S209--Fisher House Linen Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 (Veterans Health Administration) seeks laundry and linen processing services for Fisher Houses I and II at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, with proposals due June 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. This is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside.

Place of performance is Bay Pines, Florida. The contract runs for one year from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The contractor must process approximately 1,500 pounds of linen weekly to hotel-quality standards, including pickup and delivery between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM, Monday through Friday. Linen from Fisher House I and II must be maintained separately throughout transportation and processing. All linen must be washed in cold water per manufacturer specifications and pressed using commercial equipment. The contractor must demonstrate a minimum of three consecutive years of prior hotel-quality laundry service experience and assign a full-time Contractor Program Manager fluent in English.

The estimated contract value is $47 million for approximately 78,000 pounds of laundry processing, submitted on a per-pound basis as a firm fixed-price contract. NAICS code is 812332 (Industrial Launderers); PSC is S209. The Government clarified this is a new requirement with no incumbent contractor and no historical pricing data. Fisher House 2 has not yet opened; the one-year initial contract will establish baseline usage and frequency data for future long-term solicitations.

Offerors must be registered in SAM and certified as SDVOSBs in the SBA database. Proposals must include the Unique Entity Identifier, SDVOSB status, and pricing documentation. The contractor must comply with Service Contract Act prevailing wage requirements, maintain a formal Quality Control Program with inspection records, submit weekly linen reports, and meet all VA security and safeguarding requirements. Performance standards require 100 percent of delivered linen to meet The Joint Commission sanitary standards, no more than one unexcused late delivery per month, and zero commingling incidents.