Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Acquisition and Materiel Management Service (90C), 5600 W. Dickman Road, Battle Creek, MI 49015

S -- LAUNDRY SERVICES SOL RFP515-55-97 DUE 093097 POC Linda J. Cunic 616-660-3075 E-MAIL: E-Mail Contracting Officer@, CUNIC.LINDA@FORUM.VA.GOV. The following clarifications for laundry services for VAMC's Battle Creek, Saginaw, Ann Arbor, and Detroit are incorporated into the previous publication dated 9/13/97: (1) The amount of time allowed for return of clean linen is 24 hours turnaround; i.e., linen picked up on Monday is to be delivered on Tuesday; (2) separate deliveries will be required; however, Ann Arbor and Detroit may be placed together as long as delivery times are met and linen is not mixed; (3) delivery times can be adjusted; however, normal delivery times are between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; (4) subcontracting is allowed on the procurement; however, offeror whose proposal results in a award will be responsible for all contract requirements and only one payment per month will be made to the prime contractor; (5) following are the estimates by pound per month by each facility: Ann Arbor, 112,000 monthly; Battle Creek, 108,000 monthly; Detroit, 122,321 monthly; and Saginaw, 105,464 monthly; (6) VAMC, Battle Creek is responsible to repair surgical items; (7) transport carts will be supplied; however, soiled linen carts must be sterilized to be reused for bulk linen delivery; (8) transport carts will be returned with bulk linen; (9) uniforms and personal clothing will be washed and processed where wrinkles in clothing are out and place on hangers separately. Dry cleaning is not acceptable; (10) the estimate for surgical packs required is as follows: Ann Arbor, 120 per day; Detroit, 130 per day; and Saginaw, 35 packs per day; (11) surgical pack types are as follows: general surgical, sleeve pack, suture bag, square tape, sheet pack, towel pack, long tape, mayo cover, tur-drape, oral sheet, systo drape, lap sheet, draper, cardiac lap, accessory pack, double gown, single gown, iso gown, swan gantz, and auto pack; (12) the makup of surgical packs may be obtained from the Contracting Officer or viewed at the Contracting Office, 5600 W. Dickman Road, Battle Creek, Michigan. A time may be scheduled by calling Linda Cunic, 616-660-3075; (13) following are the quality management guidelines: (a) Clean Laundry-laundry must be clean, dry, free of lint and odor, and spots and stains must be removed. A deviation of .25% per month will be allowed. Compliance with standard will be determined by a daily random sampling by VA of clean linen on a cart; (b) whiteness and tensile retension-test specimen shall be laundered twenty (20) times in accordance wtih standard textile laboratory practice. A 5% deviation per test (after washing) for whiteness and tensile strength loss will be allowed. Compliance with the standard will be based on contractor-furnished test specimens from an independent laboratory; (c) proper textile finish for items-all articles shall be properly processed and shall be free of wrinkles and scorches. A deviation of 2.5% per month wil be allowed. Compliance with the standard will be determined by a daily random sampling by VA of clean linen on a cart; (d) cross stacked items in counts of 25-items shall be cross-stacked and piece counts shallbe accurate. A deviation of 2.5% per month will be allowed. Compliance with the standard will be determined by a daily random sampling of clean linen on a cart; (e) damaged clean linen items-laundered items shall not be physically damaged due to improper processing or carelessness. A deviation of .25% per month will be allowed. Compliance with the standard will be determined by a daily random sampling of clean linen on a cart; (f) provide data-data/information required herein shall be submitted in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of this contract; (g) quality control program-the contractor shall institute and maintain a Quality Control/Quality Assurance Program (QAP) to ensure that contract requirements are met. VA will review the procedures int he program on a periodic basis to ensure adherence to the program's contents; and (14) VAAR clause, 852.216-70, Estimated Quantities (APR 1984) is added as an applicable clause for this procurement. All other conditions as previously purbished remain unchanged. (0265)

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