SOW_Medical_Waste_11_2_17.pdf

Medical Waste Disposal Services San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation

11/02/2017

STATEMENT OF WORK

I. General Contractor shall provide regulated medical waste (RMW) pickup and disposal services, and shall provide transportation, treatment, and disposal of pharmaceutical waste, including narcotics.

Regulated medical waste, pharmaceutical, and narcotic waste shall be picked up at this facility:

San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation 103 Medicine Way Road Peridot, AZ 85542

II. Requirements

1. Contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, materials, equipment, and travel for the pickup and disposal of medical waste in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, codes, and laws; and comply with The Joint Commission (TJC) Environment of Care standards.

2. The Contractor shall be responsible for acquiring necessary Tribal work permits, Tribal business license (annual renewal and fee required) and meeting Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) requirements. Any costs associated with Tribal work permits, business licenses, and/TERO shall be borne by the Contractor. The Contractor must receive have a Tribal business license and any required permits prior to beginning work. A copy of permits and/or business license shall be submitted to the Facilities Engineer prior to work commencement.

a. Apache Nation Business Center information: Refer to their website for business requirements, http://www.sancarlosapache.com/business center/ANCC business Center.htm . The annual cost of a business license is $100.

b. Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO): Point of Contact (POC), Hutch Noline, TERO director at 928-475-2803. No website. The TERO fee is 4% of awarded contract amount.

c. Tribal Tax: The Tribal Tax is 4% of the awarded contract amount.

3. Contractor shall provide, when required, adequate barricades around the work area to prevent any unnecessary personnel from entering the work area. Barricades shall be of sturdy construction and shall be plainly visible.

4. Contractor shall provide invoicing cost expressed in pounds of waste. The estimated weight of RMW is 1,200 pounds every two weeks.

5. Contractor shall provide 44-gallon plastic Containers, Rubbermaid, or equal, with lids suitable for Biohazard waste. Contractor shall provide thirty (30) containers.

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6. Collection containers shall meet or exceed the following standards:

a. Shall be "red" in color.

b. Must meet the minimum requirements of ASTM Standard No. D 1709. Shall be 165 gram dart as a minimum

c. The containers shall have infection waste warnings printed thereon as follows:

Outer containers shall be conspicuously marked with a warning legend that must appear in English and Spanish along with the international symbol for medical waste/biohazardous material. The warning shall appear on the sides of the container, twice in English and twice in Spanish. The wording shall read "Caution, contains medical waste which may be biohazardous" and "Caucion, contiene desechos medicos que penden ser biopeligroso".

7. Contractor shall provide pick-up service at the location and frequency listed below:

a. Pick-up time will be every two weeks (26 times annually) at the following address:

San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation

103 Medicine Way Road Peridot, AZ 85542

b. Hours of Operation: 7:00 am to 5:00pm, Monday – Friday (excluding Federal Holidays)

8. Contractor shall provide copies of manifests covering transportation of medical waste from its pick-up point at the San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation to its final destination.

9. Contractor shall provide a signed receipt for each shipment of RMW.

10. Contractor shall destroy pathological waste using incineration at regulatory temperatures; or, rendered unrecognizable though grinding, shredding, or other process. Other medical waste may be disposed of by special waste technologies approved treatment methods such as:

10.a. Chemical disinfection 10.b. Encapsulation only for sharp items.

10.c. Steam disinfection 10.d. Thermal inactivation 10.e. Chlorine disinfection 10.f. Moist heat disinfection.

11. Contractor shall provide a copy of destruction certificates certifying waste was disposed of in accordance with approved methods detailed in SOW section II.10.

12. Spills by the contractor shall be cleaned up immediately by the contractor.

12.a. Spills by the contractor shall be reported to the COR at the time of the occurrence.

13. Contractor shall coordinate all activities with the COR that require prior approval of the COR.

14. Personnel Security Requirements: Contractor shall comply with SCAHC visitation policy which may require obtaining a Contractor badge prior to beginning services.

15. Travel Expenses: Travel expenses shall comply with the GSA Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) https://gsa.gov/portal/category/21222.

III. Submittals: Submittals are due not later than (NLT) seven (7) calendar days after notice of contract award.

1. Collection Container MSDS/Specifications as identified in SOW section II.6.

IV. Deliverables: Deliverables are due NLT fourteen (14) calendar days from performance date on each item below:

1. Manifests as detailed in SOW section II.8.

2. Receipts as detailed in SOW section II.9.

3. Destruction certificates as detailed in SOW section II.11.

https://gsa.gov/portal/category/21222