Medal of honor, off-site blanks/inscriptions for nationwide

The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. VA786-15-R-0384.

The purpose of this award is to supply Medal of Honor upright/flat marble and upright/flat granite/headstones for a nationwide requirements contract. All stone shall be obtained from quarries within the United States having adequate capacity and facilities to meet the specified requirements.



The unit price shall be all-inclusive and shall cover the initial draft layout of the inscription, the blank monument, inscription services based on approved layout and crating of the finished monument. The unit price will cover the complete inscription ordered regardless of the total number of lines or characters. The unit price shall be the total price paid for each monument, FOB Origin.



The contractor is required to supply items listed below from October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016 (four option years will be available) :

(U6) Upright Medal of Honor Headstone

(U7) Upright of Medal of Honor Spanish-American War

(U9) Upright Medal of Honor Civil-War Union

(F6) Flat Marble Medal of Honor Marker "12X24X4'

(V6) Upright Granite Medal of Honor Headstone

(V7) Upright Granite Spanish American War

(V9) Upright Granite Medal of Honor Civil-War Union

(G6) Flat Granite Medal of Honor Marker 12X24X4'

(J6) Thin Flat Granite Medal of Honor Marker 12X24X3"

(L6) Small Flat Granite Medal of Honor Marker 12'X`8'X3



Marble shall be white, sound and compact, free from cracks, spalls; chips, holes, and calcite lines more than two inches in length, open seams, pits or other defects that would impair its strength durability of appearance. The overall whiteness of the marble exclusive of allowable coloration shall be N8 or higher judged against the (Munsell Neutral Value Scale, Matte 31 step scale.



Granite is to be standard grade, fine to medium-grained material as classified by the National Building Granite Quarries Association. Light Gray (Granite shall be a uniform shade of light gray color (N6 or higher) judged against the (*Munsell Neutral Value Scale, Matte 31 - step scale)



Samples will be required and explained in RFP. Evaluation criteria for this award will be LPTA. The NAICS Code is 327991. Size standard is 500 employees. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov on or about August 10, 2015. Responses to the solicitation are due on or about 2:00 P.M. on August 24, 2015. Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at www.fbo.gov. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments.

All proposals must be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs - Electronic Management System (eCMS) Vendor Portal website in order to be considered for award. https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov. 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. In the event an Offeror is unable to submit a proposal through the Vendor Portal domain, prior to the proposal closing date, contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov. Submission of proposals through email will not be accepted. Proposal transmission/uploads must be completed by the date/time specified. Late or incomplete Proposals will not be considered.

No telephone requests will be accepted. Any questions should be sent via email to donna.cooper3@va.gov.