VA786-15-R-0033 | Florida NC; Base & 4 Opt Yrs New Headstone Cleaning and Trimming Services Contract

THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT OF SUBJECT REQUIREMENT. The contractor shall provide all necessary supervision, labor, materials, supplies, tools and equipment necessary to accomplish headstone cleaning and trimming services at Florida National Cemetery (FNC), 6502 SW 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513. Contract period will consist of a Base and four (4) Option Years, from (date of contract award/notice to proceed). The Contractor overall responsibility will require contractor to plan, coordinate, organize, manage, and perform the activities described which are to maintain an acceptable appearance of the cemetery grounds. This acquisition is 100% set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. (SDVOSB) The NAICS Code is 812220. Size standard of $20.5 million is applicable. Evaluation criteria for this award: Technical Capabilities (including sub-factors), and Past Performance, when combined are significantly more important than price. Technical Capabilities Sub-factors one (1), two (2), and three (3) are equal in importance. Technical Capabilities are equal in importance to Past Performance. Technical Capabilities are significantly more important than Price or Cost. Past Performance are significantly more important than price or cost. RFPs will be evaluated for technical merit, past performance, and price reasonableness.

Electronic solicitation will be available for download from http://www.FedBizOpps.gov

on or around December 15, 2014. Responses to the solicitation are due by 1:00 p.m., EDT on January 15, 2015. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to the solicitation which is available at Fed Biz Opps. No paper copies will be issued. Offerors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendment or additional information via the fedbizopps website. Potential contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry to be eligible for award (see Internet site: http://www.sams.gov/). Additionally all prospective offerors via www.vetbiz.gov must ensure their respective firm is certified as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. (SDVOSB), before submission of proposal and after evaluation for possible award of contract. Failure to do so will make your offer non-responsive to this solicitation.



All proposals are to be submitted by US mail service only; no proposal will be accepted by email or otherwise. Please mail your proposal to: Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Contracting Service MSN II Office, Atlanta, 1700 Clairmont Road, 4th Floor, Decatur, GA 30033. Attn of: Mr. Charles A. Daniels