Description
The Indian Health Service, Portland Area Office, is seeking a contractor to provide laundry services for the Western Oregon Service Unit. The contractor will be responsible for picking up soiled laundry, processing and laundering authorized textile items, and returning clean laundry. The contractor will also be required to maintain inventory, provide service records, and ensure that all laundry items are clean, dry, and free of contamination. The contract will be for a base period of 12 months, with four option periods of 12 months each. The contractor must be an Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including those related to infection control and safety.
Some key aspects of the job include:
• Providing all personnel, supervision, management, transportation, vehicles, equipment, containers, textile inventory, laundry supplies, cleaning agents, quality control, administrative support, and other resources necessary to perform laundry services.
• Maintaining sufficient personnel, transportation, equipment, subcontractor support, and contingency arrangements to continue performance during disruptions.
• Complying with applicable federal, state, and local health, safety, transportation, and environmental requirements.
• Providing a point of contact with authority to resolve routine service issues and responding to Government service concerns by the next business day.
• Submitting invoices weekly or monthly in arrears, based on services actually performed/provided and accepted during the billing period.