Sources Sought
Base-wide Refuse Collection/Disposal and Recycling Services
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThis is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation: the Navy (NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, PWD Great Lakes) is checking which firms could handle base-wide refuse collection, disposal and recycling at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Interested firms email a completed Sources Sought Questionnaire by November 12, 2026, 12:00 PM Central. The planned contract is a base period plus four one-year options, with a price range of $15 million over five years, and no award comes from this notice. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Navy who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
AI summary Beta
This is a sources sought notice, not a solicitation: the Navy (NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, PWD Great Lakes) is checking which firms could handle base-wide refuse collection, disposal and recycling at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Interested firms email a completed Sources Sought Questionnaire by November 12, 2026, 12:00 PM Central. The planned contract is a base period plus four one-year options, with a price range of $15 million over five years, and no award comes from this notice.
How to submit: Email the completed Sources Sought Questionnaire to eleanor.c.cloe.civ@us.navy.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Worth checking: Set-aside is not stated. SAM.gov shows no set-aside, and the questionnaire asks for your small business status and what share of work you can perform, so a later solicitation could be set aside.
- Minor: Sources sought only; no award from this notice. Answering costs you time with no payment and no contract; it only helps the Navy decide whether and how to issue a solicitation.
- Minor: Weekday does not match the date. The notice calls November 12, 2026 a Friday, but that date is not a Friday; SAM.gov lists the response date as November 12, 2026, 12:00 PM Central, so confirm with the contact.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Refuse_Sources Sought Questionnaire.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Base-wide refuse collection and disposal at Naval Station Great Lakes, Great Lakes, IL.
- Recycling services for the base.
- Furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation and incidental engineering needed to manage and run the services.
- Send a completed Sources Sought Questionnaire showing your qualifications, partners and similar past projects.
- Period of performance
- A base period plus four one-year option periods; the questionnaire gives five years total
- Place of performance
- Naval Station Great Lakes, Great Lakes, IL
- Estimated value
- $15 million for the base plus all options (five years total), as the questionnaire's price range
- How they'll choose
- If a solicitation is issued, it would use source selection procedures with proposals evaluated by the Government
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 12:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email the completed Sources Sought Questionnaire to eleanor.c.cloe.civ@us.navy.mil
What to include when you submit
- Complete the attached Sources Sought Questionnaire in enough detail for the Government to judge your qualifications.
- Give company name, address, point of contact, CAGE code and small business classification (small business, small disadvantaged, HUBZone, 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, veteran-owned, woman-owned or economically disadvantaged woman-owned).
- State what percentage of the work the prime contractor can perform.
- List up to two partners (joint venture, subcontractor or prime, mentor-protege) with contact details and specialty.
- List up to three similar past projects: title, period, location, awarded value, value to date, your role, description, client type, subcontractors used and customer contact.
Not in the notice text
- Whether a later solicitation would be set aside for small businesses or a socioeconomic program is not stated.
- The contract type, base period length, service volumes, pickup locations, disposal sites and recycling requirements are not given.
- When a solicitation might be issued, if at all, is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA
- Product/service code
- S205 · Housekeeping – Trash/Garbage Collection
- Business type
- Environmental & natural resources (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 562111)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. This notice does NOT constitute a request for proposal, request for quotation, or invitation for bids. The intent of this notice is to identify potential offerors for market research purposes. This notice does not commit the Government to issue any type of solicitation or award an ultimate contract. It does not restrict the Government from a particular approach. The Government does not pay for information obtained through this type of notice. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic, PWD Great Lakes, is seeking potential firms capable of furnishing all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary for Management and Execution of Base-wide Refuse Collection/Disposal and Recycling Services at NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES. The contract term will be a base period plus four (04) one year option periods. Planned NAICS: the planned NAICS Code for this requirement is 562111 – Solid Waste Collection with at size standard of $41.5 million. If issued, the solicitation will utilize source selection procedures which will require offerors to submit a proposal for evaluation by the Government. Submitted Sources Sought Questionnaires must be completed and sufficiently detailed to assist Government in determining the firm’s qualifications to perform the defined work. Interested parties are requested to submit the attached Sources Sought Questionnaire to NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, PWD Great Lakes via email to eleanor.c.cloe.civ@us.navy.mil. Receipt of potential offeror’s sources sought package shall be received no later than Friday, November 12, 2026 at 12:00pm, Central Time. This sources sought notice is for information and planning notice is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or ultimate award a contract. An award will not be made on offers received in response to this notice. This notice is not a Request for Proposal (RFP); it is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of sources prior to issuing the RFP. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this notice.
Similar open opportunities
- REFUSE AND RECYCLING SERVICES - Webster, NY (NY070)
- Solid Waste Disposal Services Salem VAMCThe VA's Salem Medical Center in Virginia wants a contractor to lease dumpsters and compactors and haul away its solid waste and recyclables on a recurring schedule.
- General Waste & Recycling Removal Services - Detroit PoP 04/01/2027-03/31/2032The VA's Network Contracting Office 10 wants one contractor to haul away and dispose of general trash, cardboard, bulk/construction debris and scrap metal at the John D. Dingell…
- Waste Management and Recycling ServicesOnly certified service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) listed in the Small Business Administration (SBA) certification database can bid.
- Refuse Services in Fairview, PA (PA209)