S222--Hazardous Waste Disposal
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Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking information from qualified vendors capable of providing hazardous waste collection and disposal services for the Black Hills VA Health Care System under NAICS code 562112, with a size standard of $47 million in annual revenue. This is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation, and responses are intended solely to inform the government’s future acquisition strategy; no contract will result directly from this request, and the government will not compensate respondents for their submissions. The requirement includes services related to hazardous waste handling, with detailed scope outlined in an attached Statement of Work, Waste Stream Price List, and Supplies Price List. The acquisition is subject to the Small Business Administration’s limitations on subcontracting, requiring small businesses, including SDVOSBs and VOSBs, to perform at least 50 percent of the personnel costs themselves, and may also be governed by Service Contract Labor Standards requiring prevailing wage determinations. Interested firms must submit a capability statement detailing their experience, organizational information including UEI number and socioeconomic classification, pricing methodology such as per trip, per pound, or per container charges, and whether services can be delivered through existing government contracts like FSS or GSA. Small businesses must also provide estimated percentages of work to be performed directly versus subcontracted. Responses must be emailed to the designated point of contact by 5:00 PM Central Time on July 3, 2026, and must demonstrate clear capability to meet the specialized requirements. The government retains full discretion to modify, delay, or cancel this requirement based on market feedback.
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VA Black Hills Health Care System, Fort Meade, SD, 57741, USASet-Aside
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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE
Before responding please carefully read and consider the following:
Hazardous Waste Supplies and Services for the Black Hills VA Health Care System. This is a Sources Sought Announcement Only and no solicitation is currently available. Responses will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After a review of the responses to this Sources Sought Notice, a solicitation announcement may be posted. A response to this Sources Sought Notice is not an adequate reply to a potentially forthcoming solicitation.
All information contained in this Sources Sought Announcement is preliminary, as well as subject to modification, and is in no way binding on the Government. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this request. Furthermore, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement at its discretion. The information requested will be used solely within the Department of Veterans Affairs to facilitate decision making and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. The determination of a procurement strategy, based upon the comments submitted in response to this Sources Sought Announcement, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is, 562112: Hazardous Waste Collection, size standard is $47 million. NOTE: Please ensure that the System for Award Management (SAM) indicates this NAICS code if you are interested in the requirement.
As this is a service acquisition with an estimated total cost over the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation have Limitations on Subcontracting requirement. For all small businesses, to include SDVOSB and VOSB, At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. See FAR 52.219-14 at https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/.
This acquisition may also be subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards, see FAR 37.107. Additional information is accessible at SAM.gov | Wage Determinations.
Description of Services See attached:
- Statement of Work
- Waste Stream Price List
- Supplies Price List
Interested firms with the capability of providing the requirement, shall submit capability statements so the Government can determine the firm s experience and capability to provide the requirements. Failure to demonstrate the capability of providing the requirement in response to this market survey may affect the Government s review of the industry s ability to perform or provide these requirements.
Firms shall include the following information with their responses:
- Organization name, unique entity identification (UEI) number, address, socioeconomic category of your firm under the NAICS, email address of a point of contact who can verify the demonstrated capabilities, website address, and telephone number.
- Capability statement demonstrating the ability to meet the specialized requirements stated in the Statement of Work and their expertise in the above-described areas in sufficient detail, including any other specific and relevant information.
- Small Business respondents indicate the estimate of services/supplies to be subcontracted.
- What percentage of services/supplies (estimated) would the company perform as the Prime Contractor? __________________%
- What percentage of services/supplies (estimated) would the company subcontract to other firms? __________________%
- State whether any of the requested services/supplies may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.).
- State your pricing structure to describe how your company charges such as charging per trip to the VA facility, disposal per pound, disposal per container, or any combination thereof.
Only firms seriously interested and truly capable should send their information described above by email to cameron.rick@va.gov no later than 5:00PM Central Time, July 3, 2026.