# Solicitation Multiple contracts for off-site manufacture, inscription and delivery of granite markers: G1,J1, L1, V1, V5 Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c78624r0020 - Solicitation number: 36C78624R0020 - Notice type: Presolicitation - Status: Awarded to Anderson Engineering of Minnesota, LLC - Department: Department of Veterans Affairs - Contracting office: National Cemetery Admin (36C786) - NAICS: 327991 Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing - Product or service code: 9930 Memorials; Cemeterial and Mortuary Equipment and Supplies - Set-aside: Total small business set-aside - County: Meade County (FIPS 46093). https://abierto.us/counties/meade-county-sd-46093 - City: Sturgis. https://abierto.us/cities/sturgis-sd-4662100 - First posted: February 22, 2024 - Last posted: August 29, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f44c6ebb19e1413187a63af6fb471c62/view ## Description The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) has a requirement to supply granite markers with inscriptions in types G1, J1 and L1 and V1 and V5 to national, state veteran, and private cemeteries nationwide. The National Cemetery Administration is soliciting offers under Solicitation No. 36C78624R0020 for the requirement. 1.0 Background The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) furnishes headstones, markers, niche covers, and medallions (monuments) for deceased veterans worldwide. Memorial monuments are also furnished to memorialize veterans whose remains are non-recoverable. 2.0 Purpose The purpose of this contract is to manufacture, inscribe and distribute granite monuments cemeteries to include labor, materials, packaging, and transportation. 2.1 General The proposal shall include all labor, materials, packaging, and transportation necessary to finish inscribed granite monuments. The contractor shall be responsible for providing all labor and materials needed to produce the blank monuments, inscribe the blank per orders received, package/label/palletize the inscribed monuments and deliver the finished product to the consignee noted on an order. 2.3 Deadlines The contractor shall have twenty-six (26) calendar days excluding federal holidays, following the day an order is sent to the contractor until the monuments are manufactured, inscribed, packaged, and delivered to the order consignee as ordered by the Memorial Product Service (MPS) of the National Cemetery Administration. For every 2,500 orders over and above the estimated order quantity noted on the IGCE, the performance period will increase by one (1) calendar day up to a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days for the remaining period in the fiscal year/obligation period. If the 2,500-order increase noted above falls below the 2,500, the performance period decreases by one (1) calendar day down to a minimum of twenty-six (26) calendar days for the remainder of the contract year/obligation period. Work shall be performed in strict accordance with all terms, conditions, specifications, schedules and drawings. Performance shall be in accordance with the requirements, conditions, terms and representations contained in this solicitation, any pertinent OSHA Occupational and Safety regulations, VA and Federal Security regulations and policies, and any State and/or local regulations, laws and codes. Proposals will be evaluated and award will be made to the responsible offeror(s) conforming to the solicitation, who is/are determined to be in the best interest of the Government, price and other factors considered. 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. Technical has sub-factors of equipment, methodology and personnel. Samples failing to meet the submission requirements and their accompanying proposal will be removed from further consideration as technically 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 a tiered solicitation for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business then Veteran Owned Small Business and last Small Businesses. The NAICS Code is 327991. Size standard is 500 employees. Electronic solicitations will be available for download from https://sam.gov/ on or about March 20, 2024. Questions are due by noon Eastern on August 12, 2022 to Katherine.iacovelli@va.gov. Responses to the solicitation are due by noon Eastern time on April 4, 2024. Any amendments to the solicitation will also be available at https://sam.gov. Offerors are advised they are responsible for obtaining any amendments. Information shall be submitted in the manner requested in Section E. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Anderson Engineering of Minnesota, LLC (UEI N3WLAAEHKYN8) - Contract: 36C78624N0350 under 36C78623D0033, delivery order - Obligated: $943,257.60 - Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 1 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C78624R0020 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C786 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C78624N0350_3600_36C78623D0033_3600/ - Recipient: American Veteran Contracting Solutions LLC (UEI KP3WZAS91F44) - Contract: 36C78625D0002 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 7 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C78624R0020 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C786 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C78625D0002_3600/ - Recipient: Ronald Danel (UEI KKDTF79BDJU3) - Contract: 36C78625D0003 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 7 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C78624R0020 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C786 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C78625D0003_3600/ - Recipient: Columbus Marble Works, Inc. (UEI EKSMDRGJP8D4) - Contract: 36C78625D0004 - Obligated: $0.00 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 6 offers received - Link: solicitation number 36C78624R0020 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C786 (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_36C78625D0004_3600/ ## Publications - February 22, 2024: Presolicitation. Notice 37ab58c30abc45b1ab6c733fa531f161. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/37ab58c30abc45b1ab6c733fa531f161/view - August 15, 2024: Presolicitation, due September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 2672b80b66044db69da4aa6f286cccba. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2672b80b66044db69da4aa6f286cccba/view - August 15, 2024: Presolicitation, due September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 2b3de1ceace543caa4001147ebfe4a64. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2b3de1ceace543caa4001147ebfe4a64/view - August 21, 2024: Presolicitation, due September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 25e504e149b94f39aedab89d173842c8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/25e504e149b94f39aedab89d173842c8/view - August 26, 2024: Presolicitation, due September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 9212a262506a4e52bd8c8bc1c70448a4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9212a262506a4e52bd8c8bc1c70448a4/view - August 27, 2024: Presolicitation, due September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 3a267773310d4cbca7a2a77435335502. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3a267773310d4cbca7a2a77435335502/view - August 29, 2024: Presolicitation, due September 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice f44c6ebb19e1413187a63af6fb471c62. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f44c6ebb19e1413187a63af6fb471c62/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/36c78624r0020.