Title
Resolution Authorizing Execution of Contract 2016-10480 With Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. for Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Services
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Department: Field Operations
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Dale Wyrick, Field Operations Director, 336-373-2783
Contact 2 and Phone: Chris Marriott, Field Operations Deputy Director, 336-373-7612
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this agenda item is to have the City Council select a vendor to provide services for the disposal of municipal solid waste hauled from the Greensboro transfer station, and subsequently authorize the City Manager to enter into contract negotiations with the selected vendor consistent with the contract principals found in the RFP #8214 document. This contract shall be for a three-year initial term with the option of 2 additional one-year extensions. The current contract is with Republic Services of North Carolina, and will expire October 12, 2016.
BACKGROUND:
Since 2006, the City of Greensboro has contracted to provide municipal solid waste disposal services from the City's Burnt Poplar Road transfer station to the Uwharrie Environmental Landfill in Montgomery County, NC. In FY 2015-16, the cost of disposal of 222,000+/- tons of municipal solid waste from the City's transfer station to Uwharrie was about $5,104,000.
The Field Operations Department issued RFP (Request for Proposals) #8214 on June 6, 2016 for Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Services to multiple landfills in North Carolina. We received three responses for this RFP on July 12, 2016. The companies that responded were as follows:
* Republic Services of North Carolina, LLC, based in Conover, NC (landfill in Montgomery County, NC)
* Waste Connections of North Carolina, Inc., based in Charlotte, NC (landfill in Anson County, NC)
* Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc., based in Winston-Salem, NC (landfill in Randolph County, NC)
These proposals were then evaluate...
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