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Solid Waste Collection for Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice for solicitation number VA247-13-R-0379. The resulting contract is for Solid Waste Collection Service for the Charlie Norwood VA Medical facilities in Augusta, GA. The contract will comprise of providing service to pick-up, haul to landfill, empty, clean, sanitize, disinfect and replace Government-owned 42 cubic yard dumpster compaction container, Uptown Division, in accordance with specifications of A.6, Dumpster Compaction Containers Weekly pulls are required. Provide rental, collection, empty, haul to landfill, clean, sanitize and disinfect eleven (11) 8- cubic yards dumpsters, in accordance with A.7, Dumpster Containers and C.1, Frequency of Collection Schedule weekly pulls are required. Provide pick-up, haul to landfill, empty, clean, sanitize, disinfect and replace Government-owned 42 cu. yd. self-contained dumpster compaction unit which includes container, Downtown Division, in accordance with specifications - Dumpster Compaction Containers service is required twice a week. Provide Rental, collection, empty, haul to landfill, clean, sanitize and disinfect one (1) 30 yard roll off dumpster for yard waste, Downtown Division, in accordance with specifications - Roll-Off Dumpster. Pulls will be required no more than six times annually. Cost to include Landfill. Provide Rental, collection, empty, haul to landfill, clean, sanitize, and disinfect six (6) 96 gallon containers, Uptown Division - Fisher House, twice a week for the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. The Medical Center consists of multiple building on two campuses. This acquisition is issued as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this acquisition is 562111, $35.5 Million. This requirement will be issued as a Firm Fixed Priced Contract, Set Aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business with one (1) year base period and four (4) one (1) year options. The solicitation will be issued on or about March 6, 2014. The estimated closing date is March 16, 2014. The solicitation will not be mailed out. All interested sources must go to the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) website at: http://www.fbo.gov and obtain an electronic copy of the solicitation. Offerors are responsible to ensure their proposal package is received by the exact time and date at the specified location for receipt of proposals. In addition, offerors are responsible for continuing to monitor the websites for any/all future Amendments issued, if any. Offerors shall sign copies of any amendment issued and submit with their package. Offerors need to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database at http://www.ccr.gov prior to submission of proposal. All Contractors MUST be registered in CCR and ORCA to do business with the federal government and annually ensure the information is current at the Business Partner Network http://www.bpn.gov. Prospective firms are reminded they must be registered on www.Vetbiz.gov and CVE Verified prior to award. Further, the SDVOSB business must be 51% or more owned by one or more service connected veterans (SDVOSB). Further, the service connected veterans (SDVOSB)/veterans must manage and control the daily operations of the firm, or in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. The SDVOSB/VOSB must meet the small business size standard under relevant industry (NAICS) Code. At least 50% of the cost of personnel for contract performance of the SDVOSB will be spent for employees of the SDVOSB itself or other eligible SDVOSB concerns. Contracting Office Address: Network Contracting Office (NCO), 10N7; Department of Veterans Affairs; 501 Greene Street, Suite 2; Augusta, GA 30901-4404 Place of Performance: Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center; 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6258 USA Point of Contact(s): Tanjia Harris, Contract Specialist, +1 (555) 000-0000 x1122, contact@example.gov PLEASE SEND QUESTIONS BY EMAIL ONLY