Pick up and Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste   2

Background
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a requirement for a Contractor to provide hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste disposal services. The goal of the contract is to ensure proper management, transportation, packaging, pick up, and disposal of regulated medical waste, biohazardous waste, and pathological waste in compliance with all applicable state and federal regulations.

Work Details
The Contractor shall provide all management, labor, supervision, transportation, packaging, pick up and disposal of regulated medical waste, biohazardous waste, and pathological waste. The Contractor shall also provide containers with labeling, waste manifest and required reports and disposal of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste, medical waste, chemotherapy, and pathology tissue waste in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Contractor shall label all containers according to applicable laws and regulations. The Contractor shall submit medical waste tracking documents, reports, and hazardous waste manifest to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). The Contractor shall provide all installation of disposable RCRA Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Containers and installation of re-usable non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste, sharps, re-usable trace chemo waste containers, re-usable medical waste (“red bag waste”) containers, re-usable and/or single use medical sharps only containers, and re-usable and/or single use pathology, bio-hazardous, chemotherapeutic waste containers and dispose of their contents for the identified participating facilities. Containers shall be swapped out by the Contractor at the point of accumulation in a just-in-time service model – minimizing time a full container sits at an accumulation point before replacement with empty container. The contractor may propose substitution of one-time use (disposable) containers in lieu of re-usable containers if contractor is unable to supply re-usable containers for all waste streams other than RCRA waste.

Period of Performance
The contract includes an option year four (4) period from 01 April 2027 thru 31 March 2028.

Place of Performance
The services shall be performed at various facilities including VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS), West Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles CA; San Luis Obispo CBOC in San Luis Obispo CA; Santa Maria CBOC in Santa Maria CA; Sepulveda Outpatient/Clinic CLC/Hospice in Sepulveda CA; Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center in Los Angeles CA; Bakersfield CBOC in Bakersfield CA; Santa Barbara CBOC in Santa Barbara CA; Ventura CBOC in Ventura CA; San Gabriel Valley CBOC in Arcadia CA; as well as VA clinics associated with but not located on the main campus of these facilities.