S02.WD2015-5049 KNOX COUNTY.pdf

This solicitation is seeking infectious waste removal services for the Iowa City, IA VA Medical Center and associated community based outpatient clinics. The contractor will supply all bags, tags, waste carts and associated packaging materials to meet federal, state, OSHA and DOT standards for collection, storage and transport of regulated medical waste. Carts must have wheels, be properly labeled, and maintained in good repair. The contractor is responsible for providing a detailed manifest of all medical waste transported, to include date, location and proof of destruction. Weights and numbers of carts collected must be documented. The contractor must provide a signed manifest within 30 days attesing to the destruction of the medical waste. Responses are due as outlined in the attached solicitation documents. The requirement is being procured by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 23.