S222--New: 5-Year Ordering Period Contract: 01/01/2025-12/31/2029 Infectious Waste and Potentially Infectious Medical Waste Collection and Disposal Services at the Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL
Veterans Affairs · 252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C25225Q0138 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
Pre-Solicitation Notice: New 5-year Ordering Period Contract for Infectious Waste (IW) and Potentially Infectious Medical Waste (PIMW) Collection and Disposal Services at the Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL and its affiliated CBOCs.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (252-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 12 (36C252)), same product/service code (PSC) S222 and NAICS 562211.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $308K to $475K, median $379K; range $90K to $589K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARTH SMART ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC | 4 | $1.5M | Mar 16, 2026 |
| NEIE Medical Waste Services, LLC | 3 | $909K | Jul 3, 2025 |
| AMERICAN VET SOLUTIONS INC | 1 | $475K | Dec 30, 2025 |
| STERICYCLE INC | 1 | $444K | Apr 28, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Mar 16, 2026EARTH SMART ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC$379KS222--Award Notice: Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal Services at the Illiana Health Care System in Danville, IL. Five-Year Indefinite Quantity Contract (3/16/2026 - 02/28/2031). EARTH SMART ENVNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 30, 2025AMERICAN VET SOLUTIONS INC$475KS222--New Award: Five Year Ordering Period Contract Regulated Medical Waste and Sharps Collection and Removal Services at the Hines VA Hospital and its affiliated CBOCs POP: 1/1/2026-12/31/2030 AwardeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 3, 2025NEIE Medical Waste Services, LLC$512K5-Year Ordering Period (07/01/2025 - 06/30/2030) Jesse Brown VAMC in Chicago, IL & CBOC locations. Regulated Medical Waste and Sharps Collection and Disposal Services. NEIE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES, LLCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 28, 2025STERICYCLE INC$444KS222--Award Notice: Sharps Collection and Disposal Services at the Illiana Health Care System in Danville, IL and its Affiliated CBOCs. Base Year With Four 1-Year Option Periods (4/22/2025 - 3/31/2030No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 2, 2025NEIE Medical Waste Services, LLC$90KS222--5-Year Ordering Period (04/01/2025 - 03/31/2030) Illiana Health Care System in Danville, IL and its affiliated CBOCs. Regulated Medical Waste Services. Awarded to NEIE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES, LLNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 3, 2025EARTH SMART ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC$377KS222--5-Year Ordering Period (02/01/2025 - 01/31/2030) at the Captain James A Lovell FHCC in North Chicago, IL for Sharps and Chemotherapy Waste Collection and Disposal Services. Earth Smart EnvironmeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 3, 2025NEIE Medical Waste Services, LLC$308KS222--6-Month Contract Award (01/01/2025 - 06/30/2025) NEIE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES, LLC for General and Medical Waste Collection and Removal Services. Jesse Brown VA Medical Center - Chicago, ILNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 29, 2024EARTH SMART ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC$149KS222--5-Year Ordering Period (12/01/2024 - 11/30/2029) Tomah VA Medical Center - Tomah, WI Hazardous Waste Collection/Removal Services Earth Smart Environmental Solutions, LLCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 6, 2024EARTH SMART ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC$589KS222--5-Year Ordering Period (11/01/2024 - 10/31/2029) Captain James A Lovell FHCC Hazardous waste collection/removal services EARTH SMART ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLCNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.