VA Medical Center (90C), ATTN: Contracting Officer, Mountain Home, TN 37684

M -- MAINTENANCE OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE NATIONAL CEMETERY SOL 621-20-97 DUE 082796 POC Jimmy W. Smiley, Contracting Officer, (423) 461-7986 Furnish all labor, supervision, materials, supplies and equipment to care and maintain the Knoxville Tennessee National Cemetery located in Knoxville, Tennessee in accordance with the contract specifications. The contractor will be responsible for the following (1) grave excavation and backfill, (2) headstone maintenance and aligment, (3) headstone setting and alignment, (4) lawn maintenance: fertilizing, weeding, (5) lawn maintenance: seeding (6) lawn maintenance: mowing, trimming and edging, (7) leaf collection, (8) plant material maintenance, (9) pruning trees, (10) refilling sunken graves, (11) trash and debris removal, (12) snow and ice removal, (13) placement of flags, and (14) other duties are required by the contract specifications. All requests for solicitation documents must be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer. Requests for solicitation documents maybe tele-faxed to the Contracting Officer at (423) 461-7944. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this procurement is 0782. A pre-bid conference will be conducted at the Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee located at 939 Tyson Street N.E. on Wednesday August 14, 1996 at 10:00 a.m. local time. The estimated issue date for solicitation documents is July 26, 1996. (0178)

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