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S -- GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AT ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL CEMETERY SOL RFQ 613-5-00 DUE 082699 POC Karen E. Butts, Contracting Officer, 304/263-0811 Ext. 3222, or POC Shari Kesecker, 304/263-0811 Ext. 3233 Contractor to furnish all labor, tools, equipment, supplies and materials to perform grounds maintenance (to include grave excavation and backfill, headstones maintenance and cleaning, lawn maintenance [i.e., fertilizing, weeding], mowing, trimming and edging, leaf collection, plant material maintenance, pruning, refilling sunken graves, trash & debris removal, snow and ice removal, placement of flags) at the Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria, VA. Period of service is for one base year from October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000 with four one-year options. SIC Code is 0782 ($5.0 million). Approximate issue date is 072799. Approximate BOD is 082699. Note No. 1 applies (this is a 100% small business set-aside). All requests for the solicitation must be in writing or faxed to 304/264-3997. Posted 07/12/99 (W-SN352805). (0193)

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