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Pinellas County awards 10-year, $320 million waste-to-energy operations contract to FCC Environmental Services
Summary
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to award a 10-year waste-to-energy operations contract to FCC Environmental Services after a competitive procurement; county staff said the contract reduces processing fees versus the vendor’s requested renewal rate and includes transition provisions to maintain plant operations.
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to award a 10-year contract to FCC Environmental Services to operate the county’s waste-to-energy facility, county officials said.
County Solid Waste Director Paul Sacco told the commission the county conducted a competitive solicitation after the incumbent operator signaled it could not accept a proposed 10-year renewal at earlier rates. "We went out on the street…and when we got to terms with FCC, that number processing fee number is at 34.25, down from the 38 that we're actually paying today," Sacco said, explaining the agreement represents a lower per-ton processing fee than the operator had asked the county to accept without testing the market.
The reduction, Sacco said, would save the county millions annually. He described current annual throughput in the range of roughly 830,000 to 870,000 tons…
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