Title
Resolution Authorizing Execution of Contract 2016-10479 with Custom Ecology, Inc. for Municipal Solid Waste Hauling 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 hauling municipal solid waste brought to 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 #2016-10419 document. This contract shall be for a three-year initial term with the option of 2 additional one-year extensions. The current contract with Hilco Transport, Inc. will expire October 15, 2016.
BACKGROUND:
Since 2006, the City of Greensboro has contracted to provide municipal solid waste hauling 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 hauling of about 222,000 tons of municipal solid waste from the City's transfer station to Uwharrie was about $2,500,000.
The Field Operations Department issued an RFP (Request for Proposals) #2016-10419 on March 28, 2016 for Municipal Solid Waste Hauling Services to six (6) landfills in North Carolina. We received three responses for this RFP. The companies that responded were as follows:
* Atomic Transport, LLC, based in Fort Payne, Alabama
* Hilco Transport, Inc., based in Greensboro, North Carolina
* Stafford Transportation of North Carolina, Inc. d/b/a Custom Ecology, Inc. (CEI), based
in Mableton, Georgia
These proposals were then evaluated by both HDR Engineering of the Carolinas, Inc. and city staff. HDR provided an evaluation (Attachment 1) of the proposa...
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