Housekeeping and Laundry Services for So. NV Veterans Home and So. NV Veterans Memorial Cemetary

The State of Nevada, through the Department of Administration Purchasing Division, has issued a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for Housekeeping and Laundry Services for the Southern Nevada State Veterans Home (SNSVH) and the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery (SNVMC), both located in Clark County. The RFP seeks qualified vendors to provide daily housekeeping services, laundry services, and cleaning services for the 180-bed SNSVH skilled nursing facility and the SNVMC. Key requirements include maintaining a 25:1 resident room to housekeeper ratio, providing 16 hours of floor care per day, and employing a full-time staff of no less than 20 employees. The anticipated contract start date is December 1, 2020, for a period of four years. The SNSVH has a set budget of approximately $46,000 per month for the housekeeping and laundry services, while the SNVMC has a budget of $1,600 per month for the cleaning services. Proposals are due by September 29, 2020, and a mandatory site visit is scheduled for September 9, 2020.

The RFP does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The incumbent vendor is not identified. The awarded vendor will be required to comply with all relevant federal and state laws and regulations, including Nevada Revised Statute 333.700, which requires confidentiality of appropriately labeled proprietary information. The contract will not be effective until approved by the Nevada State Board of Examiners, and proposal submissions and evaluation scores will be posted on the NevadaEPro.com website once the contract is awarded.