# SAM #36C26127Q0158

VAPIHCS regulated medical-waste collection and disposal services

**Buyer:** VA Network Contracting Office 21
**Posted:** November 06, 2026
**Respond By:** November 20, 2026
**Identifier:** 36C26127Q0158
**NAICS:** 562211, 562998

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking market information and draft-scope feedback for regulated medical-waste services at VA Pacific Islands Health Care System facilities.
- **Government buyer:** Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS); the opportunity is associated with Network Contracting Office 21 (NCO 21).
- **Scope and locations:** Weekly collection, transport, treatment, destruction, and disposal of biohazardous, infectious, regulated medical, sharps, chemotherapy, and antineoplastic waste at the Honolulu VA Medical Center, Center for Long-Term Care, and community clinics in Kauai, Kailua-Kona, Hilo, Windward, Maui, and Akaka.
- **Named OEM/brand:** **Kendall/Sage**, specified for the sharps container; no other service vendors are named.
- **Product:** Kendall/Sage 8507-5A, 5-quart (1-gallon) in-room sharps container with Sharp Star lid, counter-balanced door, and locking/mounting bracket. Quantity is not specified.
- **Contractor responsibilities:** Provide labor, equipment, containers, liners, sharps supplies, compliant transportation, container exchange and disinfection, and electronic manifests, tracking, weight records, and certificates of destruction.
- **Notable requirements:** Maintain valid permits and respond to unscheduled service requests within 24 hours. Weekly service is specified; the period of performance and quantities are not stated in the available scope.

### Description

<p>The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 21, is conducting market research to identify potential vendors with economic status of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and other Small Businesses that can provide the general requirements below.</p>

<p><strong>GENERAL REQUIREMENTS</strong></p>

<p>Contractor shall provide services for bio-hazardous, infectious waste, and chemotherapy waste collection, removal and disposal services at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Honolulu, Center for Long-Term Care (CLC) in Honolulu, and Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Kauai, Kailua-Kona, Hilo, Windward, Maui, Akaka hereinafter referred to as VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System (VAPIHCS).</p>

<p><strong>RESPONSE METHOD</strong></p>

<p>Responsible vendors are encouraged to submit a response to this sources sought synopsis by completing the attached sources sought notice.</p>

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