Grounds maintenance services for Riverside National Cemetery. -- S208

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration issued Amendment 0006 extending the proposal deadline for grounds maintenance services at Riverside National Cemetery to October 13, 2026, restricted to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. The amendment publishes vendor question answers, corrected evaluation instructions, a revised Performance Work Statement, updated pricing schedule, and the current SCA wage determination following technical delays in posting documents.

The underlying Firm-Fixed Price IDIQ contract covers seven recurring monthly service line items—turf and grass maintenance, pest control, irrigation system services, pond services, drainage system maintenance, trash and debris removal, and structure cleaning—plus one-time Medal of Honor pool pump system replacement and repairs, priced over a 12-month base period (December 1, 2026 through November 30, 2027) with four one-year option periods. Scope includes approximately 315.8 acres of developed turf, 300 irrigated acres, 605 acres of brush clearing, 196,000 headstones, and 157 cypress trees. The contractor must provide weekly or twice-weekly mowing, annual turf aeration and topdressing, weekly irrigation zone actuation for 300+ zones and 30,000+ heads, pond operations including annual water quality testing, graveside sodding averaging 10,500 square feet monthly, twice-daily trash bin emptying seven days weekly including holidays, and biannual pressure washing of columbaria using biological solutions.

Contractor personnel must hold California Class C-27 Contractors License, California Department of Pesticide Regulation Qualified Applicator Certificate (Category B), backflow prevention assembly tester certification, and California Landscape Industry Certified Manager credential. The site manager requires minimum five years' supervisory experience in commercial landscape maintenance. The contractor must submit Quality Control and Grounds Management Plans within 30 days of award. Work is performed at 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, California 92518, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, excluding federal holidays. Contact Ralph.Crum@va.gov for missing base solicitation and amendments 0001 through 0005.