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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 06, 2014 FBO #4669
DOCUMENT

99 -- Concrete Grave Liners, Florence National Cemetery - Attachment

Notice Date

9/4/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

327390 — Other Concrete Product Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;NCA Contracting Service;75 Barrett Heights Rd. Suite 309;Stafford VA 22556
 

ZIP Code

22556
 

Solicitation Number

VA78614R0344
 

Response Due

9/19/2014
 

Archive Date

11/18/2014
 

Point of Contact

David Dixon
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

ATTENTION ALL OFFERORS: Offers must provide a current and accurate technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information will be excluded from consideration. The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under solicitation number VA786-14-R-0344 for the following cemetery: Florence National Cemetery 803 E. National Cemetery Road Florence, SC 29501 This acquisition is 100% set aside for Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification code (NAICS) is 327390 Other Concrete Product Manufacturing. The Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. Contractor shall provide all necessary labor, material, equipment, and supervision to perform supplying, delivering and installation of grave liners at the Florence National Cemetery located at Florence, South Carolina. All work shall be performed in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract for the base period of Date of Contract Award through September 30, 2015 with four (4) one year options to extend the term of the contract, if exercised. General Statement: It is the Contractor's responsibility to keep current in delivery of grave liner requests from the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and ensure timely delivery in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. The Contractor shall be responsive to cemetery personnel and in accordance with the COR's needs and requirements. The Florence National Cemetery uses gravesites measuring four feet in width by eight feet in length (4' x 8'), and five feet in width by ten feet in length (5' x 10') in the burial sections. The Contractor shall have the proficiency to deliver the grave liners in a precise manner. Type Unit Required: The Contractor shall supply Type 1, liner, grave, concrete; with lid. COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION-LINER, GRAVE, CONCRETE The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description as a replacement for VA Specification X1708G for concrete. This commercial item description describes Concrete Grave Liners intended for use in national cemeteries to prevent the sinkage of soil in graves. Salient characteristics: LINER, GRAVE, CONCRETE - shall be constructed from reinforced concrete utilizing Portland Cement. Cement shall be of a commercial quality using steel and/or polypropylene reinforcement. In addition, the material(s) used in the production of concrete grave liners shall be impervious to any destructive action of the natural elements possibly contained in the cemetery soil, which can range from extreme acidic to extreme alkaline conditions. Concrete grave liners shall be properly cured for 28 days before delivery and the concrete shall have minimum compression strength of 31,027 kPa. Style 1 - Box with separate flat lid Style 2 - Dome with a base Style 3 - Dome without a base SIZESINTERNAL DIMENSIONS a.Small Liner20" (H) x 60" (L) x 18" (D) b.Standard Liner29.5 in (H) x 86" in (L) x 26" in (D) c.Oversize Liner34" in (H) x 90" in (L) x 28" in (D) For all styles and sizes, the side walls of each box shall be 1 ½ inches thick and the lid shall be 5 inches thick. Internal dimensions listed above are nominal for the standard sizes and small variances are permitted in the use of standard commercial products providing size permits use of standard caskets. UNIT: EACH Workmanship. Grave liners shall be free from defects which detract from its appearance or impair its serviceability. Production specification. The following shall be included as part of the proposal: a.Type of material or materials b.Material specifications c.Methods of construction d.Testing procedures and findings Note to Offerors: These specifications are required to be included in the proposal. Failure to furnish them will result in your offer being removed from consideration. Design and construction. Grave liners shall meet the performance requirements. The combination of the design shape, design thickness, structure and material shall be capable of supporting the required 2.27 metric tons center load pressure test and the axle load test of 5.0 metric tons, plus the superimposed earth load. Both the exterior dimensions and the weight of the gravel liner shall be kept to a minimum in accordance with the nominal internal dimension standards specified above in Paragraph labeled "salient characteristics" and the required structural strength specified above. Design contours and shapes shall be such as to eliminate any possible back-fill voids, settling, sinking, floating or raising of the grave liner once interred. The grave liners and parts thereof shall have provisions to facilitate both the ease of installation and removal of the unit and its component parts. All lifting apparatus must be adequately anchored in the unit to sufficiently withstand the stresses of lifting and placing the unit. Grave liners shall have knockout holes to permit drainage. Recovered materials. The offeror/contractor is encouraged to use recovered material in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 23.4 to the maximum extent practical. Prospective offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website and complete representations and certifications at https://www.sam.gov. Offers received from businesses that are not small business concerns shall not be considered. Evaluation criteria for this award will be in the following order: 1) Price, 2) Technical Capability 3) Past Performance. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from http://www.fbo.gov on or about September 5, 2014. Offerors are responsible for obtaining any and all amendments or additional information at http://www.fbo.gov. Proposals are due at 2:00 P.M. ET on September 19, 2014. All proposals must be submitted through the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Management System (eCMS) Vendor Portal website to be considered. 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.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VANCA/VANCA/VA78614R0344/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA786-14-R-0344 VA786-14-R-0344_FBOPRESOL.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1612949&FileName=VA786-14-R-0344-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1612949&FileName=VA786-14-R-0344-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: Florence National Cemetery;803 E. National Cemetery Road;Florence, SC

Zip Code: 29501
 

Record

SN03496922-W 20140906/140905000554-5d197f729051f6dfbe1ebb510155faea (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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