Hillsborough County evaluation committee ranks Phillips Environmental top in disaster-debris RFP
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Summary
An 11-proposal procurement for RFP 26Dash0036 (Disaster Debris Management Services) concluded with Phillips Environmental narrowly topping Ceres/Series Environmental Services after committee scoring of qualifications, experience and technical approach; the committee read final totals and instructed proposers to monitor the procurement portal.
The Hillsborough County evaluation committee met to review 11 proposals submitted for RFP 26Dash0036, Disaster Debris Management Services, and announced a ranked score order after reading subscores, cost points and small-business bonus points.
Buyer Ethan Kersey opened the meeting and confirmed it was publicly noticed and recorded. “This is the evaluation committee meeting for RFP 26Dash0036, Disaster Debris Management Services,” he said at the start of the session. Kersey also reported that the county received 11 proposals and that evaluation would proceed in alphabetical order and follow the solicitation’s criteria.
Committee members examined each proposer on three written criteria (qualifications and professional staff; experience with similar-size projects; and technical approach including schedule and innovations). Reviewers repeatedly weighed whether past projects were directly comparable to Hillsborough County’s hurricane-focused debris needs and whether proposers provided county-specific organization charts, FEMA reimbursement experience and tools such as GPS/GIS tracking, drones or automated debris management systems.
After discussion and numeric reconciliation, Kersey read final totals. Phillips Environmental received a total score of 100.67; Series/CERIS Environmental Services received 100.64; Carammer Gulf was listed third at 97.02; and the list continued through the eleventh-ranked proposer. Kersey closed by asking proposers to "monitor UNO for future updates related to the solicitation." The committee did not take a formal award recommendation in the meeting; it read and recorded scores and ranks for the record.
Why this matters: The ranked scores establish the committee’s evaluation record that the county procurement staff will use in subsequent procurement steps. Committee discussion highlighted local experience, FEMA reimbursement capability and technical tools as decisive differentiators among top-ranked proposers.
What’s next: The buyer said proposers should monitor the county procurement portal for updates; the meeting record and the readback of scores will be used by procurement staff for next steps in the solicitation.