S222--FY26- Lyons Sludge Management and Tank Cleaning Services-(B+OPT4)

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 2 in New York, is soliciting quotes under a Firm-Fixed-Price contract for Sludge Management and Tank Cleaning Services at the Lyons VA Medical Center in New Jersey. This procurement is exclusively set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and follows FAR Part 12 procedures for commercial items, with the NAICS code 562998 and a small business size standard of $16.5 million in annual receipts. All offerors must be registered in SAM and certified as an SDVOSB via the SBA’s certification portal. The solicitation, numbered 36C24226Q0717, requires responses to be submitted electronically no later than August 6, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time to Clifford.Harrison@va.gov with the proper subject line; no hard copies or alternative submission methods will be accepted. The contract encompasses annual cleaning of aeration tanks, sludge holding tanks, sewer wells, and influent channels, with work requiring strict adherence to 72-hour timelines per aeration tank and compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations, including NJDEP, OSHA, and state water quality laws. Deliverables include timely performance, documented service reports with manifest details, proof of disposal at permitted facilities, and certification of key personnel qualifications. Award will be made based on a trade-off evaluation considering Technical Capability, Contractor Experience, Past Performance, Price, Certification, and Key Personnel qualifications, without a predetermined weighting system or Lowest Price Technically Acceptable methodology. Technical proficiency must demonstrate understanding of the SOW and risk mitigation, while past performance requires three recent examples of similar work. Offerors must provide valid NJDEP A901 transport licenses, confined space and fall protection training, and OSHA compliance documentation. Key personnel must meet NJDEP requirements for solid waste operations. The base contract period runs from August 17, 2026, to August 16, 2027, with four optional one-year extensions up to August 16, 2031. Contracting clauses enforce compliance with sustainability standards, cybersecurity prohibitions regarding covered telecommunications and unmanned systems, and organizational conflict of interest mitigations. Subcontracting is limited to 50% of the total contract value for services, with any subcontractor also required to be certified