Grounds Maintenance Service

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 is soliciting quotations for comprehensive grounds maintenance services at the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. The services include turf mowing, edging, litter removal, mulch bed maintenance, pruning and trimming in accordance with ANSI A300/Z133 standards, fertilizer and pest management applications, pressure washing, pavement sweeping, waste receptacle management, irrigation system survey and repair, and snow/ice removal on a per-event basis. Qualified contractors must hold valid Mississippi licenses for Landscape Contractor, Pesticide Applicator, and Irrigation/Sprinkler Contractor operations. The Government will evaluate submissions using comparative evaluation procedures based on three factors: Technical Capability, Past Performance (requiring three references from similar contracts within the past five years), and Price, with award to the offeror providing the best overall value. Quotations are due by April 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Daylight Time, submitted electronically to Caleb Parker at caleb.parker@va.gov, with a non-mandatory site visit scheduled for March 16, 2026.

This solicitation is a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under NAICS code 561730 (Landscaping Services). The Government anticipates awarding one firm-fixed-price contract with an estimated value of $47 million, encompassing a base period from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, plus four optional one-year extension periods extending through September 30, 2031. The contract requires comprehensive grounds maintenance across approximately 5.01 acres of turf, 12,065 linear feet of edging, 0.62 acres of mulch bed maintenance, 14.79 acres of pavement sweeping, and includes irrigation system survey and repair coordination. Contractors must maintain workers' compensation insurance of at least $100,000, general liability insurance of at least $500,000 per occurrence, and automobile liability insurance of at least $200,000 per person/$500,000 per occurrence, and are subject to prevailing wage rates established under the Service Contract Act. All performance will occur at the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery VA Medical Center located at 1500 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jackson, MS 39216-5116, with work hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.