Geese Management (Grounds)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 is soliciting proposals for daily geese management services at the Wilmington, Delaware VA Medical Center. The contractor must use specially trained Border Collies to herd and stalk geese to remove unwanted geese from facility grounds, provide nest treatment as needed, and assist with obtaining necessary permits from the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The awarded firm must be licensed in the State of Delaware and provide daily service coverage, including weekends and federal holidays, with typical daily presence of approximately two hours and responsiveness throughout the day as needed. The evaluation will be conducted using lowest-price technically acceptable (LPTA) criteria, considering price and compliance with quote submission instructions. Critical deadlines include questions due by 3:00 PM EST on Monday, April 20, 2026, and quotes due by 3:00 PM EDT on Friday, April 24, 2026, submitted via email only to April.Cotter@va.gov.

This solicitation is designated as a 100% small business set-aside with no Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) preference at this time. The incumbent contractor is Geese Management BRS, LLC, which held the previous contract (36C24420P0910) valued at $45,000.00. The current solicitation is estimated at $17.5 million for a five-year firm-fixed indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract consisting of a base year plus four option years. Services will be provided across 32 acres at the Wilmington VA Medical Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and the Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) database at the time of submission and award, and the Service Contract Act prevailing wage determination (SCA WD 2015-4215 Rev 30) applies to this contract.