S -- PROVIDE LAUNDERING OF GOVERNMENT OWNED HOSPITAL LINEN FOR DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER, TRAVIS AFB, CA.

Notice Date

June 21, 2001

Contracting Office

60 CONS/LGC, 350 Hangar Avenue, Travis AFB, CA 94535-2632

ZIP Code

94535-2632

Solicitation Number

F73MED-Linen

Response Due

July 3, 2001

Point of Contact

Helen Branch, Contract Administrator, 707-424-7742, Clifford St Sauver, Contracting Officer, 707-424-7739, FAX #707-424-0288

Description

Potential sources are sought to provide Laundry services for David Grant Medical Center at Travis AFB, CA. The contractor shall provide personnel, equipment, transportation, facilities and supplies to clean, launder, repair of government materials. Linen will be weighed in pounds and counted by number of pieces. A separate container will be required for transporting clean and soiled linen. The government will provide used/serviceable plastic wheeled laundry carts for transportation of soiled/clean linen to and from David Grant Medical Center. All linen from David Grant Medical Center shall be handled as contaminated. The laundry workload is estimated at 665,000 pounds per year. In addition, it's estimated that 84 Cardio System Comforters will be included annually. The contract will be awarded for the Basic bid period and 4 one-year option periods. The NAICS Code is 812331. The contractor is subject to an annual inspection by the California State Department of Public Health or Travis AFB to ensure compliance with California Administrative Code, Title 22. Potential bidders must be registered in the Central Contractor Register System (CCR) in order to transact business with the government. All sources must include their business size, experience in laundering hospital linen and whether a facility is available to perform laundry services. This is not a solicitation. It is for planning purposes only. Please respond to the Market Survey questions below: 1. Have you ever laundered hospital linen? If yes, number of contracts within the past three(3) years?_______________ 2. Does your laundry service provide for customer-owned garments?___________ 3. Are you willing to perform pick-up and deliveries on a daily basis?________ 4. Are you able to provide daily delivery/pick-up service between a specified 1 and 1/2 hour time frame and complete daily delivery pick-up within 30 minutes?_________________ 5. Are you able to provide 24-hour turnarounds?___________________ 6. Do you currently have a program to compensate for shrinkage or loss of linen? If yes, please provide specific_____________________. 7. Do you repair serviceable articles (i.e. tears, zippers, buttons, etc.)?___________ 8. Are washroom tests available in your service?________ Quarterly?_______ 9. Do you meet the requirements of the Guidelines for Healthcare Linen Service developed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO)?__________ 10. Are you inspected by the California State Department od Public Health to ensure full compliance with California Administrative Code, Title 22?___________ 11.Are you able to support emergency calls for additional hospital linen within three (3) work hours of each request?______________ 12. Do you provide a Quality Surveillance Program to your customers?__________ 13. If service is not acceptable, do you provide re-performance at no cost?_________ 14. What is your current processing capability in pounds?_________ 15. When was your plant last upgraded?_____________ 16. Do you provide daily delivery vehicle cleaning after transportation of soiled linen?_________________ 17. Do you have back-up provisions in case of emergencies (i.e., power outages, employee strikes, etc.)?_________________

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010625/SSOL012.HTM (W-172 SN50P6H3)