Emergency Recycling Services to be in place on April 1, 2011.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS), San Juan, Puerto Rico is issuing a solicitation to provide necessary labor, material, supplies, equipment, and supervision to perform recycling services at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan PR. Period of Performance will be a base period from April 1, 2011 or date of award, if later; through September 30, 2011 and two (2) option periods of one (1) year. The NAICS code for this procurement is 562920 - Materials Recovery Facilities, with a size standard of $12.5 million. This procurement is 100% Small business set aside for established businesses in Puerto Rico. Questions regarding this solicitation must be in writing to the point of contact of this procurement. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Any amendments to this solicitation will be available at this website. Once the solicitation is posted, offerors are advice that they are responsible to review and monitor this solicitation in the website frequently to ensure they have the most up to date information about this acquisition. Offerors are advised that they are responsible for obtaining all corresponding amendments. If you are downloading this solicitation, it is strongly recommended that you complete the solicitation mailing list available on the web site. In order to be eligible for a contract, award firms must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration System (CCR) at www.ccr.gov. This is a synopsis for commercial services per the procedures at FAR 12, 13, and 15.