Title
Resolution Authorizing Vendor Selection and Contract Award for Hauling Glass and Recyclable Materials to Aggregate Haulers, Inc. in the Estimated Amount of $122,040
Body
Council Priority: Ensure Fiscal Stewardship, Transparency, & Accountability
Department: Field Operations
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Dale Wyrick, 373-2783
Contact 2 and Phone: Chris Marriott, 373-7612
PURPOSE:
The Field Operations department requests City Council approve recommendation to award and authorize the City Manager to enter into contract for hauling glass and recyclable materials to Aggregate Haulers, Inc consistent with RFB issued September 2019. The initial term is for one year with two optional one-year extensions.
BACKGROUND:
Since 2011 the City has been collecting source separated glass from bars and restaurants holding an on-site consumption license from the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. In 2015, at the request of ReCommunity (now Republic Services) to remove these glass bottles from the delivered materials to the Material Recovery Facility, the City constructed a holding bunker at the White Street Landfill facility in order to consolidate and haul the material to Strategic Materials in Wilson, NC for recycling. The hauling of glass was most recently completed by Custom Ecology, Inc.
In July 2019, a new contract with Republic Services necessitated the removal of glass bottles and jars from the residential collection stream. In order to continue to offer glass recycling to the residents of Greensboro, Field Operations offered multiple drop off locations across the City where residents can leave glass bottles and jars. The tonnage collected from these drop off locations has increased each month to over 50 tons in November 2019.
The Field Operations Department issued an RFB (Request for Bids) on September 26, 2019 for hauling glass and recyclable material from White Street Landfill facility to Stra...
Click here for full text