CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL – Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514. SPECIAL NOTICE The Air Force is seeking Small Business (SB) sources to fulfill a 5-year (Base year plus 4 Option years) contract for waste removal services. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform solid waste management at the Rome Research/DFAS installation in Rome, NY at the Newport Research Facilities in Newport, NY, and the Stockbridge Research Facilities in Oneida, NY. The contractor shall perform to the standards in the contract as well as all local, state, and federal regulations. The estimated workload are included in Appendix A, and collection areas noted in Appendices B-D. See Attached draft PWS along with Attachments 1-4 for details. This is a Sources Sought Notice and is not a Request for Proposal. No solicitation is being issued at this time and this notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. Any information provided to the Government as a result of this sources sought notice is voluntary. Responses will not be returned. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges to the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses or the Government's use of such information. The information obtained from responses to this notice may be used in the development of an acquisition strategy and future RFP. If adequate responses are not received, the acquisition may be solicited on an unrestricted basis. This is a sources sought for planning purposes only. If this effort is to be set aside, then a clause such as FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply. Though not assured or guaranteed, it is anticipated that a Request for Proposal for this requirement will be posted to the SAM website http://www.sam.gov under reference number FA875126RREFUSE. The solicitation will be conducted under NAICS code 562111 with an associated small business size standard of $47,000,000 average annual revenue. No set-aside determination has been made. The above description of work is for the purpose of general information only and is not intended to include and describe every feature of work or to define the scope of the work. RESPONSE PROCEDURE Prime contractors who are 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB, SDVOSB, or SB concerns and who intend to submit a proposal for this notice MUST submit the following by 3:00 p.m. EST, 26 January 2026: (1) A positive statement of intent to submit a proposal for this solicitation as a prime contractor. Describe how anticipated subcontractors, if any, would be selected and which functions they would be responsible for; (2) Dated letter or cert…