Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center Spokane Washington Laundry Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 is preparing to procure non-personnel laundry and linen services for the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, with responses due November 9, 2026. No set-aside is used. The notice is a pre-solicitation, and the Performance Work Statement is subject to change between this notice and the request for quote. The procurement is coded NAICS 812320 and PSC S209.

Pickup and delivery occur Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at the Building 2 loading dock, 4815 North Assembly Street, Spokane, WA 99205.

The contractor operates a Textile Care Processing Facility that returns linen clean, sanitary, odor-free, and serviceable. Soiled and clean linen remain physically separated during processing, storage, and transport, consistent with VHA Directive 1850.03. The PWS summary describes barrier walls, pass-through equipment, and differential air pressure (negative in the soiled section, positive in the clean section). All linen is government-furnished. The contractor provides processing materials, equipment, delivery vehicles, and carts meeting industrial-grade standards, establishes an electronic ordering system, maintains a 96-hour contingency linen supply on-site, and restores supply within one hour of notification during shortages.

The PWS summary cites approximately 9,500 pounds of soiled linen weekly (340,000 pounds annually). Required deliverables include monthly titration reports, monthly linen loss reconciliation reports, monthly invoices, weekly or monthly soiled and clean linen reports, daily cart delivery notes, and monthly transport and cart cleaning documentation. Compliance is required with standards from the Association of Linen Management, Dry-Cleaning and Laundry Institute, Joint Commission, CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control, and applicable VHA directives.