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The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to award a sole source contract to Rubicon Landscape through the Ability One program for landscape maintenance services at three VA Medical Center locations within the Palo Alto Division: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Livermore, California. This contract covers labor, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other necessary services for grounds upkeep, including lawn mowing, tree trimming, pruning, shaping, and debris removal. The award will be noncompetitive and is authorized under 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(5) FAR 8.7, which exempts sole source justifications. The contract is set to start from April 1, 2015, through September 30, 2015, spanning a six-month performance period for the individual site locations. The procurement falls under NAICS code 561730 with a small business size standard of $7.5 million. The solicitation and associated federal acquisition provisions are based on the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-80, effective as of March 2, 2015. This procurement is not open for competitive proposals.

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VA awards sole source contract to Rubicon Landscape for six-month maintenance at three California VA centers.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a noncompetitive award for landscape services for the VA Medical Centers located within Palo Alto Division (PAD) 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301; Menlo Park Division (MPD) 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 094025; and Livermore Division (LVM) 4951 Arroyo Road, Livermore, CA 94550. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a noncompetitive award to Rubicon Landscape, Ability-One/Source America. This procurement is a sole source award under the Ability One program authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (5) Far 8.7. The contractor shall provide labor, personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items and services necessary to perform landscape maintenance (grounds maintenance i.e. lawn mowing, tree trimming, pruning, shaping and debris removal) at the respective addresses listed above for PAD, MPD and LVM. The contract bridge is individual site location(s) listed for a six month period beginning April 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015. Sole source justifications are not required under FAR 6.302-5. This notice is NOT a request for competitive proposals. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-80 effective 02 March 2015. The NAICS code is 561730 and the Small Business size standard is $7.5 million.

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