Puerto Rico National Cemetery: Lowering Devices

The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. 36C78618R0307 for Three (3) Lowering Device and One (1) Oversized Lowering Device for the Puerto Rico National Cemetery.

The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials support, transportation and delivery to Puerto Rico National Cemetery, located at: # 50 Avenue, Cementerio Nacional, Bayamon, PR 00961.

The Government will award this solicitation as a Firm Fixed Price Service Contract in accordance with the criteria contained in 52.212-2.

Award will be a Stand Alone Contract (consisting of a Base Year) to deliver Three (3) Lowering Devices and One (1) Oversized Lowering Device to the Puerto Rico National Cemetery.

The Evaluation Criteria for this award will be: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA):



Please include the following information with your proposal/quote: 1) Past Performance, 2) Technical Qualifications, and 3) Price.



This Acquisition is 100% Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS Code is 812220. Size standard is $20.5 Million. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from Federal Business Opportunities http://www.FedBizOpps.gov on or around Monday, 30 April or Tuesday, 1 May 2018. Responses to the solicitation are due by Monday 2:00 PM EST, 21 May 2018.



Offeror s are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to the solicitation which will be available at FedBizOpps.gov. No telephone requests will be accepted. Any questions should be sent via email and addressed to: Henry Dukes, Contracting Officer in writing at henry.dukes@va.gov.



Note: Vendors must be certified in VETBIZ in order to be awarded the contract at time of award. Awardees must be registered in the System for Award Management website at http://www.sam.gov and registered in www.vip.vetbiz.gov/

If you are not verified as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business you may submit your application at VetBiz.gov

All proposals must be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs vendor portal website in order to be considered for award. Please go to VA eCMS Vendor Portal to register. https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov. For assistance contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov.

Special Note: If Contractors encounter problems trying to upload their proposal into Vendor Portal. You have permission to e-mail or mail your proposal/quote to the following address: henry.dukes@va.gov or

National Cemetery Administration

Contracting Service

75 Barrett Heights, Suite 309

Stafford, VA 22556

Attention: Henry Dukes



*** All questions pertaining to the solicitation must be written and submitted by e-mail to the Contracting Officer (Henry Dukes at henry.dukes@va.gov. All questions generated will be answered and posted on Federal Business Opportunities.gov (FBO.gov) in the form of an Amendment, on or around Wednesday, 16 May 2018.



***Again, any questions generated during the solicitation period must be submitted in writing and emailed to the Contracting Officer by COB Monday,14 May 2018. Any questions received after that date will be considered too late and will not be answered.



Offer Due Date for this solicitation are due NLT Monday 2:00 PM EST, 21 May 2018.