Description
The Department of Family and Community Services is seeking bids for laundry services for the McLaughlin Youth Center (MYC) in Anchorage, Alaska. The contractor will be responsible for providing comprehensive laundry services, including pickup, laundering, and return of various items such as resident clothing, contaminated garments, linens, and facility-use textiles. The contractor must follow clear guidelines for separating laundry, maintaining proper hygiene, and securely packing items. The contract is estimated to be worth between $220,000 and $300,000 per year, and the contractor will be paid by the pound of clean laundry delivered.
• The contractor must have experience managing segregated laundry processes and handling contaminated laundry in compliance with health and safety regulations.
• The contractor must have a facility that meets hygiene, safety, and operational standards, including physical separation of clean and soiled laundry processing areas, adequate ventilation, and sanitation practices.
• The contractor must provide three letters of reference from current or past clients, confirming satisfactory performance in providing similar laundry services.
• The contractor must comply with all applicable state regulations, including 7 AAC 12.740, and maintain written procedures for handling, processing, storage, and transportation of linen.