S--Ft Gibson National Cemetery Mow/Trim Contract

The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. VA-786-13-R-0363 for the following service: Ft Gibson National Cemetery requires Grounds Maintenance Services in a Base and four Option Years if exercised at Ft Gibson National Cemetery in Ft Gibson, OK. Offerors will have past cemetery grounds maintenance experience, with preference for past NCA grounds maintenance experience. The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, supervision, professional expertise, vehicles, tools, materials, services, equipment and quality control necessary to ensure that grounds maintenance is performed in a manner that will meet or exceed the requirements to maintain healthy grass and that presents a clean, neat, professional and aesthetic grounds appearance throughout the Cemetery in accordance with Contract Specifications and the Performance Work Requirement Summary (PWRS) found at Attachment 1 in the solicitaion. Services include, but are not limited to, mowing, trimming, edging, removal of trash, leaves and debris, as well as sweeping or blowing off grass from sidewalks, roads and headstones. Scheduling of services shall be coordinated with the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to avoid disruption of ongoing cemetery operations. All work will be done during normal Federal workdays during Cemetery workday hours. The exception is Memorial Day, which may be a workday for Federal employees, but not for the Contractor. No work will be allowed during special weekend activities. Work shall be performed in strict accordance with all terms, conditions, specifications, schedules and drawings. Performance shall be in accordance with the requirements, conditions, terms and representations contained in this solicitation, any pertinent OSHA Occupational and Safety regulations, and any State and/or local regulations, laws and codes. This acquisition is 100% set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, SDVOSB. The NAICS Code is 812220. Size standard is $16 Million. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov on or about August 14, 2013. Responses to the solicitation are due at noon EST. on September 9, 2013. Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at www.fbo.gov. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments. Proposals will be evaluated on the following 3 factors: Past Performance, Technical Ability, and Price. Technical Ability: Technical capability will be evaluated to determine the extent to which it demonstrates a clear understanding of all features involved in performance of the requirements identified in the SOW. The proposal should not simply restate the Government's requirements, but it should describe, in detail, how the Offeror intends to meet the requirements. Past Performance: Past performance will be evaluated for quality, timeliness (ie recent), and relevance (ie experience in providing services similar in size, scope, and complexity as described in the SOW). If no past performance information is readily available, the Offeror's past performance will be evaluated as Neutral. Price: The Government will not consider offers that are unreasonably high or unrealistically low. Price may be compared against the Government Cost Estimate or against the average mean of the offers received to arrive at a competitive range in determining too low or too high offers. The Government will make use of research to aid in establishing a more complete picture of responsibility and ability. Some of the research will be done through the following databases; this list is not all inclusive: D&B, PPIRS, SAM, VetBiz and SBA. Rating scheme: The responsive proposals will be evaluated in two rounds. The 1st evaluation round will be based on Price. The lowest bidder will not necessarily receive the award. Just providing a price with no substantial information on pricing and/or performance will result in an inferior proposal and it may be considered nonresponsive. The Government will not consider offers that are unreasonably high or unrealistically low. Pricing may be compared against the Government Cost Estimate or against the average men of the offers received to arrive at a competitive range in determining too low or too high offers. After the first evaluation round and the creation of the competitive range, there will be a second round of evaluation. In the second round the evaluation factors of Technical Qualifications and Past Performance, will be evaluated. Overall, Factors 1 & 2 are equal to one another. In the event of a tie, Price will be the deciding factor. Information shall be submitted in the manner requested in FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS. Failure to submit all documentation required as required so may result in your submission being determined non-responsive and removed from further consideration.