Tiered Evaluations**Linen Transportation Services l EKH

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 is soliciting linen transportation services for their Western Orbit network through a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. The contractor will be responsible for transporting clean and soiled linen between five VA medical facilities in Kansas and Missouri, including the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, Harry S. Truman Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, and Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. The transportation service requires 5 trailers capable of holding 19 carts each, with specific scheduling requirements including Monday/Wednesday/Friday routes with one driver and Tuesday/Thursday routes with two drivers. Evaluation criteria will assess technical capability, experience, and price with all factors weighted equally, and offerors must provide detailed technical documentation including transportation workflow diagrams, fleet details, vehicle registration, insurance proof, USDOT numbers, and subcontractor information. Proposals must be submitted electronically by 10:00 a.m. Central Time on August 5, 2025.

This solicitation is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concerns under a tiered evaluation system, with priority also given to Veteran-Owned Small Business concerns, HUBZone participants, and 8(a) small business concerns. The contract has a guaranteed minimum value of $400,000 and a total ceiling of $3,000,000, structured as five 12-month ordering periods running from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2030. Contractors must maintain trucking facilities within reasonable distance of the Leavenworth VA Medical Center to ensure quick response times for unscheduled or emergency transportation needs. The primary place of performance is Leavenworth, Kansas, though services will be provided across the multi-state VA network. Specific equipment requirements include trailers sized at 28" x 55" x 55" capacity, with a dedicated 32-foot trailer for the Wichita location, and contractors must comply with strict delivery timelines and sanitization requirements for all transportation equipment.