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Committee denies recommended waste-hauler awards, directs rebid with new terms
Summary
After an extended committee debate about procurement, contract structure and resident fees, the Engineering Services Committee voted to deny staff’s recommendation to award residential waste and recycling contracts and directed procurement to rebid with specified terms.
The Engineering Services Committee voted to deny the staff recommendation to award the residential waste and recycling collection contract as presented and directed staff to rebid the work with clearer terms, after several hours of debate over procurement method, pricing and what services the city should require.
The item before the committee sought approval of a contract award for residential waste and recyclable collection with two firms recommended by staff. Interim procurement and engineering staff told commissioners the procurement used a qualifications-driven request-for-proposal (RFP) process; price was part of the evaluation but not the sole deciding factor. Staff also said the goal of combining three zones into a single procurement was expected to lower unit costs compared with earlier single-zone estimates.
Committee members questioned that…
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