Solicitation
Turkey Hazardous Waste Solicitation
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summarySolicitation SP450026R0015 (Turkey Hazardous Waste Solicitation) is open to all businesses, with no set-aside. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) wants a contractor to remove, truck and dispose of hazardous waste at U.S. military sites in Turkey, mainly Air Force sites such as Incirlik Air Base. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per unit, whatever the work ends up costing) contract. It is also an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: the government orders work as needed) contract, with a 30-month base period and one 30-month option period. The response due date is November 12, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern, and offers are sent by email. Work in Turkey needs Turkish permits, and the waste facilities and truckers get DLA approval only after award. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 9, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of another version of this notice: check what changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 8 of 20 attachments weren't read (Attach 2_Price Sched_Turkey_v201026.xlsx, Attach 11_SFS Clearance.xlsx and 6 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Solicitation SP450026R0015 (Turkey Hazardous Waste Solicitation) is open to all businesses, with no set-aside. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) wants a contractor to remove, truck and dispose of hazardous waste at U.S. military sites in Turkey, mainly Air Force sites such as Incirlik Air Base. It is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per unit, whatever the work ends up costing) contract. It is also an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: the government orders work as needed) contract, with a 30-month base period and one 30-month option period. The response due date is November 12, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern, and offers are sent by email. Work in Turkey needs Turkish permits, and the waste facilities and truckers get DLA approval only after award.
Who can bid (6)
- Open to all businesses: full and open competition with no set-aside
- Active SAM.gov registration with a CAGE code and Unique Entity ID, kept current
- Turkish operating permits, licenses and other authorizations for the contractor and its workers, valid for the whole contract and obtained at no cost to the government
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- Contractors, and their waste facilities and truckers, should already be registered to do business in Turkey (Amendment 0004 says registration with the U.S. forces process happens after award)
- A Volume II of past performance information from every bidder, even if only to say there is none
- Workers' compensation insurance clauses for work overseas (Defense Base Act and war-hazard insurance) are in the contract terms; amounts are not in the text read
How to submit: Email to Annette.Graham@dla.mil, subject line OFFER SP450026R0015 Turkey HW, COMPANY NAME, CLOSING DATE (Attachment 13 words it OFFER SP450026R0015, Company Name, Date). Each email is 5 MB or less; number split emails Message 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (15)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Turkish permits required for the whole contract. The performance work statement (PWS: the document that sets out the work) requires Turkish operating permits and licenses for the contractor and its people. They are at the contractor's own cost, so a firm without a Turkish presence needs a partner who has them.
- Serious: Turkish registration and local office. The notice says bidders and their subcontractors should already be registered in Turkey, while Amendment 0004 says contractor registration can only start after award. Attachment 12 says a new contractor registers with a Turkish tax office using an office address in Turkey and follows Turkish visa and labor rules. Ask the contracting officer how this applies to a U.S. firm.
- Serious: Waste facilities and truckers approved only after award. Treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) must be on DLA's Qualified Facilities List (QFL), and truck companies on its Qualified Transporter List (QTL). Bidders cannot start that vetting before award. Your offer must still name at least one main and one backup of each, and DLA approval must come before the first removal.
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- Serious: Past performance volume required and weighted most. Past performance information (PPI) counts significantly more than price. A bidder with none is rated neutral, and an offer with no Volume II at all may be treated as non-responsive and excluded.
- Worth checking: One fixed price per line for about five years. Each contract line item number (CLIN) takes one price per period, a zero price is rejected, and prices stay fixed for both periods with no repricing. Build in inflation and subcontractor costs.
- Worth checking: Turkish taxes and fees, 2 percent foreign tax. A bidder that is a foreign person faces a 2 percent tax on payments unless it claims an exemption on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-14. Attachment 12 says U.S. contractors serving U.S. forces owe no Turkish income or corporate tax on that work, and the contractor pays incidental fees and taxes from its own decisions.
- Worth checking: Prices and payments are in U.S. dollars. The documents state the contract minimum and the report costs in U.S. dollars. They do not say who carries exchange-rate risk when Turkish subcontractors charge in another currency, and prices cannot be adjusted later.
- Worth checking: Special services are new and need many subcontractors. The contract adds lab analysis, packing, tank cleaning, bulk pumping, roll-off rentals and supplies. The contracting officer said a firm must be able to manage several kinds of subcontractors and explain how in its offer.
- Worth checking: Order amounts are estimates only. Quantities in the Price Schedule are forecasts, not purchases. The government must order only the contract minimum, and orders under $2,000.00 are optional.
- Worth checking: Signed amendment sheet must go with the offer. Leaving out the signed acknowledgment of the amendments can get the offer rejected. One Amendment 0004 sheet covers Amendments 0001 to 0004.
- Minor: Price may be reviewed before past performance. The government may read past performance only for the most competitively priced offers and skip higher-priced ones, so a high price can end the review early.
- Minor: Offers go by email with a 5 MB limit. Security software may block large or suspect emails, and late-offer rules apply to email. Confirm receipt with the contracting officer before the response due date.
- Minor: Start date moved from the notice. The notice says performance starts no later than November 23, 2026. Amendment 0004 says it will not start then and depends on the award date.
- Minor: Removals due within 20 business days. Waste removals, sampling and supply deliveries have a standard time of 20 business days from the task order, with faster paid options. Payment waits until the waste reaches the final facility and a complete invoice packet is accepted.
- Minor: Notice text calls the waste electronic waste. The notice text says the work is mainly electronic waste. The PWS and Amendment 0004 describe the full range of hazardous waste, and the electronic-waste CLINs were removed from the price sheet.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 8 of 20 not read. Show which files.
- Attach 13_Instructions to Offers.pdf (read)
- Attach 14_Evaluation.pdf (read)
- SP450026R0015 Amendment 0004.pdf (read)
- SP450026R0015 Amendment 0003.pdf (read)
- SP450026R0015 Amendment 0002.pdf (read)
- SP450026R0015 Amendment 0001.pdf (read)
- Attach 1_PWS_Turkey_v201026.pdf (read)
- Attach 3_Pick-up Points_Turkey_v150526.pdf (read)
- Attach 4a_Terms and Conditions.pdf (read)
- Attach 4b_FAR Provision Fill-ins.docx (read)
- Attach 5_FGS_Turkiye_Jan 2025.pdf (read)
- Attach 12_Contractor Regist. Process _Turkey.pdf (read)
- Attach 2_Price Sched_Turkey_v201026.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 11_SFS Clearance.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 15_PPI Questionnaire.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 6_DLA Form 2503 Transporter App.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 7_DLA Form 2505_Invoice.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 8_DLA Form 2507 TSDF QFL App.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 9_DLA Form 2511 HWPS.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Attach 10_DLA Form 2539 Verify Svcs.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Remove hazardous waste from U.S. military pickup points in Adana (Incirlik Air Base), Ankara, Malatya (Kurecik) and Izmir (Cigli Air Base), and dispose of or recycle it at approved Turkish facilities
- Price about 77 waste removal CLINs (contract line item numbers: the priced lines of the order); waste removal prices must not include trucking
- Truck the waste inside Turkey: four 24,000 KG truck CLINs (one each for Izmir, Ankara, Adana and Malatya) plus one 5,000 KG truck CLIN
- Provide special services when ordered: lab sampling and analysis, lab packing and loose packing, industrial cleaning crews, roll-off box rental, bulk liquid pumping and tank cleaning
- Supply containers and packaging when ordered, and meet the standard removal and service time of 20 business days (5- and 10-business-day expedited CLINs also exist)
- Prepare shipping manifests in Turkish and English, assign European Waste Catalogue numbers, and return signed paperwork and certificates of disposal
- Send monthly Excel waste reports, plus a fiscal-year report and a calendar-year report
- Name a contractor representative reachable 24 hours a day, and manage the subcontractors, waste facilities and truckers
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), performance-based. Contract minimum USD $25,000.00; minimum task order charge USD $2,000.00 except bulk removals
- Period of performance
- One 30-month base period plus one 30-month option period; extension clauses 52.217-8 (up to 6 months) and 52.217-9 (total not over 60 months) apply
- Place of performance
- Turkey (outside the United States). Pickup points: Incirlik Air Base (Adana), Balgat and Cankaya military sites (Ankara), Kurecik Radar Base (Malatya), Cigli Air Base (Izmir)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value trade-off between past performance and price; past performance is significantly more important than price. Total evaluated price = base period + option period + 20% of the last priced period (to cover a possible 6-month extension).
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 9:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Annette.Graham@dla.mil, subject line OFFER SP450026R0015 Turkey HW, COMPANY NAME, CLOSING DATE (Attachment 13 words it OFFER SP450026R0015, Company Name, Date). Each email is 5 MB or less; number split emails Message 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3.
- Page limits
- Capability description of the prime and its subcontractors (item k of Volume I): no more than 2 pages. Past performance: up to 3 contracts.
What they'll judge offers on
- Past Performance (significantly more important than price): relevance of each referenced contract in scope, size and complexity, and how well the offeror performed (a performance confidence rating)
- Price: checked for price reasonableness under FAR 15.404-1; unbalanced option prices can make an offer unacceptable
What to include when you submit
- Send two separate volumes: Volume I (Proposal Certifications and Price Schedule) and Volume II (Past Performance Information).
- Volume I: company name, CAGE code, SAM Unique Entity ID, address and phone, plus a statement of how far you agree with all solicitation terms.
- Volume I: contact details for your contractor representative, and the completed contractor representative page (PWS section 6.4) giving a person reachable 24 hours a day.
- Volume I: the completed Price Schedule (Attachment 2) with one price per CLIN for each period; a range, a split price or a zero ($0.00) price is rejected.
- Volume I: completed FAR 52.209-7 (Information Regarding Responsibility Matters) and FAR 52.229-11 (Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements notice and representation) from Attachment 4b.
- Volume I: a statement that you can work in Turkey, and one that you can do hazardous waste removal and disposal (permitted, yes/no). Back both with past work in Volume II.
- Volume I: name at least one primary and one backup waste treatment facility and truck company, and include any letters of intent to subcontract.
- Volume I: a brief description of how you will do the work in the PWS (no more than 2 pages for the prime and any subcontractors).
- Volume II: past performance information for up to 3 contracts from the last 3 years, as prime or subcontractor. For each give the contract number, type, dollar value, award and completion dates, work description, and a point of contact name and email.
- Volume II: if you use a principal subcontractor's past performance, include its consent for the government to share negative information, and say what work each subcontractor did.
- Volume II: name the references that will return the past performance questionnaire (Attachment 15); each must send it directly to the contracting officer before the response due date.
- If you have no past performance, still include a Volume II and say so.
- Sign and return one copy of the Amendment 0004 acknowledgment sheet, which covers Amendments 0001 to 0004.
- Offer prices must stay firm for 90 calendar days from the date for receipt of initial offers.
- Use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, PDF or offline-readable HTML files; to use another format, email the contracting officer at least seven calendar days before the closing date for approval.
After award, you must have
- Waste facilities must be licensed by the Turkish authority and listed on the DLA Qualified Facilities List. Truckers must be on the Qualified Transporter List. DLA must approve the proposed facility and trucker before the first waste removal From SP450026R0015 Amendment 0004.pdf:
The proposed Transporter and Facility must be approved prior to the first…
- Contract manager, alternate and on-site technical representative must read, write and speak English From Attach 1_PWS_Turkey_v201026.pdf:
Representative shall be proficient in reading, writing, and conversing in the English…
- Workers must meet each base's access control and security vetting rules; drivers need ADR training (international rules for carrying dangerous goods by road) and yearly recertification From Attach 1_PWS_Turkey_v201026.pdf:
…transport HM/HW must receive DoW accredited ADR training and maintain annual certification.
Not in the notice text
- Not fully read: about 111,000 characters from the middle of the PWS (Attachment 1) and most of the Turkey Final Governing Standards (Attachment 5) were left out. The Price Schedule (Attachment 2, a spreadsheet) and SFS Clearance (Attachment 11) are attached but not read. So are the past performance questionnaire (Attachment 15) and DLA Forms 2503, 2505, 2507, 2511 and 2539. They are on SAM.gov.
- The Government's estimate and the CLIN quantities and prices are in the Price Schedule, which was not read. The contract maximum is 150% of an estimated value that the text read does not give.
- Whether Turkish value-added tax (VAT) or other host-country taxes are kept out of prices is not stated in the text read.
- How exchange-rate changes on Turkish subcontractor costs are handled is not stated.
- Insurance amounts for the Defense Base Act workers' compensation clauses are not in the text read.
- Amendment 0004 says it will be followed by an amendment with all questions and answers and may update the truck CLINs; that amendment was not in the files read.
- The award date is not given; Amendment 0004 says the start date depends on it.
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 Annette.Graham@dla.mil, subject line OFFER SP450026R0015 Turkey HW, COMPANY NAME, CLOSING DATE (Attachment 13 words it OFFER SP450026R0015, Company Name, Date). Each email is 5 MB or less; number split emails Message 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3. 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
- Sep 3, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Disposition Services - Ebs, Battle Creek, MI
- Product/service code
- S222 · Housekeeping – Waste Treatment/Storage
- Business type
- Environmental & natural resources (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 562211)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0004Due Nov 12, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0003Due Nov 12, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 14, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 4, 2026
- Sep 28, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 4, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 3, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Oct 9, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Full notice text from SAM.gov
Added: Amendment 4, 22 October 2026: Please see the attached amendment document SP450026R0015 Amendment 0004 for all official changes and updates shared in the pre-proposal meeting today. PWS and Price Schedule have also been updated. Added: Amendment 3, 19 October 2026: The PRE-Proposal Meeting has been RESCHEDULED to this Thursday at 8:00am Eastern Standard Time. See SP450026R0015 Amendment 0003, attached, for details. Added: Amendement 2, 14 October 2026: The hour and date of the previously scheduled PRE-PREPOSAL meeting has been canceled. A new date/time will be posted in the next amendment. Please See attachment "SP450026R0015, Amendment 0002" for details. Added: Amendement 1, 28 September 2026: A PRE-PREPOSAL MEETING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED Please See attachment "SP450026R0015, Amendment 0001" for details. ______________________________________________ Combined Synopsis/Solicitation SP450026R0015 has been prepared in accordance with the procedures in FAR 12.603(c)(2)(i?xvi). Work under this contract will consist primarily of the removal, transportation, and disposal of electronic waste. The electronic waste is generated at the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD) installation located at Incirlik Air Base. The following additional information is provided in accordance with FAR 12.603(c)(2). (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) Solicitation SP450026R0015 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). (iii) This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01, effective 3/13/2026. (iv) This acquisition is being issued as full and open competition on an unrestricted basis; the associated NAICS code 562211. Final Governing Standards Turkey 2025 applies and can be found as Attachment 5. Contractors (or subcontractors -TSDF’s and Transporters) should already be registered to do business in Turkey. (See PWS 1.1.2 Permits and Special Requirements.) (v) See attachment 2 for the Price Schedule. (vi) See the solicitation for a description of the requirement, especially the Performance Work Statement (PWS) (Attachment 1) which outlines the details of the removal. (vii) The contract will have one 30-month base and one 30-month option period starting no later than 23 November2026. Pick up locations are found in attachment 3. (viii) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 13 Instructions to Offerors, and Attachment 15 for the Past Performance Questionnaire. (ix) The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See the solicitation for addenda to this provision, Attachment 14. (x) The provision at 52.212-3 Representations and Certifications does not apply to this offer. (xi) The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. (xii) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services (MAR 2025) (DEVIATION 2025-O0003) applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 4a for 52.212-5 clauses applicable to this acquisition. (xiii) See the solicitation for additional contract terms and conditions. (Attachment 4a & 4b) (xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) is not applicable. (xv) Proposals are due by the date and time as posted in this solicitation in SAM. Proposals shall be emailed to Annette.Graham@dla.mil with subject line as “OFFER SP450026R0015 Turkey HW, COMPANY NAME, CLOSING DATE”. See Attachment 13 Instructions to Offerors for proposal submission requirements. Closing date is listed in this Solicitation in SAM.gov. (xvi) Offerors must submit all questions regarding this solicitation in writing via email to Annette.Graham@dla.mil as “Questions SP450026R0015 Turkey Electronic HW”. The cut-off date for the receipt of questions is 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, 17 September 2026. Questions received after that date and time may not receive an answer. (Please submit prior to the due date to allow for responses to be posted to the solicitation.) ATTACHMENTS included with the solicitation in SAM: Attachment 1 Performance Work Statement (PWS) Turkey v180826 Attachment 2 Price Schedule Turkey v180826 Attachment 3 Pick Up Points (Locations) v150526 Attachment 4a Terms and Conditions (Provisions and Clauses to the contract) Attachment 4b FAR Provision Fill-ins Attachment 5 Final Governing Standards (FSG) Turkey Attachment 6 DLA Form 2503 Transporter QTL Application (for Qualified Transporter List) Attachment 7 DLA Form 2505 Invoice Attachment 8 DLA Form 2507 TSDF QFL Application (for Qualified Facilities List) Attachment 9 DLA Form 2511 HWPS (Hazardous Waste Profile Sheet) Attachment 10 DLA Form 2539 Customers Verification of Services Attachment 11 SFS Clearance Attachment 12 Contractor Registration Process Turkey Attachment 13 Addenda 52.212-1, Instructions to Offers Attachment 14 Addenda 52.212-2, Evaluation Attachment 15 Past Performance (PPI) Questionnaire
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