Willamette National Cemetery Grounds Maintenance Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration is procuring comprehensive grounds maintenance services for the Willamette National Cemetery, including turf and grass maintenance, pest control, leaf and debris removal, tree and shrub maintenance, and supply of materials such as grass seed, limestone, gypsum, and fertilizers. The contract requires contractors to maintain cemetery grounds to high aesthetic standards with strict performance standards, including maintaining 99% pest-free turf in high-visibility areas, precise mowing and edging around grave markers, and all work performed with reverence appropriate to a national cemetery. Evaluation will be conducted on a pass/fail basis for technical compliance across five detailed subfactors: management plans, work plans, comprehensive grounds management planning, site-specific safety plans, and quality control plans, with additional scoring on past performance relevance and pricing competitiveness. Offerors must submit a minimum of three past performance references within the last three years demonstrating experience with similar high-visibility federal or institutional landscaping projects, particularly at national or military cemeteries. The deadline for proposal submission is February 27, 2026, vendor questions were due by December 17, 2025, and a mandatory site visit was conducted on December 15, 2025.

This solicitation is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), with a size standard of $9.5 million under NAICS code 561730. The current incumbent is Logan Currito LLC, which held the previous contract valued at $2,852,976. The contract has a guaranteed minimum value of $10,000 and a maximum aggregate value of $7,000,000 for the base year plus three option years, covering approximately 290 acres of cemetery grounds including 270 acres of irrigated turf and 20 acres of non-irrigated areas, with maintenance tasks such as mowing, leaf removal for six months annually, edging of approximately 22.8 miles of road edges, and management of approximately 130,000 flat markers. The contract period runs from February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2030, broken into four consecutive one-year periods. Performance will take place in Happy Valley, Oregon 97086, with contractors required to provide all labor, equipment, and materials while complying with local regulations such as the Portland gas blower ban.