Bulk Hospital Laundry Services

The Defense health Agency (DHA) Contracting Operations Division (J4); CO-NCR is issuing this PRE SOLICITATION NOTICE to alert potential Offerors of the Government's intent to solicit for the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital's (FBCH); and, the DiLorenzo Tri-Care Health Clinic's (DTHC), (Pentagon Building, Washington, DC) Department of Logistics; IAW the stringent requirements set forth in a Performance Work Statement (PWS); which includes and generally conforms to the standards of the Joint Commission (of the American Hospital Association); and, The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 812332 - Industrial Launderers (serving hospitals/medical clinics that own and provide themselves, their inventory of hospital/clinic linen). This requirement specifically rejects the use or concept of Linen Rental. This PRE SOLICITATION NOTICE is being issued to alert those firms who responded to the Request for Information (RFI) on this requirement, on the Government's intent to issue a solicitation seeking Offerors' responses IAW FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures to receive Offeror responses from the local trade area (the National Capital Region (NCR)); who can meet the requirement as generally described here. The scale of the work required is: (approximately 103,500 lbs. net bulk laundry cleaned per month; approximately 5,175 - 5,600 lbs. net bulk hospital laundry cleaned per day at FBCH); and, (approximately 2,925 - 3,100 lbs. net bulk laundry cleaned per month at DiLorenzo Tri Care Clinic Pentagon). The Government's required schedule for this work is: For FBCH: Monday thru Friday five (5) days. (Friday pickup withstanding; Friday's soiled pickup is to be returned the next following delivery day, Monday morning), pick-up of soiled bulk laundry is done, concomitant with the return delivery (the next delivery day following) of the entire inventory, of the bulk hospital laundry picked-up (the previous pick-up day); cleaned, sanitized, packaged and bundled. The pick-up/delivery window is: restricted to: Monday - Friday, (thirty (30) minutes, from 05:00 - 05:30, only), at the FBCH loading dock. The FBCH is located on a restricted-access US Government military reservation, at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Pick-up and delivery are not required on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. For DiLorenzo Clinic: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. (Friday pickup withstanding; Friday's soiled pickup is to be returned the next following delivery day, Monday morning), pick-up of soiled bulk laundry is done, concomitant with the return delivery (the next delivery day following) of the entire inventory, of the bulk hospital laundry picked-up (the previous pick-up day); cleaned, sanitized, packaged and bundled. The DiLorenzo pick-up/delivery window is: restricted to: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, (one (1) hour, from 10:30 - 11:30, only) at the Pentagon Reservation designated loading dock. The DiLorenzo Clinic is located on a restricted-access US Government military reservation, the Pentagon Building, Washington DC. Pick-up and delivery are not required on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard for NAICS Code: 812332 - Industrial Launderers, is $38.5 million. When the notice is issued all interested firms are encouraged to respond. Questions or inquiries about this notice (by electronic mail only) may be made by contacting Robert C. Shepherd (the point of contact for this action) at, Robert.c.shepherd.civ@amail.mil. Telephone or facsimile inquiries are not acceptable. Additional Information - THE ABILITYONE PROGRAM. Bulk Hospital Laundry Cleaning Services at the Fort Belvoir military reservation; and its subordinate Clinic(s); the DiLorenzo Health Clinic, at the Pentagon, Washington, DC, are on the "Procurement List" of the U.S. AbilityOne Commission (41 U.S.C. chapter 85; and, 41 CFR Chapter 51; which implements the AbilityOne program. The Commission has granted a "Purchase Exception" permitting the purchase of these services from commercial sources for 3 years beginning April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2021. The Commission has determined that the Fort Belvoir Military Reservation and its subordinate clinic(s) will remain on the Federal Procurement List; and that all Offeror respondents to this Pre-Solicitation Notice shall be advised that these services and this location REMAIN, subject to the AbilityOne Program and the Procurement List. The Contracting Office Address is: Defense health Agency (DHA) Contracting Operations Division (J4) CO-NCR, 7700 Arlington Blvd. Suite 5108 Falls Church, VA 22042-5101.