Groundskeeping

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 is conducting market research on groundskeeping service providers for the Durham VA Medical Center with responses due by September 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. This is a sources-sought notice (solicitation 36C24626Q0892), not a formal solicitation; no set-aside applies.

Performance occurs at the Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, North Carolina 27705, encompassing approximately 18 acres including parking lots, parking garages, and multiple building structures. Required services include biweekly turf maintenance with mowing and weed eating, organic weed control, shrub and hedge trimming twice annually, tree maintenance as directed, yearly mulching, seasonal planting, leaf removal as needed, daily debris and litter removal from all campus areas including garage B, storm cleanup (tornado, hurricane, snow removal, ice melt, and scraping), quarterly fertilization, planting bed maintenance, and monthly sidewalk and curb edging. Contractors must provide all labor, supervision, equipment, tools, transportation, materials, quality control, and incidentals necessary to maintain grounds in a safe, clean, professional, and VA-compliant condition.

Responses should include company name and address, business size classification, applicable socioeconomic categories (8(a), HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or other small business status), and a brief description of qualifications demonstrating capability to meet requirements. Submit responses in writing to Contracting Officer Byron Brown at Byron.Brown4@va.gov with subject line "Groundskeeping Services." NAICS code 561730 (Landscaping Services); PSC S208 (Housekeeping—Landscaping/Groundskeeping).