FY22 Grounds Maintenance Services for Fort Gibson Base plus 4 options.

Background
The National Cemetery Administration honors veterans with a final resting place and lasting memorial that commemorate their service to our Nation. National Cemeteries are National Shrines. Therefore, the standards for management, maintenance, appearance, and operational procedures performed by the Contractor have been established by the National Cemetery Administration to reflect this Nations’ concern and respect for those interred there. In 1999 Congress passed legislation requiring VA to ensure that National Cemeteries serve as a dignified and respectful setting. Each Cemetery is to be an expression of appreciation and respect of a grateful Nation for the service and sacrifice of her veterans. Further, each National Cemetery is to be maintained as a National Shrine. A National Shrine is defined as a place of honor and memory that declares to the visitor/family who views it as a majestic setting, offering a sense of serenity, historic sacrifice.

For this reason, the Contractor’s strict adherence to the Integrated Pest Management at VA National Cemeteries, Turfgrass Maintenance in VA National Cemeteries, Performance Work Statement, Performance Work Requirements Summary and Guidance Specifications shall be required and are essential.

Work Details
This is a performance-based contract for cemetery grounds maintenance services at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. The overall responsibility of the ground maintenance is the Cemetery Director and the Contractor is to plan, coordinate, organize, and perform the activities of mowing and trimming; trimming around headstones, edging around flat markers; curb/sidewalk edging; weed control; providing fertilizer; and associated services described herein required to maintain a healthy and aesthetic appearance of the Cemetery grounds.

The Performance Work Statement (PWS) provides Contractors the flexibility to develop an innovative approach to perform the grounds maintenance by describing the required results and eliminating the 'how to' instructions and allows the contractor to develop a performance plan to meet the Government’s desired outcome and stated objectives.

Period of Performance
Base plus 4 options

Place of Performance
Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 74434