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4540--Base plus 4 options Municipal Solid Waste
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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 9, is conducting market research through a Sources Sought Notice to identify qualified vendors capable of performing municipal solid waste removal and disposal services at the Louisville VA Medical Center located at 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206. The requirement, classified under NAICS code 562111 with a size standard of $47 million, involves the collection and disposal of approximately 42 tons of waste per month using a government-owned 42-cubic-yard compactor container located behind Building 1, with pickups scheduled twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays between 3:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. EST. The contractor must provide all necessary personnel, equipment, vehicles, licenses, permits, and labor, including handling of a secondary container stored offsite for seamless exchange to ensure continuous waste service. Waste removal must occur Monday through Friday, with no pickups on federal holidays, and any schedule deviations require prior approval from the Contracting Officer's Representative. The contractor is also responsible for maintaining cleanliness around the container and may perform one annual pressure washing between April and September, coordinated with the COR. The government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract with a one-year base period beginning October 1, 2026, and four one-year option periods extending through September 30, 2031. Responses to this notice must be submitted electronically in Word or PDF format by June 19, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. CDT to Phon.phasavath@va.gov and cannot exceed ten pages. Respondents must provide organizational details, CAGE and UEI codes, SAM registration status, business size classification, and a tailored capability statement demonstrating financial, technical, and operational capacity to meet the requirement under a firm-fixed-price arrangement. Entities claiming SDVOSB or VOSB status must be certified through the SBA’s Veterans Certification Program. All respondents must disclose any affiliated companies providing similar services and indicate if they intend to form a joint venture. The notice explicitly states no solicitation exists at this time, and responses are voluntary without financial reimbursement. The government will use the submissions to assess market capacity and determine whether the future solicitation will be set-aside for small businesses, SDVOSBs/VOSBs, or conducted as full and open competition. No proprietary, classified, or sensitive information should be included, and submissions may be
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Department of Veterans Affairs Louisville VA Medical Center, Louisville, KY, 40206, USASet-Aside
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Sources Sought Notice
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DESCRIPTION On behalf of the Mountain Home VA Medical Center, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 9 is issuing this sources sought notice (SSN) as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in, and the resources to support, the following requirement:
Municipal Solid Waste Removal/disposal
The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 562111.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for bids, proposals, or quotes; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; and the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these services, please provide the following information:
Organization name, address, point of contact, email address, web site address, and telephone number.
Business size: small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned, Hub Zone, serviced-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), veteran owned small business (VOSB), large business, etc.
Business type under NAICS 562111, which contains a size standard of $47 million, Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Unique Entity Identification (UEI) Number.
Under which NAICS code does your company usually provide the requirements described in the Statement of Work (SOW) - Please provide rationale for your answer if different from NAICS 562111.
Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of each effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational, and staff capability.
Please provide the following information as an attachment to your response:
Identify any other companies owned (wholly or in-part) by the owners of this business who provide goods or services under the same or a related NAICS codes.
Identify any other companies owned (wholly or in-part) by the owners of this business who provide goods or services that are registered under the same or a related NAICS code with the Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE); Provide the certification type (SDVOSB/VOSB), Federal Identification Number, and state of incorporation for each.
Do you plan on responding to a solicitation for this requirement with a Joint Venture utilizing multiple owned companies as majority or non-majority owner?
Yes ___No ___ If yes, please identify which companies are considering a Joint Venture and the ownership of each company.
Response to this SSN shall not exceed 10 pages and should include all of the fore-mentioned information. In addition, all submissions should be provided electronically in a Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: Provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements.
Implement a successful plan that includes: compliance with program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance.
Provide services under a firm-fixed-price contract.
NOTE: Respondent claiming SDVOSB and VOSB status shall be registered at U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) website https://veterans.certify.sba.gov/ .
Based on the responses to this SSN/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for SDVOSBs, VOSBs, small businesses, procured through full and open competition, or sole sourced.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the services are invited to submit a response to this SSN by 08:00 CDT, June 19, 2026. All responses under this SSN must be emailed to Phon.phasavath@va.gov. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
SAM: Interested parties shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) as prescribed in FAR Clause 52.232-33. SAM information can be obtained by accessing the internet at www.sam.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220.
Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response to this SSN. The government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the government to determine the organization s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). However, responses to this notice shall not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
See attached SOW for more details on the requirement.
STATEMENT OF WORK
The contractor shall provide all personnel, labor, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, applicable licenses and permits, and other items and services necessary to perform solid waste removal and disposal of trash from the VA Medical Center, 800 Zorn Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206. The contractor shall execute the standards with-in the contract as well as all local, state, and federal regulations. The contractor shall be responsible for all landfill fees, fuel, and rental charge for units, and generation fees. The contractor shall provide all personnel, labor, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, applicable licenses and permits, and other items and services necessary to perform removal and disposal of municipal solid waste. The contractor shall provide the municipal solid waste removal services for a 42 cubic yard Government Owned compactor container located behind building (1) one loading dock between the hours of 3:00 am and 7:30 am EST. The contractor shall pick up municipal solid waste and dispose twice a week. Pick-ups shall be Monday and Thursday. Any schedule changes must have prior approval from the COR/CO. Pickups are only allowed Monday through Friday. There are no scheduled pickups for weekends and federal holidays. Any scheduled pickups that falls on a federal holiday will be rescheduled. Federal Holidays observed by the VAMC are: New Year's Day Martin Luther King Day President's Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veteran s Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Juneteenth
Government-owned compactor container (42 cubic yards) is located behind Building 1 (one) loading dock. A second government-owned container will be stored and protected from damage on the contractor s property and used in rotation during retrieval of full containers. The second container will be brought and exchanged onsite during pickups to prevent facility being without waste receptable for more than 30 minutes. The second container is currently stored on Waste Management s property on Grade Lane in Louisville, KY. The approximate weight of the waste to be removed is 42 tons per month. The contract company will ensure cleanliness around dumpster after each pickup. The contractor may sub-contract one (1) pressure washing under and around the container annually between April and September to be scheduled with Contacting Office Representative (COR). Period of Performance: The Government anticipates awarding a Firm-Fixed Price Contract for a period of one (1) Base Year and four (4) Option Years consisting of one year each. Base Year: 10/1/2026 9/30/2027 Option Year 1: 10/1/2027 9/30/2028 Option Year 2: 10/1/2028 9/30/2029 Option Year 3: 10/1/2029 9/30/2030 Option Year 4: 10/1/2030 9/30/2031
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