Solicitation
Laundry Services IDIQ - Library of Congress
Library of Congress
AI summaryThe Library of Congress seeks a laundry and linen service for its Events Office in Washington, DC, under solicitation 030ADV27Q0034 (Laundry Services IDIQ). It would be one indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract: orders come as needed, each at a firm-fixed price (FFP, one set price). The contract runs one base year plus four option years, with a $175,000 maximum. The response due date is November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, and offers go by email, not SAM.gov. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 5 attachments weren't read (Attachment J2 - Sample Task Order.xlsx, Attachment J1 - Pricing Schedule.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Library of Congress seeks a laundry and linen service for its Events Office in Washington, DC, under solicitation 030ADV27Q0034 (Laundry Services IDIQ). It would be one indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract: orders come as needed, each at a firm-fixed price (FFP, one set price). The contract runs one base year plus four option years, with a $175,000 maximum. The response due date is November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, and offers go by email, not SAM.gov.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM); the solicitation lists FAR 52.204-7 and requires a UEI on each volume
- Your own off-site laundry plant plus all labor, vehicles and equipment
- At least three comparable examples of work within the last five years, with customers who will return the past performance questionnaire
How to submit: Email to Ramon Samuel at rsamuel@loc.gov with a copy to Moji Adejuwon at moad@loc.gov; proposals sent through SAM.gov are not accepted. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 26, 2026.
- Serious: Email-only submission with strict file rules. Offers sent through SAM.gov are not accepted, and zipped, locked or linked files are not allowed, so a wrong format can get an offer rejected.
- Serious: Past performance forms must come from your customers. Your references must email form J-3 to the Library by the closing date; forms that come through you or arrive late do not count.
- Worth checking: Weekly pickup day differs: Wednesday or Thursday. Section C says routine pickup and delivery is Wednesday; Section F says every Thursday or as the COR sets. Ask the contracting officer which applies.
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- Worth checking: Capitol Hill security screening for deliveries. Vehicles and drivers go through U.S. Capitol Police screening, with advance notice and a yearly letter listing drivers' personal details, adding time and paperwork to every delivery.
- Worth checking: Contractor pays for lost or damaged Government linens. Items lost or badly damaged in your custody must be replaced within 30 days at your expense, which could be costly for specialty linens.
- Worth checking: Item quantities not readable. The price schedule lists 25 item types and two delivery fee lines, but no quantities appear in the readable text; the price spreadsheets (J-1 and J-2) were attached but not read.
- Minor: Small guaranteed minimum. The Government must order only the minimum, so there is little guaranteed work beyond $500 and orders may be irregular.
- Minor: Service Contract Act wage determination attached. Wage determination 2015-4281 (Revision 39) sets minimum wages and fringe benefits for covered employees in the DC area, which affects your labor costs.
- Minor: No expedited surcharge without approval. Expedited 3-business-day service is required, but no extra charge may be billed unless an authorized Government official approves it first.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 2 of 5 not read. Show which files.
- Solicitation - 030ADV27Q0034 - 10262026.pdf (read)
- J-3 - Past Performance Questionnaire.docx (read)
- J-4 - Wage Determinations.pdf (read)
- Attachment J2 - Sample Task Order.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment J1 - Pricing Schedule.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Launder and clean Government-owned event linens, table and platform skirts, felt pads, curtains and staff uniforms at the contractor's own off-site plant
- Pick up and deliver in Washington, DC about once a week, with standard return in no more than 5 business days and expedited return in no more than 3 business days
- Track every item at pickup and delivery, and replace anything lost or damaged at the contractor's cost within 30 days unless the contracting officer approves another fix
- Return items clean, pressed or folded, and event-ready; re-clean unsatisfactory items at no charge
- Send the contracting officer's representative (COR) a written record of every pickup and delivery, plus a monthly report within 5 business days after month end
- Keep an internal quality-control process and inspect items before they are returned
- Meet Capitol Police screening rules for vehicles and drivers delivering to the Library's Capitol Hill campus
- Contract type
- Single-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract; individual orders are firm-fixed-price (FFP)
- Period of performance
- 1 base year (January 4, 2027 to January 3, 2028) + 4 one-year options (through January 3, 2032); the Government may extend services up to 6 months more, and total duration may not exceed 5 years and 6 months
- Place of performance
- At the contractor's usual place of business (an off-site plant); pickup and delivery at the Library Events Office, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC
- Estimated value
- Contract minimum $500.00 and contract maximum $175,000.00 (ordering limits stated in the solicitation)
- How they'll choose
- Best value trade-off under FAR Part 13.106-2; all non-price factors combined are significantly more important than price
- Offers due
- November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Ramon Samuel at rsamuel@loc.gov with a copy to Moji Adejuwon at moad@loc.gov; proposals sent through SAM.gov are not accepted
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Approach: understanding of the Section C requirements, feasibility of the approach, likelihood of exceptional performance
- Corporate Experience: expertise shown through work of similar scope and complexity
- Past Performance: risk based on customer questionnaires and possibly the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)
- Price: reasonableness of the IDIQ price schedule (J-1) and a total evaluated price from the sample task order (J-2)
What to include when you submit
- Put solicitation number 030ADV27Q0034 in the email subject line; each email may not exceed 20MB, and multiple clearly identified emails are allowed
- Do not send zipped or locked files or links to file sharing sites; no hyperlinks to outside information inside the proposal
- Send two separate volumes in Microsoft Office or Adobe formats: Volume 1 Technical Proposal and Volume 2 Price Proposal
- Each volume must show the solicitation number, company name, mailing address, telephone, Unique Entity ID (UEI), and a contact with phone and email
- Format: 8.5 x 11 inch pages, single-spaced, 1-inch margins, Times New Roman 12 point
- Volume 1 covers Technical Approach, Corporate Experience and Past Performance, and must not mention pricing
- Technical Approach: respond in order to each paragraph of Section C; simply restating the statement of work may be judged unacceptable
- Corporate Experience: at least three but not more than five examples within the last five years of services comparable to Section C for organizations comparable to the Library of Congress
- For each example give the customer's name, services provided, dates of performance, total contract dollar amount, and whether you were prime or subcontractor
- Past Performance: have each customer from your examples complete the Past Performance Questionnaire (J-3) and email it directly to the contracting officer, with a copy to Moji Adejuwon, by the closing date and time
- Volume 2 includes the IDIQ Price Schedule (J-1) with prices for the base year and each option year, and the Sample Task Order Price Schedule (J-2)
- Volume 2 also includes a signed Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449, the form you sign and return as your offer) and any signed amendments
After award, you must have
- A password-protected letter on company letterhead on file with the U.S. Capitol Police listing drivers, vehicles and the contract number, renewed every year From Solicitation - 030ADV27Q0034 - 10262026.pdf:
Contractors are required to have a letter on file with the U.S. Capitol Police.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named in the notice or the readable attachments.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated quantities per item and the sample task order: the pricing schedule (Attachment J1) and sample task order (Attachment J2) spreadsheets are attached on SAM.gov but were not read
- Part of the solicitation PDF (a middle section of clauses and representations, about 12,000 characters) was not read
- Set-aside status: SAM.gov does not state one, and the SF 1449 block 10 labels can't show a marked box
- Which weekly pickup day applies: Wednesday (Section C) or Thursday (Section F)
- Name of the contracting officer's representative, which is to be decided at award
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Ramon Samuel at rsamuel@loc.gov with a copy to Moji Adejuwon at moad@loc.gov; proposals sent through SAM.gov are not accepted. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Contracts Services, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- S209 · Housekeeping – Laundry/Drycleaning
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from product/service code S209)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Library requires contract support for laundry/linen service for its Events Office located in Washington, D.C. The Library Events Office (LEO) supports official Library-sponsored events, public programs, ceremonies, receptions, VIP functions, and other activities requiring clean, presentable, event-ready linens, uniforms, and related textile items. The purpose of this requirement is to establish reliable, timely, and quality-controlled laundering, cleaning, pickup, delivery, inventory accountability, and related services for Government-owned items. The contractor shall provide laundry/linen service for the Library of Congress. All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted in writing to Ramon Samuel at rsamuel@loc.gov with a copy to Moji Adejuwon at moad@loc.gov, no later than November 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST. Questions received after this time may not be answered. Answers to questions, if any, will be posted publicly on SAM.gov.
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