The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center has a requirement for performing pick-up and disposal of infectious waste. VA-250-09-RQ-0220 will be issued on or about June 10, 2009 with a closing date on or about June 24, 2009. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE COMPETED FULL AND OPEN. The North American Industrial code (NAICS) for this procurement is 562219 ($11.5M per Annum). This will be a Firm Fixed Price, contract. The contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, and equipment for the pick-up and disposal of infectious waste as required from the Brecksville Facility (10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141) and Wade Park Facility (10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106), as well as the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) which include: (1) Akron CBOC: 55 West Waterloo Road, Akron, OH 44319 (2) Canton CBOC: 733 Market Avenue South, Canton, OH 44702 (3) Calcutta CBOC: Ogilive Square, 15655 State Route 170, Calcutta, OH 43920 (4) McCafferty CBOC: 4242 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113 (5) Lorain CBOC: 205 West 20th Street, Lorain, OH 44052 (6) New Philadelphia CBOC: 1260 Monroe Avenue, #15H, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 (7) Painesville CBOC: 7 West Jackson Street, Painesville, OH 44077 (8) Ravenna CBOC: 6751 North Chestnut Street, Ravenna, HO 44266 (9) Youngstown CBOC: 2031 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44505 (10) Warren CBOC: 1460 Tod Avenue, Warren, OH 44485 (11) Mansfield CBOC: 1456 Park Avenue, West Mansfield, OH 44906 (12) Sandusky CBOC: 3416 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870 (13) Wooster CBOC: 124 North Walnut Street, Wooster, OH 44691. VA Medical Center shall provide to the contractor, and contractor shall collect and remove from the VA Medical Center premises, treat and dispose of all "Biomedical Waste" generated by Medical Center in accordance with the terms and regulations. The term "Biomedical Waste" as used herein, shall include only those waste defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as infectious waste in its Guide for Infectious Waste Management #EPA/530-SW-86-014, or defined by the USEPA as medical waste in 40CFR259.30 and any other wastes identified as infectious waste in any other applicable federal, state, county or municipal laws, regulations and guidelines.The solicitation will be issued as a "Request for Quote" conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13 which will be evaluated in accordance with the procedures therein. The period of performance shall be from the date of award through twelve (12) months with four (4), one (1) year option periods. This notice is not a request for competitive offers as a separate solicitation will be posted. Any offeror that believes it can meet the following requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer no later than response due date. In addition, FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting, states that at least 50 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The point of contact is Courtney Redic who can be reached by email at [email protected].

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