised.



Contractor is responsible to keep pace with Burial & Grave Liner Installation activities of the Fort Mitchell National Cemetery when providing services. The Contractor shall stage Graveliner on ground adjacent to open gravesite. Contractor shall remain on site and in close proximity to NCA excavation crews until casket is placed in Graveliner by cemetery employees. Contractor must ensure all Graveliners covers are in place. Contractor shall install closed Graveliner into gravesite. Normally several crews are used daily for excavations which will result in Graveliners being installed at different Sections of the cemetery. Fort Mitchell National Cemetery uses grave sites measuring 4'x8' in new burial Sections and 6'x10' in older established burial sections of the cemetery. This will require exact preciseness in placement of all Graveliners. Grave depths are generally 5 feet deep, but may occasionally exceed 5 feet.

Placement of Orders: Orders for concrete Crypts / Grave Liners at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery will be placed by the COR or designee. Orders may be emailed or faxed to the contractor at the COR's discretion.



COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION



LINER, GRAVE, CONCRETE



The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description as a replacement for VA Specification X1708G for concrete.



This commercial item description describes Concrete Grave liners intended for use in national cemeteries to prevent the sinkage of soil in graves.



Salient Characteristics. LINER, GRAVE, CONCRETE - Shall be constructed from reinforced concrete utilizing Portland cement. Cement will be of commercial quality using steel and/or polypropylene reinforcement. In addition the material(s) used in the production of concrete grave liners shall be impervious to any destructive action of the natural elements possibly contained in the cemetery soil which can range from extreme acidic to extreme alkaline conditions.



Concrete grave liners must be properly cured for 28 days before delivery and the concrete must have a minimum compression strength of 31,027 kilopascal (kPa) or 4,500 pound-force/square inch (PSI).



Style 1 - Box with separate lid

Style 2 - Dome with a base

Style 3 - Dome without a base



SIZES INTERNAL DIMENSIONS (Imperial Unit)



a. Small Liner 58 in by 20 in by 18 in

b. Medium Liner 86 in by 30 in by 24 in

c. Oversize Liner 90 in by 32 in by 26 in

d. Extra Large Liner 92 in by 36 in by 28 in

e. Extra Extra Large Liner 95 in by 51 by 33 ¾ in





SIZES INTERNAL DIMENSIONS (Metric Unit)



a. Small Liner 147 cm by 51 cm by 46 cm

b. Medium Liner 218 cm by 76 cm by 61 cm

c. Oversize Liner 229 cm by 81 cm by 66 cm

d. Extra Large Liner 234 cm by 91 cm by 71 cm

e. Extra Extra Large Liner 241 cm by 129 cm by 84 cm





Internal dimensions listed above are nominal for the standard sizes and small variances are permitted in the use of standard commercial products providing size permits use of standard caskets.



UNIT: EACH



Workmanship. Grave liners shall be free from defects which detract from its appearance or impair its serviceability.



Production specification. The following must be included as part of the offer:



a. Type of material or materials

b. Material specifications

c. Methods of construction

d. Testing procedures and findings



Note to Offerors: These specifications are required to be included in the proposal. Failure to furnish them will result in your offer being removed from consideration.



Prospective offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website and complete representations and certifications at https://www.sam.gov.

Offers received from businesses that are not small business concerns shall not be considered.



Evaluation criteria for this award will be in the following order: 1) Price, 2) Technical Capability 3) Past Performance. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov on or about August 13, 2015. Offerors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendments or additional information at http://www.fbo.gov. Proposals are due at 2:00 P.M. ET on August 27, 2015.



All proposals must be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Management System (eCMS) Vendor Portal website to be considered.



Please go to the VA eCMS Vendor Portal website at https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov to register. Once on the webpage, proceed to the Vendor Portal Login section located on the far left side of the webpage and click on 'Request a user account' to register.