Portable Wash Stations

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seeks to procure 10 portable automatic vehicle wash stations designed for decontamination in response to animal disease outbreaks, with proposals due April 10 and questions due March 23 at 1:00 PM Eastern. This is a Total Small Business set-aside (1,000-employee threshold), foreclosing competition outside that category.

Place of performance is Kansas City, Missouri. The wash stations must clean and disinfect exterior surfaces of vehicles ranging from passenger cars to 53-foot semitruck and trailer combinations, processing each vehicle in approximately 30 minutes. Equipment must be fully portable, deployable operationally within 2 to 4 hours by 1 to 3 personnel, capable of operating in temperatures from minus 25°F to plus 120°F, and equipped with independent power generation and water recycling. Systems shall apply detergent and disinfectants (Virkon, sodium hypochlorite, or citric acid) automatically via remote control with failure detection. Delivery begins within 60 days of award and concludes within 180 days. The contract is firm-fixed price for one base year (2026–2027) with the option to extend. NAICS code is 336320 (Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing); PSC code is 3695 (Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery). Evaluation is lowest price technically acceptable, with technical acceptability determined by whether quoted products meet or exceed all salient characteristics specified and include adequate descriptive documentation. The contractor must provide one-year replacement warranty at no cost, conduct First Article Testing with government approval, deliver one-day on-site training upon first unit delivery, supply technical manuals and training materials, and provide repair parts and special tools lists. Quotations remain firm for 90 calendar days from receipt.