What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe VA Palo Alto Healthcare System requires mortuary services for indigent veterans. The scope encompasses providing mortuary care and related handling under the facility's requirements. The provided solicitation details do not state specific eligibility requirements, submission procedures, evaluation criteria, deadliness, contract terms, or budget constraints for this procurement opportunity.
Scope of work
- Removal of unclaimed Veteran remains within one business day of notification
- Cremation (inurnment) services including crematorium arrangements and durable, sealed urns
- Preparation of remains for interment, including bathing, grooming, and embalming viewable and non-viewable remains
- Dressing, cosmetically beautifying, casketing, hair care, and restorative arts
- Provision of standard-sized caskets constructed of 20 gauge or thicker metal with handles
- Adequate refrigerated storage space to hold remains until burial arrangements are confirmed
- Transportation of remains in funeral coach, ambulance, hearse, or service car to contractor facilities and cemeteries
- Completion of the burial process within 10 days of notification by VAPAHCS
Minimum qualifications
- Contractor or Sub-Contractor facility located within a 25-mile radius from VAPAHCS
- Facility meets Federal, State, Local, NEPA Fire and Life Safety Codes, and VA handicapped accessibility standards
- Possession of a current transit permit at the time of contract award
- California Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers proof of license for the establishment and funeral home director(s)
- Sufficient number of State-licensed embalmers to process or reprocess remains on a timely basis
- Contractor employees must possess appropriate and current licenses prior to commencing work
- Current on Federal, State and Medicare payments
Documents to include with your response
- Proof of license for the establishment and funeral home director(s)
- Copies of employee registrations and licenses
- Current transit permit
- Signed confidentiality statements
- Signed Contractor Rules of Behavior
- Annual security and privacy training certificates
- Quality Control Program statement within 15 days after award
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Funeral Homes and Funeral Services). This is not this requirement's award history.
Recent similar awards: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 812210, performed in CA
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| WOODLAND FUNERAL CHAPEL36C26126N0153 · TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND PROCESS DECEASED VETERANS REMAINS | $249.3K | Sep 30, 2027 |
| SMITH COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOMES, INC.36C26125P0779 · MORTUARY SERVICES | $78,900 | Mar 31, 2027 |
| WOODLAND FUNERAL CHAPEL36C26125N0032 · FUNERAL SERVICES | $96,473 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| SMITH COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOMES, INC.36C26120P0790 · MORTUARY AND FUNERAL SERVICES FOR VACCHCS | $71,975 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| WOODLAND FUNERAL CHAPEL36C26123P0583 · TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF DECEASED VETERANS | $166.6K | Mar 31, 2024 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 812210, since Oct 1, 2024
53 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. WOODLAND FUNERAL CHAPEL$325.4K
- 2. INTERNATIONAL MORTUARY SHIPPING, LLC$115.7K
- 3. DIRECT CREMATION SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, LLC$88,891
- 4. SMITH COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOMES, INC.$78,900
- 5. CRESS FUNERAL SERVICE INC$72,055
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.