Regulated Medical Waste Removal Services

This future acquisition is to provide all required resources to perform Regulated Medical Waste removal services. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS (RFQ); IT IS STRICTLY A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). NEITHER UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS NOR ANY OTHER KINDS OF OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. 1.0 DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this RFI. Responses to this notice are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this RFI, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. At this time,

questions concerning the composition and

requirements for a future RFP will not be entertained. 2.0 SUBJECT: The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is conducting market research via this RFI to assess the availability of vendors to provide Regulated Waste Removal services. 3.0

BACKGROUND: The intent of this requirement is to support the continued implementation of the Military Health System (MHS) organizational reform required by 10 U.S.C. § 1073c, and sections 711 and 712 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, effective

25 October 2019, which eliminated separate silos of military healthcare and officially integrated healthcare under the authority, direction, and control (ADC) of the DHA, consistent with the direction provided by the Secretary of Defense. The Medical Logistics Division supports the DHA’s transitioning the ADC of the military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) from the Military Departments medical departments to the DHA. The DHA is responsible for providing RMW disposal services for MTFs, as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command’s (USMEPCOM’s), Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS), and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES). 4.0 RESPOSE INSTURCTIONS: Submitted responses/Capability statements shall be no more than ten (10) pages and content shall be no smaller than Times New Roman font 12 pitch. Exhibits, graphics, charts, captions, etc., shall be no smaller than 10 pitch. It is highly discouraged for a vendor to respond to this RFI with generic material only (e.g., brochures of advertisements). Respondents shall address the following in their submission: Organization’s full legal name and address. If multiple , provide them. Organization’s Unique Entity ID (UEI) and Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code. Organization’s

point of contact name, phone number, and email address. Organization’s current small/large business status, small business designation as certified by the Small Business Administration and applicable certification. A thorough description of experience/past performance in providing/managing similar support