Waste Cart Supply

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

PURPOSE

The City invites Proposals from experienced and qualified Proponents for the provision of everything required including all skilled labour, tools, materials, equipment for the supply and delivery of Waste Collection Carts and any other requirements.

SPECIFICATIONS OF GOODS AND SCOPE OF SERVICES

The City of Surrey provides weekly residential curbside organic (kitchen and yard waste) collection with alternating bi-weekly garbage and recycling collection via a fully automated cart-based collection system which is operated exclusively by a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) waste collection fleet. Waste collection services are provided to approximately 107,000 single family households and 33,000 secondary suites. Additionally, 32,500 apartment building residences are provided weekly centralized recycling service and 15,000 apartment residences receive weekly centralized organic waste collection service.

Approximately 300,000 waste carts were distributed to the City’s 100,000 waste collection customers during the 2012 roll-out of the City’s Rethink Waste Collection program. Each household received one (1) cart for each of garbage, recycling and organic waste. Beyond this initial City-wide disbursement of carts in 2012, the City requires an ongoing supply of waste carts for the following reasons:

(a) There is an annual average increase of approximately 1,500 new households in the residential curbside collection customer base with each new household requiring three (3) waste carts, one for each of the three collection streams;
(b) There is a need to provide approximately 4,000 additional carts to some households for organics, recyclables and/or garbage;
(c) There is a need to replace carts approximately 400 carts that are damaged; and
(d) There is a need to provide recycling and organics carts to the City’s growing multi-family buildings customer base (apartments)

ADDENDA

If the City determines that an amendment is required to this RFP, the City Representative will issue a written addendum by posting it on the BC Bid website at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca and the City website at www.surrey.ca (collectively, the “Websites”), and upon posting, any addenda will form part of this RFP. It is the responsibility of Proponents to check the Websites for addenda. The only way this RFP may be added to, or amended in any way, is by a formal written addendum. No other communication, whether written or oral, from any person will affect or modify the terms of this RFP or may be relied upon by any Proponent. By delivery of a Proposal the Proponent is deemed to have received, accepted and understood the entire RFP, including any and all addenda.

All inquiries related to this RFP should be directed in writing to the contact person named above.