Solid Waste and Recycling Services at the VA CMOP in Hines, IL

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 is seeking a contractor to provide solid waste and recycling services for the Great Lakes Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (GL-CMOP) located in Hines, Illinois. The procurement covers non-hazardous solid waste removal and recycling services including weekly solid waste collection, twice-weekly recyclable material pickup, and periodic roll-off dumpster services for mixed construction materials and large recyclable metals. The facility processes approximately 100,000 prescriptions daily and generates significant waste during medication processing operations, requiring specialized handling of materials such as cardboard, plastic bottles, and polypropylene bags. The contract structure is a firm-fixed price arrangement with a base year and four one-year option periods. The solicitation was issued on August 21, 2025, with offers due by August 29, 2025, at 3:00 PM CDT, providing vendors with an extremely tight eight-day response window.

This opportunity is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 562111 (Solid Waste Collection) with a size standard of $47 million, having been converted from an original Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside. The total contract period of performance spans five years from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2030, though no specific contract value or budget range has been disclosed in the available documentation. Services will be performed at the GL-CMOP facility in Hines, Illinois, and contractors must comply with U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination No. 2015-5017 for Cook County. The waste management operations include handling a 30-yard compactor dumpster with a Palletized Loading System located in building 37 near the cold chain processing area, with specific requirements for processing recyclable materials that are sorted and placed in Gaylord boxes on pallets. The contract includes provisions for remittance payments for recyclable materials, indicating potential revenue offsets for the contractor.