SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- Laundry Service
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 812332
— Industrial Launderers
- Contracting Office
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System;Monterey VA Clinic;3401 Engineer Lane, Room C124;Seaside CA 93955
- ZIP Code
- 93955
- Solicitation Number
- VA-261-07-RP-0062
- Response Due
- 8/3/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/2/2007
- Description
- This is a Market Survey to identify potential sources that possess the expertise, capability, and experience to provide Medical/Dental and Organizational Laundry/Linen Cleaning Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Areas to be covered are: Palo Alto Health Care System (includes Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Livermore, and San Jose, California); Northern California Health Care System (NCHCS) (includes Martinez, Mather, McClellan, Travis AFB, Redding, and Chico); and the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), and other Tenant and Satellite Activities. Anticipated start date is October 01, 2007 through September 30, 2008 with four one-year option periods. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, transportation, supplies, vehicles, and facility, except items specified as government-furnished, necessary to assure that all operations and services are conducted in accordance with the contract. The services include pick-up soiled/contaminated linen and deliver clean linen for approximately 2.1 million pounds (Palo Alto Health Care System), 900,000 pounds (NCHCS) and 1.5 million pounds (SFVAMC), of government-owned linen per year. Pick-up and delivery shall be made daily, 365 days a year, except as otherwise stated. Services include processing articles received through the following tasks: wash/dry, presswork, and folding. Types of items to launder include Laundry Bags, Blankets, Physician Coats, Cubicle Curtains, Patient Gowns, Mop Heads, Bed Pads, Table Cloths, Bed Sheets, Pillowcases, Bibs, Towels, Scrub Suits/Jackets, Uniforms, etc. Contractor must maintain a system of records as to work performed sufficient to answer all reasonable issues with regard to the linen supply and work performed. Contractor must accomplish all work in accordance with the Joint Commission on Accreditations of Hospital Manual, all regulations cited in the contract, and industry standards. Multiple Awards may be made for these services. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 812332 and the Small Business Size Standard is $13 million. The Contractor must have experience in providing hospital laundry cleaning services. The firm must have gained this experience as a result of being regularly engaged in the business of providing laundry services in health care/patient care environments (e.g., inpatient and outpatient medical treatment facilities). The minimum level of acceptable experience required is 24 months within the previous 36 months. The VA will evaluate and consider only firms with this experience as qualified to receive an award. All interested parties must be registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) at www.ccr.gov in order to receive an award. All eligible firms responding to this Sources Sought must ensure their response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the government to determine the firms' qualifications to perform this requirement. Interested firms must complete a Contractor Capability Survey that is due by August 20, 2007. The Survey can be obtained by written request via email to Sue.Broady@va.gov. All requests for the Survey must be requested by August 3, 2007 and provide the following business information: Company Name, Address, Point of Contact, Telephone and Fax Number, Business Size (Large, Small, SDVOSB, VOSB, etc.) and Email Address. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. The Government does not intend to award a contract based upon this Sources Sought announcement. This market research is to identify Small Businesses that have the capabilities to provide these services. This research does not constitute an invitation for bid or request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government The Government will not reimburse contractors for any cost incurred for their participation in this survey.
- Record
- SN01351866-W 20070727/070725221039 (fbodaily.com)
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