Medical Waste Disposal Services (ELP)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 is soliciting proposals for regulated medical waste disposal services at the El Paso VA Health Care System and associated Community-Based Outpatient Clinics. The solicitation requires offerors to demonstrate technical capability in servicing similar hospital facilities, provide a comprehensive contingency plan, and show the ability to immediately convert VA locations to their services while maintaining compliance with EPA, FDA, DOT, and OSHA regulatory standards. Evaluation will be conducted based on three primary criteria: technical capability, price, and past performance, with the award going to the most advantageous offer to the government. Critical deadlines include a mandatory site visit on December 19, 2025, at 10:00 CST, questions due by December 23, 2025, at 13:00 CST, and proposals due by January 9, 2026, at 13:00 CST. All interested vendors must maintain active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) and hold certification in the Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS).

This solicitation is exclusively set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) under the size standard of $47 million, with no incumbent contractor identified in the available documentation. The contract will address an estimated annual volume of 50,000 pounds of regulated medical waste requiring removal and disposal services. The contract period begins March 1, 2026, and extends through February 28, 2027, for the base year with four additional one-year option periods available through February 28, 2031, providing a potential five-year engagement. The place of performance is El Paso, TX 79924, and all proposals must be submitted via email in four separate PDF volumes to contract specialist Marcellus Jackson at marcellus.jackson@va.gov, with individual email submissions limited to 7MB per file.