The Armed Forces Retirement Home awarded a $36,024 definitive contract to Mark Dunning Industries for waste and recyclable material removal services on September 19, 2025, under a total small business set-away.
The originating solicitation, posted August 8, 2025, covers comprehensive waste management at the AFRH facility in Gulfport, Mississippi, including collection and servicing of 12 96-gallon recycling totes every other Friday, one 30-cubic yard compactor twice weekly, five 2-cubic yard recycling boxes three times weekly, and two 8-cubic yard front load containers twice weekly. The contract is firm fixed price under NAICS 562111 (Solid Waste Collection). Performance is located in Gulfport, MS 39507. The period of performance runs five years: one 12-month base year and four 12-month option years, from September 15, 2025, through September 14, 2030. Historical waste volumes average 54.64 tons of municipal solid waste and 7.85 tons of recycling per quarter. All waste management equipment is owned by AFRH. Criminal background checks for contractor staff are required per Mississippi state law. RAS Enterprises LLC was the incumbent contractor.