Mountain Home National Cemetery Grounds Maintenance Services Solicitation

The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration is soliciting quotations for complete grounds maintenance services at Mountain Home National Cemetery under solicitation number 36C78626Q50082. Services encompass general grounds maintenance, headstone and marker services, interment services, and irrigation and repair services across the 96-acre facility. The contractor must maintain a minimum of three full-time employees and one full-time site supervisor onsite year-round, working Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, and must supply all labor, equipment, materials, chemicals, and safety equipment while maintaining compliance with OSHA and NCA Operational Standards and Measures. Evaluation will emphasize technical approach and past performance as more important than price, with quoters required to submit four separate volumes: company information and experience (Volume A), technical approach including key personnel and work plans (Volume B), past performance questionnaires from at least three projects within the last five years (Volume C), and pricing in Excel format (Volume D). All quoters must be registered in SAM.gov and ORCA prior to submission, and questions must be submitted by March 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST to Janice.brooks@va.gov and larry.curtis@va.gov. Quotations are due March 18, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST, with a mandatory site visit scheduled for February 27, 2026 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. EST that will not be rescheduled.

This solicitation is set-aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 561730, with applicants requiring active SBA certification. The current incumbent contractor is Byrd Enterprises Unlimited, Inc., operating under contract 36C78621D0082 with a total value of $622,779.96. The contract will be awarded as an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) arrangement for a base year (June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027) plus four optional one-year renewal periods extending through May 31, 2031, with estimated quantities including 18,719 headstones requiring maintenance and approximately 600 additional headstones annually, approximately 15 irrigated acres, and 270 cubic yards of mulch annually. Key responsibilities include headstone trimming and cleaning, leaf removal and mulching, tree maintenance (limbs maximum 3 inches diameter, trunks maximum 18 inches diameter), sunken grave repairs, daily road and sidewalk blowing at opening and closing, and non-emergency irrigation repairs requiring completion within five days. Services will be performed at Mountain Home National Cemetery, 215 Heroes Drive, Mountain Home, Tennessee 37684.