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Solid Waste Authority denies Waste Pro waiver request, votes 4–3 to open bids on schedule
Summary
The Solid Waste Authority voted 4–3 to deny Waste Pro’s waiver petition and protest after staff found the company’s waiver documentation insufficient, directing staff to proceed with sealed bid openings Feb. 2 and report results Feb. 11.
The Solid Waste Authority on a 4–3 vote denied Waste Pro’s protest and its request for a waiver from a 20% Small Business Enterprise (SBE) subcontracting goal, after staff concluded Waste Pro’s waiver submission failed to meet required documentation standards.
The board acted after hearing a formal presentation from staff that the waiver scoring rubric (100 possible points, 70 needed for approval) awarded Waste Pro 36 points because it earned full credit for its initial plan but received no points for the sections requiring documented initial and follow-up communications and negotiations. Jody Hart, the authority’s director of purchasing services, and the EBO director reviewed the solicitation, the submitted materials, and the scoring before recommending denial.
Waste Pro’s representatives told the board they had conducted extensive outreach. Tom Derrida, representing Waste Pro, described years of local service and charitable involvement and said the…
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