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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

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0001 03-19-2026 TBD None

36C256

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750

Houston TX 77056-5643

36C256

Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 16 5075 Westheimer Road, Suite 750

Houston TX 77056-5643

To all Offerors/Bidders 36C25626Q0459

03-03-2026 X

X X

X 1 (One)

The purpose of this amendment is to post an updated Statement of Work (SOW).

a. Updated SOW is attached to this amendment as Attachment A.

Note: Contractor must acknowledge this amendment by signingin box 15b and submit with quote before the solicitation due date. If amendment is not acknowledged, contractor will be ineligible for award at the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

For purposes of this solicitation, the terms ‘Statement of Work (SOW)’ and ‘Performance Work Statement (PWS)’ are used interchangeably.

Ashley M. Haslauer Contracting Officer

Attachment A Updated Statement of Work Municipal Waste Disposal

Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO) Fayetteville, Arkansas

Contractor must furnish all management, supervision, labor, material, equipment, tools, supplies, consumables, parts, and related services to provide solid waste collection and removal services for Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks (VHSO) located at 1100 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72703. This service excludes hazardous and medical waste. Government provided equipment or services, if any, will be specifically stated.

**The Certification and Accreditation (C&A) does not apply, a Security Accreditation Package is not required**

GENERAL:

Any provision or partial provision of the Contract, including but not limited to, drawings and specifications that is not consistent with this SOW will be null and void only to the extent of the inconsistency. All other provisions or partial provisions of the Contract, including but not limited to, drawings and specifications, must remain in full force and effect.

Safety must be the Contractor’s highest priority.

Period of Performance:

10-01-2026 Through 09-30-2027

10-01-2027 Through 09-30-2028

10-01-2028 Through 09-30-2029

10-01-2029 Through 09-30-2030

10-01-2030 Through 09-30-2031

Contractor’s work must be conducted with the least amount of disruption to the VHSO facility.

Prior to the start of job site activities, together the Contractor and COR must conduct a site survey to identify and review specific work and differing site conditions.

Emergency Service: Contractor shall respond to COR emergency communications within 15 minutes and shall arrive onsite within two (2) hours when directed.

All refuse, bulk items and debris must be disposed of to a location licensed by the State where performance occurs following all Federal, State and local licenses and regulations for such purposes. The Contractor must obtain all necessary permits for disposing of refuse; copies of these permits must be submitted to the COR for approval.

If the Contractor changes the location of the site, a new permit must be obtained, and a copy again must be submitted to the COR for approval. All payments for the permit must be at the Contractor's own expense.

All work must be performed Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays and any other day declared by the President of the United States to be a federal holiday, between the hours of 7:00 and 2:30p.m. Any deviations from the regular schedule must be requested from and approved by the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) in advance.

Qualifications of the Contractor

The contractor must provide documentation for the following items at time of proposal and any other time as requested by the COR:

Contractor and or subcontractor must have 5 years document experience in commercial/industrial waste disposal, medical waste disposal, and waste equipment management experience. Contractor must provide documented evidence of experience with proposal.

Contractor shall possess and provide all required state and local permits, licenses, and registrations with their quotation and maintain them throughout performance.

All state and local permits and registrations required for the operation and management of a sanitary landfill.

All state and local permits and registrations required for the management of municipal solid waste.

Supervisors shall possess OSHA‑30 certification.

Disaster or contingency plans for the support of VHSO during unplanned natural or man-made emergencies.

Contractors shall clearly label and cross-reference each part of their submission to demonstrate how they meet every applicable requirement of the Instructions to Offerors, Evaluation Criteria, and the Statement of Work (SOW). Each document submitted shall identify the specific section, paragraph, or requirement it addresses.

Scope of Work

Contractor must pickup, transport and dispose of solid waste, cardboard, scrap ferrous and nonferrous metal, wood shipping pallets, and commingled plastic and aluminum recyclables as delineated below at VHSO, 1100 North College Ave, Fayetteville, AR.

The contractor is responsible to ensure all services comply with all VA, OSHA, DOT, EPA, applicable State and local directives, policies, laws, and regulations.

Contractor must provide and maintain one (1) contractor owned 30 cubic yard roll off dumpster for the collection of solid waste.

Contractor must pickup, transport, weigh, and dispose of solid waste three (3) times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

The contractor must ensure the dumpster presents a neat and clean appearance and emits no odors when delivering it on station. Dumpsters with excessive scratches or dents, as determined by the COR, must be replaced at no additional cost to the government. Contractor must clean up any waste left by the dumpster during transport both on and off station. Dumpster location to be determined by the COR.

Contractor must provide and maintain one (1) contractor owned, 30 cubic yard, roll off dumpster for wooden shipping pallet disposal.

Contractor must pickup, transport, and dispose of wooden shipping pallets once per month.

Contractor must ensure the dumpster presents a neat and clean appearance and emits no odors when delivering it on station. Dumpsters with excessive scratches or dents, as determined by the COR, must be replaced at no additional cost to the government.

Contractor must clean up any waste left by the dumpster during transport both on and off station. Dumpster location to be determined by the COR.

Contractor must provide and maintain one (1) contractor owed, 30 cubic yard, roll off dumpster for unbaled cardboard recycling.

Twice Per Week (Preferably Mondays and Thursdays) the contractor must pickup, transport, weight, and recycle all cardboard. Submit weight tickets each month with invoice to the COR. Cardboard weight must also be document on the monthly Tonnage Report.

The contractor must ensure the dumpster presents a neat and clean appearance and emits no odors when delivering it on station. Dumpsters with excessive scratches or dents, as determined by the COR, must be replaced at no additional cost to the government. Contractor must clean up any waste left by the dumpster during transport both on and off station. Dumpster location to be determined by the COR.

Contractor must provide one (1) contractor owned 30 cubic yard roll off dumpster for ferrous and nonferrous metals recycling.

Every other week the contractor must pickup, transport, weigh, and recycle the full scrap metals dumpster to a recycling center.

Contractor must ensure the dumpster presents a neat and clean appearance and emits no odors when delivering it on station. Contractor must clean up any waste left by the dumpster during transport both on and off station. Dumpster location to be determined by the COR.

Contractor must provide one (1) contractor owned 30 cubic yard roll off dumpster for comingled plastic and aluminum recycling.

1 time each month the contractor must pickup, transport, weight, and recycle all comingled plastic and aluminum.

Contractor must ensure the dumpster presents a neat and clean appearance and emits no odors when delivering it on station. Contractor must clean up any waste left by the dumpster during transport both on and off station. Dumpster location to be determined by the COR.

Monthly the contractor must provide the following documents via email to the COR for review prior to submission for payment:

An invoice indicating CLINE number, CLINE description, month of service, quantity of units invoiced, unit price, and subtotal for each CLINE and invoice total.

Tonnage Report that indicates the following information:

Total monthly weight of comingled aluminum and plastic recyclables.

Total monthly weight of metal recyclables.

Total monthly weight of cardboard recyclables.

Total monthly weight of wooden pallet disposal.

Total monthly weight of solid waste disposal.

The contractor must provide 24-hour emergency waste removal service every day including holidays for events including but not limited too storms or facility damage.

The contractor must provide a name, phone and text number, and email address for a point of contact who is responsible to respond to messages from the COR. Contractor shall respond to COR emergency communications within 15 minutes and shall arrive onsite within two (2) hours when directed. The contractor must provide a quote for service within four (4) hours of notification for emergency services requested by the COR at no additional cost to the Government.

If the COR determines the contractors quote to be fair and reasonable a contract modification may be issued for the requested emergency services upon approval by the Contracting Officer.

Contractor shall maintain documentation verifying that recyclables are delivered to approved recycling facilities and are not landfilled. Documentation may include facility permits, bills of lading, chain-of-custody records, or equivalent evidence.

The contractor must accept contract modifications on an as needed basis due to changes in policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and agency needs.

CONTRACTOR ACCESS AND ACTIVITIES:

Safety: Contractor’s highest priority must be safety. Contractor work must be in accordance with Federal, State, Local OSHA codes, regulations. Contractor must furnish and use required safety items, including but not limited to, safety signage, cones, barricades, and must furnish and wear required Personal Protective Equipment

(PPE).

Badging: While on campus, Contractor must wear a visible VHSO issued identity Badge. Contractor can be subject to inspection of personal effects when entering or leaving the project site and VHSO property. Contractor site superintendent must escort Contractor employees to Engineering Shop (Building 37) to obtain badge(s). Contractor must maintain a Badge Log with Employee Names, Badge ID Numbers, Start Date(s), Departure Date(s), ID Lost Date(s), and ID Return Date(s). Contractor must update Badge Log and furnish to the COR weekly or as directed in writing by COR. Contractor must report lost Badge(s) immediately to the COR and document on Badge Log.

Contractor must return Badge(s) immediately on day of departure of employee from project to COR and document on Badge Log. Contractor must return remaining Badge(s) at project closeout to COR. Contractor must reimburse the Government a $100.00 fee for each lost or unreturned Badge.

Property Access Work Hours: Regular Business Hours: Site work must be scheduled during regular business hours, 0600 to 1430 hours, Monday through Friday excluding the following Federal holidays.

Information Security: The Certification and Accreditation (C&A) does not apply, a Security Accreditation Package is not required.

Required Certifications, Licenses, and Compliance Documentation

• OSHA 10-hour certification required for all contractor employees working on VHSO property.

• OSHA 30-hour certification required for all contractor supervisors.

• Proof of negative TB test dated within the past calendar year for all contractor employees.

• All state and local permits, licenses, and registrations required to haul, handle, or dispose of municipal solid waste.

• All state and local operating permits required for sanitary landfill operations.

• Proof of recycling destination compliance demonstrating that recyclables are not landfilled.

• Documentation supporting contingency plans, sustainability measures, and emergency response capability.

Records Management: Contractors whose employees create, work with, or otherwise handle Federal records, as defined in Section B, regardless of the medium in which the record exists.

“Federal record” as defined in 44 U.S.C. § 3301, includes all recorded information, regardless of form or characteristics, made or received by a Federal agency under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the United States Government or because of the informational value of data in them.

The term Federal record:

Includes U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) records.

does not include personal materials.

applies to records created, received, or maintained by Contractors pursuant to their VA contract.

may include deliverables and documentation associated with deliverables.

Contractor must comply with all applicable records management laws and regulations, as well as National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) records policies, including but not limited to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. chs. 21, 29, 31, 33), NARA regulations at 36 CFR Chapter XII Subchapter B, and those policies associated with the safeguarding of records covered by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a).

These policies include the preservation of all records, regardless of form or characteristics, mode of transmission, or state of completion.

In accordance with 36 CFR 1222.32, all data created for Government use and delivered to, or falling under the legal control of, the Government are Federal records subject to the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), as amended, and the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended and must be managed and scheduled for disposition only as permitted by statute or regulation.

In accordance with 36 CFR 1222.32, Contractor must maintain all records created for Government use or created while performing the contract and/or delivered to, or under the legal control of the Government and must be managed in accordance with Federal law. Electronic records and associated metadata must be accompanied by sufficient technical documentation to permit understanding and use of the records and data.

VA and its contractors are responsible for preventing the alienation or unauthorized destruction of records, including all forms of mutilation. Records may not be removed from the legal custody of VA or destroyed except for in accordance with the provisions of the agency records schedules and with the written concurrence of the Head of the Contracting Activity. Willful and unlawful destruction, damage or alienation of Federal records is subject to the fines and penalties imposed by 18 U.S.C. 2701. In the event of any unlawful or accidental removal, defacing, alteration, or destruction of records, Contractor must report to VA. The agency must report promptly to NARA in accordance with 36 CFR 1230.

The Contractor must immediately notify the appropriate Contracting Officer upon discovery of any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosures of information, data, documentary materials, records, or equipment. Disclosure of non-public information is limited to authorized personnel with a need-to-know as described in the contract. The Contractor must ensure that the appropriate personnel, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are established to ensure the security and confidentiality of this information, data, documentary material, records and/or equipment is properly protected. The Contractor must not remove material from Government facilities or systems, or facilities or systems operated or maintained on the Government’s behalf, without the express written permission of the Head of the Contracting Activity. When information, data, documentary material, records and/or equipment is no longer required, it must be returned to VA control, or the Contractor must hold it until otherwise directed. Items returned to the Government must be hand carried, mailed, emailed, or securely electronically transmitted to the Contracting Officer or address prescribed in the contract. Destruction of records is EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED unless in accordance with Paragraph (4).

The Contractor is required to obtain the Contracting Officer's approval prior to engaging in any contractual relationship (sub-contractor) in support of this contract requiring the disclosure of information, documentary material and/or records generated under, or relating to, contracts. The Contractor (and any sub-contractor) is required to abide by Government and [Agency] guidance for protecting sensitive, proprietary information, classified, and controlled unclassified information.

The Contractor must only use Government IT equipment for purposes specifically tied to or authorized by the contract and in accordance with VA policy.

The Contractor must not create or maintain any records containing any non-public VA information that are not specifically tied to or authorized by the contract.

The Contractor must not retain, use, sell, or disseminate copies of any deliverable that contains information covered by the Privacy Act of 1974 or that which is generally protected from public disclosure by an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act.

The VA owns the rights to all data and records produced as part of this contract. All deliverables under the contract are the property of the U.S. Government for which VA must have unlimited rights to use, dispose of, or disclose such data contained therein as it determines to be in the public interest. Any Contractor rights in the data or deliverables must be identified as required by FAR 52.227-11 through FAR 52.227-20.

Training. All Contractor employees assigned to this contract who create, work with, or otherwise handle records are required to take VA provided records management training. The Contractor is responsible for confirming training has been completed according to agency policies, including initial training and any annual or refresher training.

The Contractor must incorporate the substance of this clause, its terms and requirements including this paragraph, in all subcontracts under this contract, and require written subcontractor acknowledgment of same.

Violation by a subcontractor of any provision set forth in this clause will be attributed to the Contractor.