Yellowstone National Cemetery Total Cemetery Operations

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration seeks a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business to provide total cemetery operations and maintenance at Yellowstone National Cemetery, with proposals due October 7, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET. This is a 100% SDVOSB set-aside, and prospective bidders must be registered as certified SDVOSBs with the SBA and have NAICS code 561730 listed on their SAM.gov profile by the bid deadline to qualify for award.

Place of performance is Laurel, Montana. The contract covers a 6.83-acre developed cemetery with approximately 1,545 upright monuments and spans five years: a base period from December 1, 2026, through November 30, 2027, plus four one-year option periods through November 30, 2031. The incumbent contractor is AB Cemetery Management, Inc., under contract 36C78621D0117 valued at $1,253,722.40, expiring November 30, 2026.

Required services include monthly grounds maintenance (mowing, trimming, edging, aeration, dethatching, fertilization, weed and pest control); turf establishment and repair; grave excavation and backfilling for approximately 150 casket interments annually (5 traditional, 30 crypt) and 115 cremains interments; headstone setting, raising, realigning, and cleaning for approximately 150 new monuments and 20 annual raise/realign operations; hard surface maintenance (power washing, snow/ice removal) covering 88,552 square feet; monthly irrigation and janitorial services; and snow/ice removal. The contractor must provide all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, tools, insurance, licenses, and permits. A supervisor with at least five years of direct experience in grounds maintenance and interment services must be on-site at all times. Davis-Bacon wages apply to upright headstone setting; Service Contract Act wages apply to other work.

A mandatory site visit is scheduled for September 17, 2026, at 10:30 AM at Yellowstone National Cemetery. Vendor questions were due September 21, 2026; answers were posted via amendment on SAM.gov on September 28, 2026. Award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis. Evaluation criteria include technical approach and understanding of the work (requiring resumes for supervisors and equipment lists), past performance on comparable projects within the last five years, and price based on completeness and accuracy in the CLIN structure. The NAICS code is 561730 (Landscaping Services) with a $9.5 million size standard; PSC S208.