S209--Linen/Laundry Services - Cincinnati VA Medical Center

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 seeks linen and laundry processing services for Cincinnati VA Medical Center and associated locations, with proposals due September 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time.

This is full and open competition with no set-asides, issued as an RFQ for commercial items under FAR subpart 12.6. Place of performance is Cincinnati VA Medical Center, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, with services extending to Fort Thomas Domiciliary, Norwood VA CBOC, and other supported CVAMC locations. The NAICS code is 812331, Linen Supply, with a small business size standard of $40 million; PSC is S209.

The base period runs October 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, with four one-year option periods extending through March 31, 2031. The guaranteed minimum is $20,000; maximum contract value does not exceed $4.4 million across all periods. The contractor must furnish all linens except patient clothing, delivery carts, vehicles, calibrated scales, and processing chemicals. Services include pickup of soiled linen, transportation, sorting, washing, drying, finishing, folding, packaging, and delivery of clean linen six days per week (Monday through Saturday). The contractor must maintain 72-hour on-site and 48-hour off-site inventory PAR levels, process specialty items including scrubs, microfiber products, patient slings, and hazardous drug-contaminated linens, and comply with OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standards, CDC infection control guidelines, JCAHO standards, and VA directives. Estimated base period volume is 300,000 pounds of processed clean linen and 96,100 scrub locker program items. The contractor must designate a Contractor Plant Manager with minimum three years' experience, physically present during operations and able to respond to government contact within one hour.

Questions close September 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM EST. A non-mandatory site visit is scheduled September 1, 2026 from 2:30 to 3:30 PM EST. Contracting Officer is Joshua Kovar at Joshua.Kovar@VA.gov or 937-268-6511. Past performance references must submit completed questionnaires to Joshua.Kovar@VA.gov no later than 1:30 PM EST on September 15, 2026.