Washington Crossing National Cemetery Columbarium and In-Ground Cremains Project

Key Details

• What exactly do they need? The Department of Veterans Affairs needs a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business to design and build a columbarium and in-ground cremains burial sections at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pennsylvania. The project includes design and construction for pre-placed crypts, columbarium, and facility improvements. The scope of work includes niche columbarium in-ground cremains burial sections, in-ground cremains, traditional burial, replacement of existing fuel tanks, removal of existing trailers, material storage bins, cemetery signage, floral stations, and maintenance yard improvements.
• What's the contract structure and timeline? The contract will be a firm-fixed price contract with a performance period of 550 calendar days from the date of receipt of the Notice to Proceed. The solicitation will be issued as a two-phase design-build procurement.
• How will they pick the winner? The proposals will be evaluated using the Best Value Continuum process, with the three highest ranked Offerors being short-listed to participate in Phase Two of the design-build selection process.
• When and how do you bid? The solicitation will be issued on or about April 26, 2019, and will be available on the VA eCMS Vendor Portal website and FedBizOps website. Interested contractors must download copies of the solicitation package, drawings, specifications, and subsequent amendments.

Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.