Drycleaning Business Government Bids & RFPs

The contractor is responsible for conducting business between the hours of ****, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. Pickup and drop-off times are between ****, Tuesday-Friday, at the Central Issue Facility, Bldg 32, Camp Murray, Tacoma, ****.

The contractor shall invoice upon completion of services in accordance with clause **** Wide Area Work Flow. Invoices must be accepted or rejected by the government within 10 days. The contractor shall submit all invoices electronically utilizing Wide Area Workflow WAWF.

The government intends to award a contract to a qualified vendor deemed responsive responsible in accordance with the federal acquisition regulation FAR part 12, whose quote conforms to all the RFQs requirements and is determined to represent the best value to the government. A best value to the government under FAR part 13 allows the contracting officer broad discretion to evaluate offers based on price and non priced factors.

The contractor must have a quality control manual, which ensures compliance with the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC), Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and applicable infectious disease requirements. The contractor's facility must be located within a two-hour commuting distance from all government facilities and have adequate buildings or equipment. The contractor must have a quality control manual, which ensures compliance with the healthcare laundry accreditation council hlac, washington automated code wac and applicable infectious disease requirements.

The contractor agrees to allow quarterly inspections conducted at the discretion of the surveillance officer. The contractor agrees to allow quarterly inspections conducted at the discretion of the surveillance officer.

Sample packaging requirements will be provided to the contractor if required, for employee training and to ensure that specifications are understood and met. Sample packaging requirements will be provided to the contractor if required, for employee training and to ensure that specifications are understood and met.

Quotes must be submitted via email and received no later than 10:00 AM CT on June 3, 2026.

Payment will be made monthly after submitting and certification of invoice. Invoices shall be submitted monthly and shall be based on the number of items rented and cleaned. Payment received upon invoice.

The contractor warrants and implies that the items delivered hereunder are merchantable and fit for use for the particular purpose described in this contract.

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. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical, Past Performance, and Price. Technical and past performance, when combined, are considered more important.

This acquisition is set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. The offeror must be a certified SDVOSB listed in the SBA certification database.

The contracting officer shall be the final arbiter of all disputes. Uniforms not returned from the laundry after two weeks shall be replaced with good and usable garments at no extra charge to VAMC. If the VAMC fails to return a uniform and the uniform is less than nine months old, VAMC shall pay half of the replacement cost of the uniform. If the uniform is between nine and fifteen months old, VAMC shall pay one quarter of replacement cost of the uniform. If the uniform is more than fifteen months old, VAMC shall not be charged for that uniform.

To ensure a proper fit, the contractor shall visit the VAMC campus within 2 weeks or when the sizing kits is received by the contractor. Measurements shall require more than one session and the contractor shall decide with the contracting officers representative (COR) to schedule these times.

The contractor shall provide samples of a variety of uniform shirt and pants colors and styles from which to choose.

Questions regarding this combined synopsis solicitation must be emailed to Sheryl Harris at ***@***. *. * no later than 10:00 AM CT, on May 27, 2026.

Offers received from entities that are not certified SDVOSBs and listed in the SBA certification database at the time of offer shall not be considered. Any business concern, including all its principals, that is determined by VA to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented a company's SDVOSB status is subject to debarment from contracting with the department for a period of not less than five years.

The solicitation response date and time are hereby extended to May 22, 2026, at 11:00 am Eastern Time EST EDT.

Award will be made to the quoter whose quotation offers the best value to the government, considering technical approach, past performance, management plan, and price.

This acquisition is set aside for small business concerns. Offerors must provide references and information about previous contracts, including what work was done, who the customer was, and how well the work was performed. The government may contact these references or use other sources to check the offerors history. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 60 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

If an offeror takes exception to any of the terms and conditions of the RFQ or fails to meet any of the requirements of the RFQ, then the government may consider the quote unacceptable.

The delivery period for the linen service is from June 8, 2026, to July 7, 2026. All work is to be completed no later than July 7, 2026, or based on the scheduled availability of the service.

The bid notice does not explicitly state the payment terms. However, it mentions payment will be made by a specific code and that invoices should be submitted to the address shown in block 18a.

The award will be made to the lowest priced technically acceptable proposal. Proposals will be evaluated for technical acceptability including past performance, but will not be ranked using the nonprice factors and subfactors. In order for an offeror to be considered for award, the proposal must receive an acceptable rating in every nonprice factor.

Offerors must be small businesses. To be considered technically acceptable, offerors shall provide verification that their organization has the knowledge and ability to meet all requirements in accordance with all CLINS, the Statement of Work, attachments, and terms and conditions of the solicitation. Past performance will be evaluated based on experience in commercial laundry/dry cleaning operations, past laundry contracts with federal, state, or local governments, and experience in the use of biobased cleaning solutions.

A facility visit is scheduled for June 3, 2026, to ensure the offerors' capability to perform the required laundry and dry cleaning services. The government reserves the right to conduct an onsite inspection of the contractors facility at any time during the evaluation process or performance period.

The bid notice does not mention any requirement for sample submission.

The bid notice does not explicitly state a deadline for challenging the bid. However, questions regarding the solicitation must be submitted in writing via email no later than 12:00 PM EST on May 22, 2026.

Noncompliance with the Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements may hamper the governments ability to properly evaluate the proposal and may result in the elimination of the proposal from further consideration for contract award. Failure to provide complete pricing will result in the rejection of an offeror's proposal as incomplete. Failure to provide past performance information as requested shall render their proposal as deficient and not considered for award.

The estimated total value for this acquisition is $8,000,****.

The bid notice states that interested businesses should submit their responses electronically no later than 4:00 PM CT on 28 May 2026.

The bid notice requests information on company name, address, point of contact, UEI, CAGE code, DUNS number, business size, and socioeconomic categories.