Hazardous Waste Disposal Services

This amendment answers numerous questions that were received and extends the response deadline. Attached are the questions and corresponding answers, as well as identifying changes to the Statement of Work, which are highlighted in the solicitation. When submitting an offer, use the attached updated Solicitation and the updated Price Schedule. Offerors are required to submit with their offer a signed copy of the attached SF30 amendment and acknowledge this amendment in the Solicitation document at section B.1 Contract Administration Data..

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office (NCO 2), Bronx, New York is issuing this solicitation on behalf of the James J. Peters VA Medical Center (Bronx, NY), for Hazardous Waste Disposal Services at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center under a Requirements Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC).
Interested contractors will be responsible for downloading copies of the solicitation (and any subsequent amendments) from this posting, and no hard copies will be made available. The solicitation provides instructions to contractors about the quote submission process.
In accordance with FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management, prospective contractors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) and in VetBiz database if applicable (VetBiz registration is required for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses or Veteran Owned Small
Businesses). Contractors may obtain SAM information at https://www.sam.gov and Vet Biz information at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov. To be eligible for award, contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management database. Registration is free and potential offerors are encouraged to visit the SAM website as contracts cannot be awarded to offerors not registered in SAM.
NAICS Code is 562112 (Hazardous Waste Collection) with a Small Business Size Standard of $38.5M. The classification code is S222. This solicitation is issued unrestricted (no set-aside). All responsible sources may submit quotes to be considered by the Agency.
Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to the Contract Specialist by September 28, 2018, using the email link provided. Please email requests or questions to Brad Mills at the following e-mail address: William.Mills4@va.gov and ensure that the subject line includes: Solicitation no. 36C24218Q9947.
Offer submission deadline is October 15, 2018 at 11:59PM EDT, unless extended by amendment published before this deadline..

This notice does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the pre-solicitation notice required by FAR 5.2- Synopsis of Proposed Contract Actions in preparation for release of the Request for Quotes (RFQ) at a later date.
Description: The RFQ is planned to be issued in September 2018. The Offer Due Date is tentatively planned for October 11, 2018. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 562112, Hazardous Waste Collection) with a Small Business Size Standard of $38.5 Million. The planned procurement method is Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The resulting contract is planned to be a firm-fixed price (FFP) Requirements contract. The contract term will be a base period of up to twelve months with four option years or until the maximum not-to-exceed amount is reached, whichever comes first.
This requirement is for Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal Service for the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York. The procurement consists of one solicitation with the intent to award a single contract to the responsible Offeror whose proposal, conforming to the RFQ, will be most advantageous to the Government resulting in the best value, price and non-price factors considered using the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. Offerors are advised award may be made without communications; therefore, the Offerors should submit quotes which contain their best terms.
This solicitation will result in a Requirements contract with pre-established fixed-price unit prices. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer, in coordination with the Contracting Officer Representative, who will issue written task orders to the contractor. Award of task orders will be on a firm fixed-price basis. The order limitations for this contract is a minimum of $1,000, with a single item maximum of $50,000.00 and a maximum of combined items of $250,000.
The primary requirement of this contract is the classification, labeling, packing, transport and ultimate disposal or treatment of hazardous waste and universal waste generated at James J. Peters VA Medical Center. Typical hazardous wastes generated at these facilities includes but is not limited to: pharmaceutical waste, flammable liquid waste, corrosive liquid waste, reactive, non-regulated waste, lab packs (incineration and treatment), mercury waste, lead paint chips, asbestos (limited to material resulting from in-house minor asbestos projects), silver rich effluents from photographic processes, compressed gas cylinders (all sizes), paint waste, used oil, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Controlled Substances that are also subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and universal waste. Typical universal wastes generated at these facilities include but is not limited to: spent fluorescents, lamps and batteries. The prospective Contractor shall also provide emergency response to situations involving spill or release of hazardous waste and require abatement.
Set Aside Status: The proposed contract will be competed unrestricted.
This solicitation will be offered in electronic format only. No hard copies will be provided. Offerors can view and/or download the RFQ and attachments at https://www.fbo.gov (FBO) when the RFQ is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Vendors List at FBO. It is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Prospective Offerors must register themselves on the website. Prospective Offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM to participate in this procurement..