Uniform Rental Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, is soliciting a firm fixed price contract for uniform rental, alterations, and laundering services at the Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. The contract will utilize an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) structure with a five-year period of performance. Key requirements include picking up and delivering laundered uniforms twice weekly during business hours (7:00 AM-3:00 PM ET, Monday-Friday), providing initial employee measurements within two weeks of award, supplying and maintaining uniform lockers and soiled garment bins, offering all sizes at no additional cost, providing patches and alterations at no charge, and replacing uniforms within two years or when condition deteriorates. The most important service feature identified by the government is timely and accurate delivery of requested items. Questions were due by March 11, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET, and proposals must be submitted by March 17, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET via email only; phone calls are not permitted.

This solicitation is unrestricted with no set-aside designations applied. A current uniform provider is already in place, indicating this is a competitive rebid opportunity. The government estimates a minimum contract value of $58,000 and a maximum value of $400,000 over the five-year contract period. Services will cover four departments with a combined 203 employees: Environmental Management Services (80 employees), Nutrition and Food Service (45 employees), Supply Chain Management (23 employees), and Facilities Management Service (55 employees). The contract is subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards Act using Wage Determination No. 2015-4239, Revision 31, for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with anticipated contract performance beginning March 24, 2026, and all services to be performed at the Wilkes-Barre, PA location.