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Bellevue seeks national best practices, EV fleets and stronger service metrics in next solid waste RFP
Summary
City staff outlined four equal-priority objectives for a competitive RFP to replace Bellevue's solid waste contract (expiring June 2028): adopt national best practices, comply with state organics and recycling laws, focus on reliability/affordability/user experience, and pilot technology including EVs and AI; council directed staff to develop the service package.
Bellevue's utilities staff presented objectives for a competitive solicitation to replace the city's solid waste contract, which began in July 2014 and expires June 2028, and council directed staff to prepare a services package to support the RFP.
Lucy Liu, utilities director, and Scott Edwards, deputy director, told the council the city pays roughly $37,000,000 annually for current solid waste services and that staff recommend maintaining weekly single-family collection and an embedded rate structure for composting and recycling in the next contract. The recommended service objectives are…
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