Request for Information - Autoinjector Disposal Services.pdf

AFICC 773 ESS/PK - Medical Waste (Autoinjector) Removal and Disposal Services

General Information

Classification Code: S222 – Housekeeping – Waste Treatment/Storage

NAICS Code: 562211 - Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/ SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT to conduct market research relative to Medical Waste (Autoinjector) Removal and Disposal Services.

This RFI announcement is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), and the Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. The information from this RFI is for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

General Intent

The Air Force is looking to award a single contract to facilitate this requirement. This market research is being conducted to assist in determining the best acquisition strategy for the subject service. Any information regarding contract type, commercial practices, and specifications are requested and being considered for the development of the solicitation.

This announcement is targeted for all qualified businesses that can perform the services as stated in the

Statement of Work (SOW); responses from all interested parties are appreciated and accepted.

Description

This is a performance-based service contract capable of assisting the Department of the Air Force

(DAF) in removing and disposing of medical waste, specifically various amounts of expired unused

Antidote Treatment Nerve Agent Autoinjectors (ATNAA), Diazepam autoinjectors and Midazolam.

The number of sites and quantities that need disposal service will vary from year-to-year. The contract shall include service for both the continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS). The Government’s need for on-site and/or off-site processing is imperative to assure optimum inventory control and to eliminate the violation of laws and regulations, especially in waste disposal. Contractors shall be compliant with all applicable regulations related to handling pharmaceutical waste, hazardous waste, and controlled substances.

Delivery Schedule:

Base Period: 30 Sep 2025 - 29 Sep 2026

1st Option Period: 30 Sep 2026- 29 Sep 2027

2nd Option Period: 30 Sep 2027- 29 Sep 2028

3rd Option Period: 30 Sep 2028- 29 Sep 2029

4th Option Period: 30 Sep 2029- 29 Sep 2030

Background

It is the intent of AFMEDCOM A4/10M to establish an efficient process to remove and dispose of expired autoinjectors. The autoinjectors to be processed for ATNAA, Diazepam, and Midazolam will cover expired autoinjectors and autoinjectors set to expire during the contract period.

The proposed removal and disposal fee shall be the total cost for a central purchase and should cover all the contractor's costs including, but not limited to, packaging, shipping, processing access to facilities and any other applicable fees in performance of the disposal service.

Appendix 1 identifies the locations, quantities of auto injectors currently expired and projected to expire 2025-2026. Auto injectors set to expire in calendar years 2027-2028 are unknown.

Because the number of auto injectors that require disposal can vary, the quantities provided in the

Appendix are projections only. Prior to the Contractors visit, each site requiring service will identify the quantity of expired ATNAA, Diazepam and Midazolam in the War Reserve Materiel program that will be disposed.

This contract is a follow-on requirement to: FA5805224C0013 - Auto Injector Disposal.

Contract Value: $425,804.78

Period of Performance: 30 Sep 2024 to 29 Sep 2025.

Awarded to: LogMet Solutions/D'S Ventures LLC.

Information Requested

The 773d Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (773 ESS) is seeking responses to the questions listed below. Please provide your responses on company letterhead to the Point of Contact (POC) identified at the end of this RFI.

1. Please provide your company’s name, mailing address, Cage Code, Unique Entity ID, Point of Contact (POC), telephone number and e-mail address. Please also provide the name of the company’s Parent Company, if applicable.

2. Please provide your business size status (i.e. 8(a) Business Development Small Business

Certification, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Woman- Owned Small

Business (WOSB) or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDCOSB), Small

Business, Large Business, etc.) under NAICS 562211. *If you are under the 8(a) program, please identify when you graduate from the program.

3. Has your company had experience with this type of service, and/or at this magnitude in the last 5 years?

4. Based on the SOW, do you have enough information to provide an accurate proposal? If not, what additional information can the Government provide to assist you in creating a more accurate proposal?

5. Identify any factors that likely contribute risk or uncertainty to developing a contractor proposal for this proposed requirement. Please rate any factors you identify as either high or low regarding the degree of risk to the contractor. For the high-risk drivers, please explain why the risk is high and suggest how the Air Force might mitigate or reduce this risk.

6. Would your company be interested in participating in this solicitation?

7. Can you supply trained personnel and fully compatible equipment to perform all autoinjector hazardous waste disposal services for the military, as detailed in the attached

Statement of Work?

8. Do any components of the SOW conflict with standard industry practice? If so, please describe.

Please provide any additional questions, comments, concerns, etc. you have concerning this proposed acquisition. Provide feedback on whether the objectives, requirements, and other information presented in the SOW are clear, achievable within the proposed period of contract, and provide suggested changes, as appropriate.

Format of Responses

Limit RFI responses to 10, single-sided, single-spaced pages. The font for text should be

Times New Roman 12-point or larger. The Responder may use oversized pages (including

“foldouts”) where appropriate to contain graphic presentations. Oversized pages do not count as extra pages within the page limitations. Submitted responses should be in Microsoft

Word or Adobe Acrobat format. Existing commercial documentation and product literature can also be submitted and is not subject to a page limitation. Responses must be unclassified and any proprietary information provided must be marked accordingly.

To protect such data, each line or paragraph on the pages containing such data must be specifically identified and marked with a legend similar to the following: “The following contains proprietary information that (name of Responder) requests not be released to persons outside the Government, except for the purposes of review and evaluation.”

Interested parties must send their responses to this RFI, no later than (NLT) 1600 (4:00 p.m.

Central Standard Time), 05 June 2025 to Theresa Jackson at theresa.jackson.5@us.af.mil and SrA

Liel Stroupe at liel.stroupe@us.af.mil.

Disclaimer – This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise reimburse the responder for information submitted as a result of this RFI. The Government reserves the right to use the information provided by any respondent for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Information submitted will become the property of the Government. The

Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation.