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Presolicitation Notice Presolicitation Notice

GENERAL INFORMATION

East Orange Campus, Lyons Campus and CBOC`s.

East Orange New Jersey

CONTACT INFORMATION

Network Contracting Office 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468-3904

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contracting Officer Natalie Acevedo

NATALIE.ACEVEDO@VA.GOV

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

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EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

PRESOLICIATAION NOTICE

REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES

NEW JERSEY VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

1. Action Code: This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE.

2. Date: 11/16/2022

3. Contracting Office Address:

James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center 130 W. Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10468

4. Classification Code: This procurement is classified as S222 - Housekeeping - Waste Treatment/Storage

5. Important: This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.2- Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the Request for Quote (RFQ) at a later date.

6. Description: The RFQ is planned to be issued in November 2022. The Proposal due date is tentatively planned for December 13, 2022. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 562112 – Hazardous Waste Collection, and the annual size standard is $41.5 Million. The planned procurement method is 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside Request For Quote (RFQ). The solicitation utilizes source selection procedure using best value, which requires Offerors to submit a non-price proposal that includes past performance, experience information, and a price proposal for evaluation by the Government.

The resulting contract is planned to be a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. The contract terms will be a base period of 12 months with four 12-month options. Only the base period of the contract will offer a minimum guarantee.

This procurement is to provide Regulated Medical Waste Removal Services at the Department of Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange Campus, Lyons Campus and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, and equipment to render complete regulated medical waste removal, transportation, disposal and documentation of services in accordance with New Jersey Department Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and Statement of work.

The procurement consists of one solicitation with the intent to award a single contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the RFQ, will be most advantageous to the Government resulting in the best value, price and non-price factors, comparative analysis may be utilized for the source selection process. Offerors are advised award may be made without discussions. Therefore, the Offerors should submit proposals which contain their best terms.

This is an IDIQ contract with pre-established fixed price unit prices. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer, or his/her properly authorized representative, who will issue written task orders to the contractor. Award of task orders will be on a firm fixed price basis.

7. Set-Aside Status: The proposed contract is 100% Total Small Business set-aside.

8. Additional Details:

THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO

HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Offerors can view and/or download the RFQ and attachments at SAM.gov | Contract Opportunities when the RFQ is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at sam.gov. This will be the only method of amendment distribution; therefore, it is the OFFERORS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEBSITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION.

9. Prospective Offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement

See attached document: STATEMENT OF WORK - REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE REMOVAL - NJ VAHCS.

Presolicitation Notice