S209--Laundry & Linen Service

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 6, seeks laundry and linen processing services for the Salisbury VA Medical Center, with proposals due September 1, 2026. The procurement is unrestricted (no set-aside), and the estimated contract value is $47 million.

Place of performance is Salisbury, North Carolina. The contractor must process an estimated 950,556 pounds of laundry annually, collecting soiled linen and delivering clean items within 48 hours, five days per week (Monday through Friday) between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. The VA furnishes all linen (customer-owned goods) and linen carts; contractors are not required to purchase either. Services must comply with Association for Linen Management standards, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requirements, CDC and OSHA guidelines, and maintain physical separation of clean and soiled linens. Clean and soiled linen may be transported using the same vehicle if the vehicle is sanitized between loads.

The contract runs from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, with four one-year options extending through September 30, 2031. Contractors must obtain a North Carolina Board of Pharmacy license/certification, provide general liability insurance of $500,000 per occurrence and automobile liability of $200,000 per person ($500,000 per occurrence), and comply with incorporated FAR and VAAR clauses. The NAICS code is 812332, Industrial Launderers; PSC is S209, Housekeeping–Laundry/Drycleaning. Evaluation factors include technical approach, past performance over the last three years, and price. Amendment 0001, effective August 26, 2026, corrected the estimated annual volume from 683,556 pounds to 950,556 pounds and clarified that there is no guaranteed minimum annual or monthly poundage requirement. The Contracting Officer is Jamie Sullivan; the Contracting Officer's Representative is Ronald Spangler.