# Urn and Plaque Burial Benefit Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c78624r0014 - Solicitation number: 36C78624R0014 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation) - Status: Awarded to 1922 Commercial, LLC for $1,052,682.50 - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: National Cemetery Admin (36C786) - NAICS: 321999 All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing - Product or service code: 9930 Memorials; Cemeterial and Mortuary Equipment and Supplies - Set-aside: Total small business set-aside - First posted: January 12, 2024 - Last posted: June 28, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/49f35bf51aad4048b598799a266deefa/view ## Description Presolicitation Notice for a Commemorative Wooden Urn and Plaque Set The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) furnishes headstones, markers, niche covers and medallions (monuments) to mark the graves and memorialize eligible individuals worldwide. Section 2207 of Public Law 116-315 authorizes VA to provide urns and commemorative plaques for the remains of certain Veterans whose cremated remains are not interred. These plaques and urns are memorial products that have not previously been provided by VA. Purpose The purpose of this contract is for a Contractor to manufacture and distribute, upon submission of an order request from NCA, the following commemorative products to any address worldwide: (P2) Commemorative Plaque (P6) Commemorative Urn General This contract shall include all labor, materials and delivery, (to include a proof of delivery with signature), necessary to furnish a commemorative plaque or urn to each Consignee s address. Provide all labor and material as noted in section 4.0 needed to manufacture, assemble and package per each order received. Shipments shall be Freight on Board (FOB) Destination utilizing small package carriers, e.g., Federal Express Ground, UPS Ground, USPS Parcel Post. Returned Goods call tags shall be included with each shipment attached to the Package Insert, Addendum 2. The Contractor shall maintain a list of orders received to include the specific shipping information to include date shipped, carrier name and tracking #. The commemorative plaque and urn will be manufactured, laser etched and the brass plate inscribed per each order according to the attached drawings. Proposals will be evaluated and award will be made to the responsible offeror conforming to the solicitation, is determined to be in the best interest of the Government, price and other factors considered. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS MAY BE USED. An offeror s proposal may not be considered when proposed cost is unreasonably high or unrealistically low. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the low offeror. Factors that will be evaluated to determine award are past performance, technical, and price in that order of importance. Samples failing to meet the submission requirements will be removed from further consideration as nonresponsive. Responsibility determination will be made in accordance with FAR 9.1 Responsible Prospective Contractors. Price will be evaluated on the basis of its realism and acceptability to the Government. Risk will be considered in all of these factors. This is a solicitation with tiered evaluations for SDVOSB, VOSB and SB businesses. The NAICS Code is 321999. Size standard is 500 employees. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from https://sam.gov/ on or about January 17, 2024. Questions are due by 1:30 PM Eastern on January 29, 2024 to Katherine.iacovelli@va.gov. Responses to the solicitation are due by noon Eastern time on February 7, 2024. Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at https://sam.gov. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments. NOTE: This was solicited in 2022 with the full intent of making an award. The award was not made as the Public Law was not published at the time. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: 1922 Commercial, LLC (UEI DKXSRJ2E6GL7) - Contract: 36C78624D0004 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received - Link: award number 36C78624D0004 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C786 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C78624D0004_3600/ ## Publications - January 12, 2024: Presolicitation, due February 7, 2024 at 1:30 PM EST. Notice 78d77d1b38414e8fa5638212c421794b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/78d77d1b38414e8fa5638212c421794b/view - January 25, 2024: Presolicitation, due February 14, 2024 at 1:30 PM EST. Notice fb4165f1d6c84b92a61ae25b8760f732. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fb4165f1d6c84b92a61ae25b8760f732/view - February 1, 2024: Presolicitation, due February 14, 2024 at 1:30 PM EST. Notice bcefbe3db42a4407af102bd79f36baa0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bcefbe3db42a4407af102bd79f36baa0/view - June 28, 2024: Award notice. Notice 49f35bf51aad4048b598799a266deefa. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/49f35bf51aad4048b598799a266deefa/view ## Points of contact - Katherine Iacovelli, Contract Officer, katherine.iacovelli@va.gov, 202-894-4357 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c78624r0014.