S--IDC-CON - Grounds Maintenance for Alexandria National Cemetery

Page 1 of 2 100% SDVOSB SET ASIDE This is a PRE-Solicitation notice that the National Cemetery Administration will be soliciting offers under Solicitation number VA786-16-R-0372 to provide Grounds Maintenance Services, for Alexandria National Cemetery. Sources from different states are welcome. SEE the Performance Work Statement in the Solicitation for technical specifications for this requirement after the solicitation is posted to Federal Business Opportunities. This is a performance-based contract for cemetery operations and maintenance services at Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, LA and hereafter referred to as Alexandria or Cemetery. The overall responsibility of the Contractor is to provide services including, but are not limited to, maintenance of grounds, regular mowing, weed eating, blade edging, trimming, removal of leaves and debris, as well as, sweeping or blowing off roads and sidewalks, irrigation system maintenance and operation, maintenance of gravesites and headstones, the raising and realignment of headstones, washing headstones, initial and replacement headstone installation and maintenance, turf maintenance, plant and tree maintenance, sunken grave repair, handling and transporting casketed and cremated remains from the committal shelter to the gravesite, interments of casketed and cremated remains, disinterment, grave excavation and backfilling, trash removal, placement and removal of flags, and janitorial services. The Contractor may be required to be on-site Memorial Day weekend and other special days as requested by the Contracting Officer s Representative (COR). This Performance Work Statement describes the basic objectives of the Alexandria National Cemetery operations and maintenance services. The performance based service contract will provide potential Offerors the flexibility to develop cost effective solutions and the opportunity to propose innovative alternatives to meet the stated objectives. It also presents the Government with an opportunity to assess the Offeror s understanding of all aspects of the effort to be performed by eliminating the "how to" instructions to accomplish the required effort normally contained on the Statement of Work that the Government traditionally provides to prospective Offerors. Electronic solicitation will be available on, or after, 16 December 2016, for download, from Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) at http://www.FedBizOpps.gov. Offerors are advised that they are also responsible for obtaining and signing/dating all Amendments to the solicitation which will be available at FedBizOpps. (Solicitation posting date, to FBO, is subject to change as necessary and an Amendment to this Pre-solicitation will be posted if the date changes.) All proposals shall be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs - Electronic Management System (eCMS) Vendor Portal website in order to be considered for award. https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov. Please go to the VA eCMS Vendor Portal website at https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov to register. Once on the webpage, proceed to the Vendor Portal Login section located on the far left side of the webpage and click on Request a user account to register. In the event an Offeror is unable to submit a proposal through the Vendor Portal domain, prior to the solicitation closing date, contact the VAAS helpdesk at +1 (555) 000-0000, or via email at contact@example.gov. Submission of proposals through E-mail will NOT be accepted. Proposal transmission/uploads shall be completed by the date/time specified in the SOLICITATION. Late or incomplete proposals will not be considered. No telephone requests/questions will be accepted. Any questions for this PRE-Solicitation should be sent via E-mail to contact@example.gov.