19-28 - MRF Operations and Recyclables Processing

The City of Ann Arbor is seeking the services of a firm (private company, public company, non-profit organization, or government agency) or team of firms to provide the labor, equipment and materials necessary to sort, process and market the City’s recyclable materials that are collected by the City’s crews or collection contractor(s) and currently delivered to the City’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF). Firms may propose to sort and process recyclables at the MRF, to use the MRF as a transfer facility to transload recyclables to another MRF for sorting and processing, a sequential combination of the foregoing, or an alternative approach to performing these services for the City. The City will consider hosting the processing of third-party recyclable materials as further described in Section II.

The City is seeking these services for an initial term of five years commencing July 1, 2020, but will also consider a longer term of up to ten years. If different forms of operations are proposed, the duration of each will be part of, but will total, five or possibly ten years. The Public Services Area Administrator or his /her designee will oversee the performance and quality of work of this contractor.

Any inquiries or requests regarding this procurement should be only submitted in writing to the Designated City Contacts provided within the RFP Document. Attempts by the offeror to initiate contact with anyone other than the Designated City Contacts provided within the RFP Document that the offeror believes can influence the procurement decision, e.g., Elected Officials, City Administrator, Selection Committee Members, Appointed Committee Members, etc., may lead to immediate elimination from further consideration.