S222--NTX Medical Waste Removal Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 is seeking medical waste removal services for the North Texas Veterans Healthcare System through solicitation 36C25725Q0724. The procurement requires a contractor to provide biomedical waste pickup and disposal services for multiple VA healthcare facilities across North Texas, including the Dallas VA Medical Center, Garland VA Medical Center, and several Community Based Outpatient Clinics in locations such as Fort Worth, Bonham, Tyler, Plano, and Grand Prairie. The contractor must handle various types of medical waste including red bags, sharps containers, and special waste such as chemotherapy and pathological waste, while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations including OSHA, EPA, DOT, and HIPAA standards. The solicitation has undergone multiple amendments, with Amendment 0004 issued on September 4, 2025, providing answers to questions and a revised Statement of Work while maintaining the final response deadline of September 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM CDT. The evaluation criteria and specific scoring methodology are not detailed in the available documents, though technical compliance with regulatory requirements appears to be a key consideration.

This opportunity is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses under NAICS code 562112 (Hazardous Waste Collection) with a size standard of $47 million. The current incumbent contractor is Hamilton Alliance under contract 36C25720P0944, indicating an existing service relationship that this solicitation may replace or extend. The contract structure includes a one-year base period beginning November 1, 2025, with four optional one-year renewal periods, potentially extending the total contract duration to five years. Service requirements vary by location, with pickup frequencies ranging from once to twice per month for most facilities, while special waste from the Dallas VA Medical Center requires collection every Tuesday and Thursday. The place of performance spans multiple locations throughout Texas, with most waste being processed at the Dallas Medical Center using a Sani-I-Pak unit, while the contractor handles transportation and disposal of special waste materials that cannot be processed on-site.