S--Grounds Maintenance for Fort Sill National Cemetery. This is the base contract and will not be funded, the BASE PERIOD will be funded on the first Task Order and all exercised OPTION PERIODS will be awarded by a CON-MOD and then funded

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-0382 to provide Grounds Maintenance Services, for Fort Sill 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 grounds maintenance services at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma and hereafter referred to as Fort Sill or Cemetery. The overall responsibility of the Contractor is to plan, coordinate, organize, manage, and perform the activities of mowing and trimming; trimming around headstones, edging around flat markers; curb/sidewalk edging; weed control; providing fertilizer; and associated services described herein required to maintain a healthy and aesthetic appearance of the Cemetery grounds. The Cemetery is located at 2648 NE Jake Dunn Road, Elgin, OK 74434. This Performance Work Statement describes the basic objectives of the Fort Sill National Cemetery Grounds Maintenance Program. The Performance Based Service Contract provides 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. Minimum acceptable levels of performance to meet the minimum requirements are outlined in the Services Delivery Summary contained in Attachment 1. Electronic solicitation will be available on 09 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 email to contact@example.gov.