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

Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 issued an amendment to solicitation 36C25026Q0924 for linen and laundry services at Cincinnati VA Medical Center, with a questions deadline of September 15, 2026 and solicitation deadline unchanged from the original posting. The amendment converts the contract from option years to ordering periods and adds the FAR 52.216-22 Indefinite Quantity clause. This is a non-set-aside procurement with a guaranteed minimum of $20,000 and a ceiling of $4,850,000 across a base ordering period running October 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, followed by four one-year renewal periods extending through March 31, 2031.

Services include daily collection and processing of soiled linen and delivery of clean linen Monday through Saturday to Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Fort Thomas Domiciliary/CLC, and Norwood VA CBOC. The contractor must furnish all labor, equipment, materials, vehicles, and supplies for complete laundry operations including sorting, washing, drying, ironing, folding, and packaging of general linens, specialty items such as patient clothing and microfiber products, and scrub locker program items. A designated Plant Manager with minimum three years' experience and one-hour response availability is required. The contractor must maintain physical separation of clean and soiled linen areas, comply with OSHA and CDC infection control standards, and maintain calibrated scales for weight verification. Performance is measured against eighteen indicators including delivery timeliness, linen cleanliness at 3 percent defect tolerance, damaged linen rates at 2.5 percent per month, and zero-defect vehicle and cart sanitation standards.

Pricing is firm-fixed with no fuel surcharges permitted. Contractors must submit unit prices to four decimal places using the provided Excel template (Price-Cost_Schedule-26Q0924-V2).