Medical Biohazard Waste Removal Services

AMENDMENT 0001

The purpose of this amendment is as follows:

1. Answer the requests for information (RFI) asked and answered as of today, 8/25/26. RFI Q&A’s are in the attached “Consolidated PreAward RFI Q&A - FA664826Q0010 8-25-26”.
2. Update Solicitation – PWS as follows:
   1. Paragraph 13(f) - The contractor shall verify that all his/her employees understand the risk involved with medical waste and are trained in specific procedures to handle spills occurring in any facility loaded in Homestead ARB, in route to his/her facility and at his/her facility.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged

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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for RFO Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses for commercial products and commercial services are those in effect through Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) 2026-02, DPN 20251110.

Contracting Office Address

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, Homestead (ARB) Installation Operational Contracting Division, Homestead ARB, FL.

DESCRIPTION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in RFO Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a written solicitation (paper copy) will not be issued.  Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of amendments (if any) or other information pertaining to this solicitation.

Solicitation FA664826Q0010 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). Please provide the full solicitation number on all packages*. Interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements for the items described in this synopsis are invited to submit, in writing, a complete quote.

This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses for commercial products and commercial services are those in effect through Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO).

This procurement is being issued as a 100% Competitive Small Business Set Aside under NAICS code 562112 –Hazardous Waste Collection with a size standard of $47 million dollars.

Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB), Homestead, FL, has a requirement for medical biohazard waste removal. The contractor of record shall furnish all labor, training and consultation of proper handling procedures, biohazardous materials collection equipment, and transportation to provide collection, containment, treatment and disposal of specific medical biohazardous material in accordance with the requirements specified as outlined in the Attachment 1- Medical Biohazard Waste Removal PWS.

*Quote packages should include cost of all required labor, materials, equipment and any applicable shipping/transportation charges required.

FOB: DESTINATION (Final quote must include all fees, shipping and installation)

Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance (PoP) shall consist of a base year plus four (4) one-year options. Initial pick up should be facilitated within 10 days of award.

The Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) Nomenclature can be found in Solicitation FA664826Q0010 (Model Contract)

CLIN STRUCTURE

CLIN 0001                   Medical Biohazard Waste Pick-Up  12 Months

CLIN 0002                   Additional Pick-Up                              6 Each

Option CLIN 1001      Medical Biohazard Waste Pick-Up  12 Months

Option CLIN 1002      Additional Pick-Up                              6 Each

Option CLIN 2001      Medical Biohazard Waste Pick-Up  12 Months

Option CLIN 2002      Additional Pick-up                              6 Each

Option CLIN 3001      Medical Biohazard Waste Pick-up   12 Months

Option CLIN 3002      Additional Pick-up                              6 Each

Option CLIN 4001      Medical Biohazard Waste Pick-Up  12 Months

Option CLIN 4002      Additional Pick-Up                              6 Each

Please review this solicitation in its entirety including all solicitation attachments provided herein and submit an offer for the requested services as outlined in the PWS (Attachment 1). Offerors shall submit their firm fixed-price quote using the CLIN Schedule in the attached Solicitation – FA664826Q0010 (Model Contract).

Requests for Information (RFI’s): RFI’s will be accepted any time during the proposal preparation period; however, a HARD DEADLINE for receipt of RFI’s has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 2:00pm EDT. RFI’s submitted after this date/time will not be answered. Responses to RFI’s submitted before the deadline will receive a response by the Government NLT Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 5:00 pm EDT. RFI Q&A’s will be summarized and provided to potential offerors via solicitation modification to the RFQ on SAM.gov.

It is the Offeror’s responsibility to be familiar with applicable provisions and clauses. See https://acquisition.gov/far-overhaul for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

All offerors shall meet the requirements of the Request For Quote (RFQ) identified in RFO 52.212-1 and 52.212-2 addenda’s. Failure to do so will be at the Offeror’s own risk. The Government shall not pay any Offeror for any cost or expenses associated with the preparation of their quote. The offeror must follow the instructions contained herein to assure timely and equitable evaluation of the offer. Offerors are required to be fully responsive to and consistent with all of the solicitation requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in an offer being ineligible for award. Offerors must clearly identify any exception to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide complete accompanying rationale.

Quote shall be effective for 30 days after submission

Email Format: The subject line of all emails that comprise the proposal shall be formatted as follows: Subject: FA664826Q0010/Company Name/Email X of X (insert number of the email and total number of emails)

System for Award Management. For an Offeror to be considered for award, the Offeror must be registered, active and have a CAGE code in System for Management Award (SAM). Visit the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov for further information.

If you are not registered, and active (with a CAGE Code), you cannot receive an award.

The provision at RFO 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Deviation 2026-O0038) (Feb 2026), applies to this acquisition.

Addenda to the following paragraphs of RFO 52.212-1 are:

1. Submission of offers. Electronic Submission of offers is required. Offers shall be submitted via email to the following: Nika Salemi, nika.salemi.2@us.af.mil not later than 12:00 PM, (EDT) August 31, 2026. Offerors shall submit a clear and complete quote and include only information that is relevant to this notice. Each quote package will be reviewed for consistency, conformance, and completeness to instructions provided in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors.  In addition, the following Contractor information shall be included with your quote:

1. 1. 1. SAM UEI Number:
      2. CAGE Code:
      3. Contractor Name:
      4. Point of Contract and Phone Number:
      5. Email Address:
      6. Representations/Certifications: Utilizing the provision in the attached model contract or completed electronically at sam.gov; Offerors shall complete the necessary fill-ins, annual representations and certifications as set forth in the solicitation.
      7. Acknowledgement of Solicitation Amendments. The Government reserves the right to revise or amend the solicitation and attachments prior to the offer closing time. Such amendments will be issued electronically and posted to sam.gov. In such cases, the amendment will include an announcement of the new closing date and time (if applicable).
      8. Offerors shall identify and explain any exception, deviation, or assumption to the solicitation terms and conditions and provide accompanying rationale. Offerors are cautioned that it is not the Government’s intent to incorporate the Offeror’s proposal in the resulting award. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.
         Discrepancies. If an Offeror believes that the requirements in these instructions contain an error, omission, or are otherwise unsound, the Offeror shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing with supporting rationale as well as the remedies the Offeror is asking the Contracting Officer to consider as related to the omission or error. The Offeror is reminded that the Government reserves the right to award this effort based on the initial proposal, as received, without discussion.
      9. Invoicing: Note that the clause at 252.232-7003 is included in this solicitation. DoD requires all payment requests (with a few exceptions) to be submitted and processed electronically. All vendors/contractors must familiarize themselves with this clause and R-DFAR 232.7003 for specific procedures. The DoD preferred electronic form for transmission is Wide Area Workflow – Receipt and Acceptance (see website – https://wawf.eb.mil). Wide Area Workflow Training may be accessed online at http://www.wawftraining.com. Please confirm in your proposal that your company is able to submit electronic invoices as set forth in the clause.
      10. Price Proposal: Offerors shall use the CLIN Schedule included in the Solicitation- FA664826Q0010 (model contract) attachment to submit pricing for their firm fixed-price quote.
      11. Completed and Signed 1449: Contractor must include contractor information in section 17a (Company Name, Address, POC Information, Cage Code) and print/sign/date in section 30 (a-c) of first page of SF 1449 (Model Contract Attachment)
      12. Technical Proposal: All offerors must provide as part of their offer: A copy of Current Florida Department of Heath Biomedical Waste Transporter Registration

2. Period for acceptance of offer: Offeror agrees to hold prices for 30 calendar days after submission.

3. Contract award. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a firm fixed- price contract without discussions with Offerors. Therefore, the Offeror’s initial offer should contain the Offeror’s best term. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions, if necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest, accept other than the lowest offer, and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

The provision at RFO 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Deviation 2026-O0038) (Feb 2026) applies.

Addenda to the following paragraphs of RFO 52.212-2 are:

1. Evaluation Factors: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.

This is a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) RFQ. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1. Price: Award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable offeror.
2. Technical: quote must be rated as technically acceptable to be eligible for award. (Your quote package MUST clearly show and demonstrate your company’s ability to meet the stated requirements outlined in the performance work statement. Failure to provide enough information will result in a determination of quote being unresponsive to the solicitation.)
3. Past Performance: Offerors shall submit at least two (2) recent and relevant past performance work references within the last two (2) years along with their proposal. (Provide Contract Number, Agency of performed work, brief description of the contracted services, and Agency’s Point of Contact (Email/Phone Number).

In order to be found technically acceptable the quote must demonstrate the contractor’s ability to provide the service as outlined in the Performance Work Statement (Attachment 1). The Program Manager will evaluate quotes to determine technical acceptability. It is a pass/fail basis. If a quote fails, it will be determined to be not technically acceptable.

In order to be found acceptable for past performance, past performance information included with the quote package must demonstrate a reasonable expectation that the offeror will successfully perform the required effort or the offeror’s performance records is unknown.

If based on the offeror’s performance record, the Government does not have a reasonable expectation that the offeror will be able to successfully perform the required effort an unacceptable rating will be assigned. In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available or so sparse that no meaningful past performance rating can be reasonably assigned, the offeror shall be determined unknown/neutral past performance. In the context of acceptability/unacceptability, a neutral rating shall be considered acceptable. It is a pass/fail basis. If a quote fails, it will be determined to be unacceptable for past performance.

Quotes will be reviewed in sequence with the lowest priced offer being evaluated first. All offers will be evaluated on their proposed Total Contract Price. If the initial lowest price is found to be technically acceptable and have acceptable past performance, award will be made to that vendor. Only one award will be made under this solicitation.

2. Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. The evaluation of options does not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

3. Notice of award. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer furnished to the successful Offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

The clause at RFO 52.212-4, Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and a statement regarding any addenda to the clause.

It is the Offeror’s responsibility to be familiar with applicable provisions and clauses. See https://gov.ecfr.io and https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide for the full text of all provisions and clauses incorporated by reference herein. Class deviations can be found at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars_far_overhaul_class_deviations.html.

Service Address:

12479 Elmendorf St. B347

HOMESTEAD, FL 33039

UNITED STATES

Proposal Submission Information:

Quote packages to include all items identified in RFO 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors are due by Monday, August 31, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) via electronic mail. Offerors shall submit quotes via email, to Contracting Officer, Nika Salemi at nika.salemi.2@us.af.mil. Please note the maximum file size is 20MB. Emails over this file size will not be received. If your quote package is larger than 20MB you will need to submit using DoDSAFE procedures. To request a DoDSAFE link be sent to you please email the contracting officer at least 3 business days prior to closing of the solicitation to request a link be sent to you.  

List of Attachments:
Solicitation – FA664826Q0010 (MODEL CONTRACT)

Attachment 1 – Medical Biohazard Waste Removal PWS

Attachment 2 – DAF Regulation IAW Policy Memo 26-C-13  

Attachment 3 – Wage Determination 2026-07-30 Rev 26 2015-4543