DOCUMENT
99 -- New contract, one-time supply, blank granite covers serving Florida National Cemetery; subject to availability of FY15 funds. - Attachment
- Notice Date
- 3/10/2015
- Notice Type
- Attachment
- NAICS
- 327991
— Cut Stone and Stone 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
- VA78615R0128
- Response Due
- 4/30/2015
- Archive Date
- 6/29/2015
- Point of Contact
- Donna Cooper
- E-Mail Address
-
8-7227<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. VA786-15-R-0128 to provide blank granite columbarium niche covers for use as replacements. Replacements must be comparable in color and shading to the existing granite niche covers mounted on columbaria at Florida National Cemetery. All stone shall be obtained from quarries within the United States of America having adequate capacity and facilities to meet the specified requirements. For aesthetic purposes, the supplied material must match existing material having characteristics of granite from Georgia. Granite must conform to the definition of granite as defined by ASTM- C119. Granite provided under this contract shall be standard grade, fine grained material as classified by the National Building Granite Quarries Association. It shall be free of cracks, seams, or starts which may impair its integrity or readability of the inscription. Niche covers containing two or more feldspar phenocrysts which exceed 10mm in any direction, shall be rejected. Granite shall be a uniform shade of fine to medium grain gray color of (N6.75 to N7.55) judged against the (Munsell Neutral Value Scale, Matte 31 - step scale). The face and sides of each niche cover shall be uniformly machine honed to a finish utilizing an 80 grit displaying a smooth satin surface, free of scratches, saw marks, rust spots and skips. The back of the niche covers must have a smooth sawn finish or better. All edges along the front, back and corners shall be uniformly rounded with a smooth 1/16 inch to 1/8 inch eased-edge aris (or chamfer). Evaluation criteria for this award will be in Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA).. Potential offerors shall submit at their expense one (1) blank granite niche cover according to the specifications in the RFP. Contractors having previous approval of a full size niche cover sample within the last 12 months may submit a copy of that approval in lieu of submitting an actual full-sized sample. A 6" x 6" sample representative of the stone to be used and finished per Sections 2.0 and 3.0 above shall be required for review. All proposals must 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 proposal closing date, contact the VAAS helpdesk at 1-877-634-3739, or via email at VA.Acquisition.Systems@va.gov. Submission of proposals through email will not be accepted. Proposal transmission/uploads must be completed by the date/time specified. Late or incomplete Proposals will not be considered. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from Federal Business Opportunities http://www.FedBizOpps.gov on or around MARCH 11, 2015. Responses to the solicitation are due by 12:00 p.m.on or about MARCH 25, 2015. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining amendments to the solicitation which will be available at FedBizOpps. No telephone requests will be accepted. Any questions should be sent via email to donna.cooper3@va.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VANCA/VANCA/VA78615R0128/listing.html)
- Document(s)
- Attachment
- File Name: VA786-15-R-0128 VA786-15-R-0128_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1909426&FileName=VA786-15-R-0128-000.docx)
- Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1909426&FileName=VA786-15-R-0128-000.docx
- Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
- File Name: VA786-15-R-0128 VA786-15-R-0128_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1909426&FileName=VA786-15-R-0128-000.docx)
- Place of Performance
- Address: FOR:;Florida National Cemetery;6502 SW 102nd Avenue;Bushnell, FL 33513;Phone: (352) 793-7740
- Zip Code: 33513
- Zip Code: 33513
- Record
- SN03662871-W 20150312/150310235223-a306af1e129310b60627cb9878e1db10 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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