Sharps Pickup and Disposal - VA Loma Linda Health Care Systems

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 is preparing to procure sharps pickup and disposal services at VA Loma Linda Health Care Systems, with responses due June 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time. This is a sources sought notice, not a formal solicitation; responses will inform market research and are not binding. The VA intends to consider a total set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, though an alternate set-aside or full and open competition may be used if responses prove inadequate.

Place of performance is VA Loma Linda in Loma Linda, California, covering nine participating VA facilities including the main medical center and eight clinic locations in Southern California. The contract period runs August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. The contractor must provide comprehensive hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste pickup, transportation, treatment, and disposal services including bio-hazardous waste, pharmaceutical waste, sharps, trace chemotherapy waste, pathology waste, and RCRA hazardous waste. Three on-site technicians are required Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding national holidays. The contractor must supply, install, and manage all containers (reusable and single-use options permitted), conduct just-in-time service delivery, maintain bar-coded tracking systems, provide monthly reporting with waste manifests and certificates of destruction, and supply bar-coded containers for non-RCRA waste streams. Pricing is based on net waste weight excluding container weight.

The estimated acquisition value is $47 million. The NAICS code is 562211. All offerors must register in SAM; Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned Small Businesses must also register with the VetBiz Registry. Contact Jordan Alonzo, Contract Specialist, at jordan.alonzo@va.gov or (505) 767-6094.