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Bakersfield National Cemetery Gravesite Expansion

Department of Veterans AffairsIssuing agency·Bakersfield, CA·via the SAM.gov Get Opportunities API

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Due Sep 18, 2026·Posted Aug 14, 2026

AI takeaways

The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting bids for the Bakersfield National Cemetery Gravesite Expansion and FCA Deficiencies project in Bakersfield, CA.
The project has an estimated cost between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000, with a performance period of 730 days after Notice to Proceed.
Bids are due on September 18, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET, with a pre-bid site visit scheduled for September 2, 2026, at 11:00 AM PT.
The solicitation is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under Public Law 109-461.
The base bid includes burial sections, columbarium complexes, roadway, drainage, utility, irrigation, landscape, and site furnishings improvements.
Bid Option 2 covers existing roadway pavement repairs, and Bid Option 3 covers assembly area rostrum, committal shelter roof improvements, and other upgrades.
The procurement method is a Sealed Bid (IFB) as indicated on the SF 1442 form.
Requirement: A bid guarantee is required in an amount not less than 20 percent of the bid price but shall not exceed $3,000,000.00.
Requirement: Performance bond (SF25) and payment bond (SF25A) in the penal sum of 100% of the awarded contract amount shall be submitted within ten (10) calendar days after award.
Requirement: The contractor must comply with the limitations on subcontracting for general construction, not paying more than 85% of the amount paid by the government to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs.
Requirement: The contractor must provide evidence of general liability insurance without any exclusionary clauses for asbestos prior to award.

Bonding: Bid Bond: 20 percent of the bid price but…
Pre-bid: Sep 2
Est. value: between $10,000,000…
Term: 730 days after NTP

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Contact the buyer

Michael Giaquinto

michael.giaquinto2@va.govEmail

Location:

Bakersfield, CA

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Notice

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36C78626B0029_1

Method

Solicitation

Duration

730 days after NTP

What this bid is asking for

AI-generated

Provide a completed and signed SF 1442 Solicitation, Offer, and Award form with the offeror's Unique Entity Identifier.
Furnish a bid guarantee (SF24) in an amount not less than 20% of the bid price, not to exceed $3,000,000.
Submit all bid documents via email to Michael.giaquinto2@va.gov with the subject line 'Bid 36C78626B0029 Bakersfield National Cemetery, CA Gravesite Expansion AND FCA Deficiencies Project Number 929CM3003'.
Complete and sign the VA Notice of Limitations on Subcontracting - Certificate of Compliance for Services and Construction (VAAR 852.219-75) and return it with the bid submission.
Provide a response to FAR 52.229-11 (d) regarding Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements.

Requirements

From the documents

Bonding capacity: Bid Bond: 20 percent of the bid price but shall not exceed $3,000,000.00; Performance & Payment Bond: 100% of the awarded contract amount
Estimated value: between $10,000,000 and $20,000,000

Posted Scope of Work

Bakersfield National Cemetery Gravesite Expansion AND FCA Deficiencies

Organized pre-bid site visit scheduled for 9/2/2026 at 11:00 AM PT

Questions due 9/4/2026

Bids Due 9/18 2PM ET

Scope, read from the documentsAI-generated

The work includes the installation of burial sections for preplaced crypts and in-ground cremains, columbarium complexes, associated roadway, drainage, utility, irrigation, landscape, and site furnishings improvements, water system nitrate treatment improvements, and upgraded water meters. Bid Option 2 covers existing roadway pavement repairs. Bid Option 3 covers assembly area rostrum and service seals, committal shelter roof improvements, repair and refinishing of public restroom exterior wall, repainting of cemetery entrance sign and honor wall, security system equipment upgrades, and installation of automated entrance gate openers.

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BNC-929CM003-BD-PLANS 1 DRAWINGS FULL PACKAGE.pdfPDF

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