S205--General Waste & Recycling Removal - IC

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 seeks a firm-fixed-price service contract for general waste hauling and recycling removal at the Iowa City VA Health Care System, with proposals due September 10 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. This is an SDVOSB total set-aside under NAICS 562111.

Place of performance is Iowa City VA Health Care System, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, Iowa. The contract runs from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 (base year), with one optional one-year extension through September 30, 2028. Services include twice-weekly compactor pickup and emptying, emergency pickup within 4–6 hours, open-top dumpster services for research and construction materials on an as-needed basis, weekly recycling container service, and monthly reporting of waste weights and costs. The facility currently maintains approximately 25 95-gallon totes and operates a 40-yard self-contained compactor owned by the VA. Seven-day-per-week service capability is required, with weekend pickups available upon request.

The contractor must provide all labor, vehicles, containers, equipment, maintenance, permits, licenses, and disposal at properly certified facilities in compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. Subcontracting is limited to 50 percent under service contract rules. Monthly invoices must be submitted electronically through the VA's Tungsten e-invoicing system. The price schedule includes six line items for the base period and six for the option year, covering compactor service, landfill charges (700 tons estimated), open-top dumpster pickups (30 jobs), general waste and construction material pickups (200 jobs), recycling general fees, and recycling container pickups (80 jobs). Questions were due August 31; a site visit was available August 26. Service Contract Act wage determination No. 2015-4983 (effective August 12, 2026) applies to Johnson and Washington counties, Iowa.