Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

***EDIT 03/10/2025 - Amendment A00001 published to add attachement "36C78625R50149 Questions and Answers"*** The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Contracting Services,... ***EDIT 03/10/2025 - Amendment A00001 published to add attachement "36C78625R50149 Questions and Answers"*** The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Contracting Services, 18434 Joplin Road, Triangle, VA 22172 is soliciting quotations for Grounds Maintenance Services at Southern Utah National Cemetery, 2181 West 1600 South, Cedar City, UT 84720. This solicitation is a Request for Proposals (RFP). The government anticipates awarding a Firm, Fixed-priced, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Services contract with a Base period of twelve (12) months with four (4), twelve (12) month option periods. Note: This is a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside solicitation, offerors must be certified through Small Business Administration (SBA) VetCert. https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation document will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. Basis of Award. This procurement is being conducted pursuant to FAR Part 12.301(c) procedures. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation and limitations of subcontracting will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers quote, conforming to the solicitation, whose quoted price does not exceed the amount of funding available for the procurement, and whose quoted price is found to be reasonable. Price alone is not the sole evaluation factor. In addition to the general standards of responsibility found at FAR 9.104-1, in accordance with FAR 9.104-2, the special standards of responsibility (SSRs) described below apply to this procurement. Offerors who fail to meet any special standard of responsibility will not be eligible to receive contract award. SSR1 Resume of Services Supervisor. Offeror must submit resume of on-site supervisor that demonstrates the supervisor has been an employee of the offeror for minimum of three (3) years and has experience on a minimum of two (2) similar projects (size and scope). Resume must include job titles and dates of employment. SSR2 Offeror must provide references demonstrating business operations in primary NAICS category 561730 Landscaping Services for at least five (5) years. Business operations must be directly performing services. Businesses performing logistics or administrative/support elements only will not be considered. SSR3 Offeror must include with their quote, signed attachment “Contract Clauses”, completed attachment “Solicitation Provisions”, completed attachment “Price Schedule”. Offerors must also include the submittal(s) listed in the Performance Work Statement, section H. SSR4 Offeror must have a satisfactory performance record in accordance with FAR 9.104-3(b). Contracting Officer will evaluate offerors performance record in accordance with FAR 9.104-6 Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System review, as well as knowledge of performance record for similar projects the offeror’s key personnel have participated in within the last five (5) years. Evaluation of Quotes: Quotes will be evaluated in the following manner. The lowest-priced quote will be identified. The lowest-priced quote will be evaluated to determine if the quoted price exceeds the amount of funding available for the procurement. If the quoted price does not exceed the amount of funding available for the procurement, the quoted price will be evaluated to determine if it is reasonable. If the quoted price is found to be reasonable, the contracting officer will then determine if the offeror is responsible using the general standards of responsibility and the special standards of responsibilities (SSRs) applicable to this procurement. If contract award cannot be made to the offeror, the contracting officer will evaluate the next lowest-priced quote following the procedures described above. This process will continue until a contract award can be made, or the contracting officer determines that no contract award can be made. The contracting officer may likewise find all quotes, not acceptable and cancel the solicitation if the quote under evaluation exceeds the amount of funding available and/or technical documents do not meet the PWS/SOW and SSRs for the procurement. Technical documents and past performance, when combined, are more important than price. The Government intends to evaluate quotes and technical documents to award a contract without discussions with offerors. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions at any time if determined by the contracting officer to be in the Government’s interest. Wage Determination Information: U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination 2015-5495, rev. 24, published December 23, 2024, is applicable to all services (except Initial Setting and Replacement of Headstones CLIN 0004) provided under the contract. Davis Bacon Act Wage Determination UT20240085 is applicable to Headstone Setting/Raise and Realignment CLIN 0008. Current Federal Acquisition Circular: Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-06 was published in the Federal Register July 25, 2024. Site Visit Information: Two site visits will be held, interested vendors may attend either session. Please meet at the main gate at 3pm local time on February 26th or 9am local time on February 27th. Offerors may attend either session. In accordance with FAR 52.237-1, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract award. Incumbent Contractor Information: This is a new facility with no incumbent contractor. Questions and Answers: All solicitation questions must be submitted through email to the Contracting Officer: brian.werner2@va.gov. Vendor questions must be received by 3pm EST on March 7, 2025, and will be answered via solicitation amendment no later than March 12, 2025. Questions submitted after the Q&A due date will not be answered. Offer Due Date: All quotations shall be sent via email to the Contracting Officer: brian.werner2@va.gov. Submissions must be received by 3pm EST on Friday, March 21, 2025. Late submissions will not be accepted. Only e-mailed quotes will be accepted. It is the responsibility of the vendor to ensure the Governments timely receipt of their quote. Solicitation Attachments: “PWS Southern Utah Grounds Maint” “Southern Utah Grounds Maint Attachments” “36C78625R50149 Price Schedule” “36C78625R50149 Solicitation Provisions” “36C78625R50149 Contract Clauses”