Mowing and Discing 10 acre lot

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.
No Solicitation is currently available.
All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561730, Landscaping Services, size standard is $7.5M.
Potential Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for an award (See Internet Site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Potential Offerors must also have a current Online Representations and Certification Application on file with SAM.
Description of Services
The VA Central California Health Care System has a requirement for mowing and discing 10-acre lot located at 2251 Herndon Ave. Clovis, CA 93611.
The lot shall be mowed and disc four (4) times in a year. The 4 times shall be in the months of January, April, July, and September. The mowing and discing must be started and completed in the second week of the months stated in this SOW.
Weed abatement shall be completed by mowing, line trimming, and discing 100% of the entire lot. A minimum of three (3) passes with a disc hydraulically controlled by a tractor shall be performed.
All areas of the lot that cannot be safely reached by discing, shall be trimmed by a line fed gas-powered line trimmer to include but not limited to, fences lines, street curbs, power poles, guide wires, and any other area that cannot be disc.
There must be an effort to control dust while discing to include if needed, watering the area by means of a water truck.
The Government requests that interested parties provide the following capability information to the Contract Specialist, Olivia Duarte by e-mail at: olivia.duarte@va.gov by close of business June 19, 2019:
(a)Â Business Size (Large/Small)
(b)Â Business Socio-Economic Status (SDVOSB, WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, etc.)
(c) SAM record
(d)Â DUNS number
(e) Ability and experience with similar projects.
(f) List of projects similar in scope.
The Government will use this information when determining its business type decision.
This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government and no contract will be awarded as a direct result of this Sources Sought announcement.    Â.