12-10-07 Item 7C Recycling Contract

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RFP for Residential Recycling Services 1. INTRODUCTION This request for proposals (RFP) defines the service standards, specifications and proposal requirements of the residential recycling collection program for the City of Arden Hills (City), The City seeks to enter into a recycling contract with a company that has the resources and ability to provide residential recyclable materials collection services for the City. It is the intent of the City to accept and evaluate proposals for residential recycling services including collection, processing, and marketing, The goals of the City are to maximize the fullest recovery possible of recyclable materials from all residents in the City and to achieve the most cost-effective solution, The City encourages Proposers to submit their best proposal possible. The requirements within this RFP may be altered by Proposers if proposals explicitly describe the change, rationale and price implications, For example, the "dual-stream proposal" scenario assumes the City's current dual-stream collection/processing recycling method, Proposers may propose a "single- stream proposal" scenario or they may propose on both scenarios, Each scenario proposed must have a distinct, associated price, 2. BACKGROUND The City's current recycling contract requires single-family households to be serviced on a weekly basis. Households north of Interstate 694 have recyclable materials collected every Wednesday and households south of 1-694 have recyclable materials collected every Tuesday (see Attachment A for a map of Arden Hills), The current population of Arden Hills is estimated to be 9,692 persons, The City has approximately 2,560 single-family housing units included as part of the City's residential recycling program 1bree buildings in the City (one senior living building, one condominium complex, and one apartment building) totaling ] 73 units contract individually with one private hauler for once weekly dual-stream collection of recyclable materials, There is one manufactured home park (Arden Manor) in the City, consisting of 294 housing units, The park owner contracts with one hauler for the collection of recyclable materials from these units, The City currently has a dual-stream recycling program for fiber and rigid containers, Paper products accepted in the City's recycling program include old newspaper (ONP), old magazines (OMG) including catalogs, old corrugated containers (OCe), mixed mail, old box board (OBB), phone books, and pop and beer carriers/cartons, Rigid containers accepted in the program include glass food and beverage containers, plastic bottles with a neck, steel and tin cans, aluminum foil, and aluminum cans. These materials are described in more detail in Section 3, "Definitions ". The City is billed $2,05 per household for residential recycling services by its current contractor. The total quantity of recyclable materials collected from the single-family curbside program in 2006 was 86] tons, The breakdown of 2006 recyclable materials collected in Arden Hills, by material type, can be found in Attachment B.