S222--Waste Removal Services Battle Creek

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 is soliciting proposals for waste removal and recycling services at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center in Battle Creek, Michigan. The solicitation seeks a contractor to provide trash pickup and recycling collection services across multiple buildings and locations at the facility, including general trash removal, cardboard recycling, single-stream recycling, and specialized services such as compactor emptying and roll-off container removal. The contract specifies 39 line items detailing service requirements across various facility locations. Key requirements include contractor-provided and maintained containers in good repair and freshly painted condition at contract start and each option year, collection services Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (excluding federal holidays), and on-site project manager availability within three hours of notification for any issues. The solicitation is subject to Service Contract Labor Standards with specified minimum wage and fringe benefits for refuse collectors in Calhoun County, Michigan. The offer deadline has been extended to March 18, 2026, at 9:00 AM EDT, following two amendments that addressed bidder questions and modified the set-aside classification.

The solicitation was initially set aside for small businesses at 100 percent but was amended on March 13, 2026, to become unrestricted and available to all eligible contractors regardless of size status. The current contractor for the renewal of existing contract 36C25025P1146 is not identified in the available documentation. The base contract period runs from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027, with two one-year option periods extending through March 31, 2028, providing a potential three-year service term. Specific budget or award values are not disclosed in the solicitation materials. The NAICS code for this procurement is 562111 (Solid Waste Collection) with a small business size standard of $47 million. The place of performance is Battle Creek, Michigan, at the VA Medical Center facility, with the contracting office located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the network contracting office in Kettering, Ohio.