Grounds Maintenance Services, Houston National Cemetery

***EDITED 09/09/2025 - Changes made to paragraph 1 and 2. Changes appear in underline***

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY: The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration intends to release a requirement to procure Grounds Maintenance services for the Houston National Cemetery via a fixed price contract. The fixed price contract will be for a base period of one (1) year plus four (4), one-year option periods.

RFP #: 36C78625R50248

SET ASIDE CATEGORY: SDVOSB

NAICS CODES: 561730, Landscaping Services

ESTIMATED ISSUE DATE: 09/22/2025

ESTIMATED RESPONSE DUE DATE: 10/24/2023

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE / SITE VISIT

A Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Visit will be held at Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77038.

1. Pre-Proposal Conference/Site Visit will be held on October 9 & 10, 2025, 9AM-10AM Central Standard Time (CST). Interested vendors may attend either session. Site visit attendance by the offeror is mandatory for consideration of award. Subcontractors may attend the site visit with the prospective bidder only.


2. Due to the room size limitations, Offerors must notify the Contract Specialist and cemetery representative of their plan to attend. Notification should include Company Name, Address, Names of Attendees, and Phone No. Attendance Notification must be received by the Contract Specialist and cemetery representative via e-mail brian.werner2@va.gov and David.marr@va.gov no later than October 8, 2025, at 3PM CST.


3. Questions regarding the solicitation, post pre-proposal conference/site visit should be submitted via e-mail to the Contract Specialist ( brian.werner2@va.gov ) no later than October 14, 2025. Questions submitted after October 14, 2025, may not be answered before the offer due date. All questions will be answered via a solicitation amendment on or before October 15, 2025.


4. If you plan to conduct a site visit / inspection of the Houston National Cemetery other than on the day stated above, YOU MUST CONTACT the following personnel to make arrangements:

David Marr, Cemetery Caretaker Celethia Johnson, Cemetery Director

David.marr@va.gov Celethia.johnson@va.gov

Houston National Cemetery Houston National Cemetery

(281) 447-8686 (281) 447-8686

All responsible sources may submit a quotation which, if timely received, shall be considered by this agency.

Responses must be concise and be specifically directed to the requirement reference above. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor SAM.GOV for changes or amendments.

Submit questions regarding this pre-solicitation notice to brian.werner2@va.gov .