Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Contracting Officer (90C), Acquisition & Material Management Service, One Veterans Plaza, San Juan, PR 00927-5800

S -- REFUSE COLLECTION BIOMEDICAL WASTE SOL RFP672-170-98 DUE 040698 POC Rey F. Clemente 787-766-5389 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for Commercial Items prepared in accordance with the format Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. I. The solicitation number is RFP672-170-98. This is a request for proposal (RFP). II. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-03. III. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The standard industrial classification code is 4953 and the small business size standard is $6M. IV. 001: Basic Year Collection, Weekly Pick-Up of Biomedical and/or Pathological waste estimated at 755,000 lbs. per year; Quantity: __ __, Unit: __ __; Unit Price: __ ___; Price $__ ___, at VeteransAdministration Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Offer shall include all associated costs for disposal of biomedical and/or pathological waste. Offerors shall have and submit with their offer all applicable licenses and permits from the Federal Government, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the local Environmental Quality Board ("Junta de Calidad Ambiental"). There are options for four additional years of services. Offerors shall submit price for base year and optional years. Base year is from April 6, 1998 to September 30, 1998; Option period I is from October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999; Option period II is from October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000; Option period III is from October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001; Option period IV is from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002. Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, is applicable. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). Offeror must submit a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, with its proposal. Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items is applicable to this acquisition. Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions, Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. In addition Clause 52.217-5, Evaluation of Options, 52.217-9, Option to Extend Services, 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, and 52.228-5, Insurance -- Work on a Government Installation, applies to this acquisition, 52.246-20, Warranty of Services and 852.210-77 also applies. VII. A Firm Fixed Price Contract will be awarded. Proposals shall be submitted to the address herein or faxed to 787-766-6035 and directed to the attention of Rey F. Clemente (90C). The Government shall not be held responsible for quality of fax transmittals. The solicitation number (RFP #) shall be listed on the outside of your response for identification. (0076)

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