Chemical Waste Pickup- Poplarville, MS

The USDA Agricultural Research Service is soliciting quotations for chemical waste pickup and lab packing services at its Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory in Poplarville, Mississippi, under Request for Quotation 1232SA26Q0285. The contractor must provide comprehensive removal of approximately 150+ chemical and biological compounds stored in the Dirty Lab, including hazardous waste streams such as acids, alcohols, organic solvents, heavy metals, pesticides, biological materials, and pharmaceutical compounds. Key requirements include proper handling of biologically contaminated waste, appropriate licensing and permits for transporting hazardous materials, expertise in hazardous substance categorization with compliance training, and strict adherence to Department of Transportation regulations. The Government will evaluate proposals using a lowest price technically acceptable methodology, with award decisions based on fair and reasonable pricing, technical acceptability demonstrating sound and compliant approaches to requirements, and past performance rated as either acceptable or neutral. Quotations must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to jessica.pacheco@usda.gov by March 19, 2026, with questions due no later than March 12, 2026, at 4:00 PM Central Time, and offerors must maintain price firm for 90 calendar days from the solicitation closing date.

This acquisition is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside, with no incumbent contractor identified, and is restricted to small business concerns meeting the North American Industry Classification Standard Code 562211 size standard of $47.0 million. The contractor must schedule the pickup within two weeks of award, with actual pickup occurring within 60 days of the award date. Service Contract Labor Standards apply, requiring a minimum wage of $17.15 per hour for Accounting Clerk I positions plus fringe benefits. While no specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation, the contract will be structured as a firm-fixed price requirements contract awarded to a single offeror. The place of performance is Field Lab Room #197 at 810 Hwy 26 West, Poplarville, MS 39470, with the pickup date to be mutually agreed upon between the contractor and the laboratory location following contract award.