VA786-15-R-0414 | St. Augustine NC; Grounds Maintenance Service (Base & 4 Opt Yrs) |

This is a performance based contract for cemetery grounds and facilities maintenance services at the St Augustine National Cemetery, located in St. Augustine, FL 32804. The overall responsibility of the Contractor is to plan, coordinate, organize, manage, and perform the activities described the pending solicitation in more detail, which is required to maintain an acceptable appearance of the cemetery grounds and facilities. Contract period will consist of a Base and four (4) Option Years, after (date of contract award/notice to proceed). This acquisition is 100% set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. (SDVOSB) The NAICS Code is 561730. Size standard of $7.5 million is applicable. Evaluation Criteria For Award: Technical Capabilities (including sub-factors), and Past Performance, when combined are significantly more important than price. Technical Capabilities and 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 August 31, 2015. Responses to the solicitation are due by 1:00 p.m. EDT, September 29, 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, Southeast District, 1700 Clairmont Road, 4th Floor, Decatur, GA 30033. Attn of: Mr. Charles A. Daniels