S -- LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SERVICES

Notice Date

December 5, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Lackland AFB Contracting Squadron, 1655 Selfridge Avenue, Lackland AFB, TX, 78236-5253

ZIP Code

78236-5253

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-LAUNDRY1205

Response Due

December 31, 2001

Point of Contact

James Coleman, Contract Specialist, Phone (210)671-1762, Fax (210)671-1199, Email james.coleman@lackland.af.mil -- Cynthia Forbis, Contracting Officer, Phone 210-671-1746, Fax 210-671-1199, Email cynthia.forbis@lackland.af.mil

Description

Potential sources are sought to provide Laundry and Dry Cleaning services for various locations at Lackland AFB, Texas, including Kelly USA, Medina Annex, Camp Bullis TX and Wilford Hall Medical Center (WHMC). Separate contracts may be awarded for each type service. This is not a solicitation, it is strictly for planning purposes. The contractor shall provide personnel, equipment, transportation, facilities and supplies to launder and dry clean government linen and clothing. Linen and/or clothing articles will be weighed in pounds and/or counted by number of pieces. Separate containers will be required for transporting clean and soiled linen. The WHMC laundry workload is estimated at 2.1 M pounds per year. The remaining workload is estimated at 4.0 M pieces per year. The government is considering multiple contracts for these services that may include a basic period and 4 one-year option periods. The NAICS Code is 812331. Potential offerors will need be registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) System in order to transact business with the government. CCR registration can be obtained by accessing www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-888-227-2423. All sources must include their business size, experience in laundering hospital and other laundry/dry cleaning services and identify whether a facility is available to perform these different services. Please respond to the Market Survey questions below: 1. Have you ever laundered/dry cleaned hospital linen and clothing articles? If yes, number of contracts within the past 3 years? _________________. 2. Excluding hospital laundry/dry cleaning services, identify any other laundry/dry cleaning services you have had within the last three years? ____________________3. Does your laundry service provide for customer-owned garments?_______________. 4. Are you willing to perform pick-up and deliveries on a daily basis?___________. 5. Are you able to provide daily delivery/pick-up service between a specified time frame and complete daily delivery pick-up within 1 hour?_________. 6. Are you able to provide 48 hour turnarounds?____________________________ If not, what is your turnaround time?___________ 7. Do you have the capability to package laundered or dry cleaned items in plastic wrap/film? _____________________ 8. Are washroom tests available in your service?__________________________ 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 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO)? ______________________11. Can you provide 7-day service and holidays? ______________________. 12. What is your current processing capability in pounds?_____________________. 13. When was your plant last upgraded?____________________________________. 14. Do you have back-up provisions in case of emergencies (i.e. power outages, employee strikes, fires etc.)?______________________________________________. 15. Will you replace, at no cost to the Government, any item lost or destroyed while under your possession? _________________________16. If service is not acceptable, do you provide re-performance at no cost?_______________. This is a sources sought synopsis only. A solicitation document does not exist at this time. The government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this sources sought synopsis. Responses to this notice must be submitted by 31 Dec 01 to the 37th Contracting Squadron, LGCBA, 1655 Selfridge Ave, Lackland AFB TX 78236. The point of contact concerning this sources sought synopsis is TSgt James Coleman, phone # (210) 671-1750, fax # (210) 671-1199 and e-mail address is james.coleman@lackland.af.mil. =20

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011207/SSOL008.HTM (D-339 SN5144V7)