The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, is seeking a contractor to provide grounds maintenance services at the San Francisco National Cemetery. The contract will be a firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a base year and four option years. The contractor will be responsible for providing all labor, equipment, materials, and supervision necessary to perform grounds maintenance services, including interment and disinterment services, headstone services, gravesite maintenance, turf and grasses maintenance, tree, shrub, and planting bed maintenance, irrigation system services, drainage system maintenance, trash and debris removal, pavement sweeping and cleaning, structure cleaning, light maintenance, and janitorial services, and ceremonies assistance. The contractor must also develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Some key responsibilities include:
• Maintaining turf, including sunken graves, to the proper grade and soil condition
• Maintaining trees, shrubs, plants, beds, and related non-weed vegetation
• Maintaining drainage and storm water systems
• Cleaning paved areas and national cemetery structures, monuments, and included elements
• Supporting ceremonies and emergency restroom requirements
• Providing an action plan to bring areas into acceptance within specified timeframes
• Performing/reperforming to bring areas into acceptance within specified timeframes