S208--Weed Control

The Department of Veterans Affairs seeks weed control services for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, with quotes due June 12, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Central Time. This is an unrestricted small business set-aside RFQ conducted under FAR Part 12, with NAICS code 561730 (Landscaping Services) and a $9.5 million size standard.

Place of performance is the Minneapolis Health Care System campus, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, covering approximately 25 acres. The contract period runs June 20, 2026 through June 19, 2027 with four one-year options extending through June 19, 2031. Contractor staff must hold active commercial applicator licenses from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Work hours are Monday–Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with weekend and holiday work available by Contracting Officer Representative approval at no additional cost.

The statement of work requires four annual applications: April (35-0-7 fertilizer with Dimension pre-emergent and Vessel/Triplet post-emergent), June (Horsepower or Sublime selective herbicide with Quinclorac), August (Vessel/Triplet and Quinclorac), and October (20-0-4 fertilizer with black gypsum). Two as-needed services—grub and sod webworm treatment and black gypsum application—are separately priced at 1,000 square foot rates and require Contracting Officer Representative approval if costs exceed estimated baseline. All proposals must include SOW compliance statements, product descriptions, active Applicator Licenses, USDA BioPreferred Program knowledge, management capabilities, and up to three past performance references from the past three years. Evaluation uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable methodology. Technical questions are due June 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Central Time to Cameron Rick, Contracting Specialist, at Cameron.rick@va.gov. A mandatory site visit is available June 11, 2026 from 9:00–10:00 a.m. at Building 72, 5449 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with contact Terry Johnson (Grounds Supervisor) at 612-735-0637.