M--MEDICAL WASTE

As shown below please find the following contractor questions (Q) and subsequent government answers (A) regarding the Medical Waste Pick-up, Delivery and Disposal for WTXVAHCS and surrounding CBOCs under solicitation VA-258-09-RQ-0208: Q1: Is a temperature controlled trailer required by the contractor? A1: Not required. Q2: Is this a full service Reusable Sharps services contract where the contractor will have to provide onsite labor to service sharps containers (room to room)? If so, what is the service frequency? A2: WTXVAHCS does not have a Sharps program per say (i.e., like the major Hospital facilities). This facility Sharps items, packs, etc are placed into and become part of the overall medical box. Q3: What is the amount of the previous contract? A3: 1-yr GSA task order at $20,000. Q4: Has the scope increased or decreased? A4: Scope is unchanged form previous year. Q5: Is Sharps a part of this program? If so, are they re-usable containers? Where do we price for this? A5: No. See A2 as well Q6: Is this a dock-to-dock program? A6: Yes, with exception of following 1x/mo at WTXVAHCS (2nd Floor lab) + all four (4) CBOCs are located inside. Q7: Do you know an estimate number per month that is being disposed (i.e. estimate of lbs per month)? A7: WTXVAHCS is 15 containers per month at approximately 20lbs each; and each CBOC, (i.e., 4 total), has 1 container per month at approximately 20lbs each.