Solid Waste Management, TOHS

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Education is seeking solid waste collection services for the Tohono O'odham High School located in Sells, Arizona through solicitation 140A2325Q0135. The contract requires a vendor to provide comprehensive solid waste collection services, specifically collecting waste once per week from three 8-yard bins and two 6-yard bins during pickup hours of 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Vendors must supply all necessary labor, equipment, supplies, materials, and incidentals required for waste collection, and technical proposals must demonstrate company capabilities and past performance with three references from similar work completed within the past three years. The procurement will be evaluated using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) method, where offerors must first demonstrate technical capability and compliance before price is considered. The response deadline has been extended multiple times through four amendments, with the current due date of July 7, 2025, at 10:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time.

This solicitation is set aside 100% for Native American owned businesses under the Buy Indian Act, specifically for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) vendors, with provisions that Indian Education Enterprise (IEE) responses may be evaluated if no acceptable ISBEE offers are received. The contract structure includes a firm fixed-price purchase order with a base year from May 15, 2025, to May 14, 2026, and four potential one-year option periods extending through May 14, 2030, representing a potential five-year total contract term. Services will be performed at the Tohono O'odham High School at HC01 Box 8513, Sells, AZ 85634, with the work classified under NAICS code 562111 for Solid Waste Collection. The solicitation includes a price schedule template for vendors to submit pricing for both 8-yard and 6-yard container services across the base year and option years. No incumbent contractor or specific budget range information is provided in the available documentation.