Summary of Specifications:
(1) The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking proposals from qualified refuse contractors for the purpose of entering into a long term contract for all components of the city's waste and recycling services. Services required under the contract shall include but not be limited to curbside waste collection and disposal, single stream curbside recycling and processing program, curbside yard waste collection and composting, and other miscellaneous related services. The contract will be awarded for a term of 7 years with two (2) five year options to renew. (2) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a proposal must use the forms provided by the City. RFP forms and specifications may be obtained by visiting the MITN system @ www.mitn.info. (3) Attendance at the mandatory pre-proposal conference is a requirement of this request for proposals. The conference will be held at the City of Romulus City Hall, 11111 Wayne Road Romulus, MI 48174 on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Staff will be available at this meeting to answer questions about this RFP. CONTRACTORS ARE ADVISED TO READ RFP DOCUMENTS CLOSELY, BRING A COPY OF THE RFP TO THE CONFERENCE AND BE PREPARED WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING RFP CONTENT AND PROPOSAL PRESENTATION FORMATTING. (4) Pre-proposal Question Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2015 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (5) Clarifications, modifications, or amendments may be made to this solicitation at the discretion of the City. Any and all addenda issued by the City will be posted on the MITN system. All interested parties are instructed to view the MITN website regularly for any issued addenda. It is the responsibility of the proposer to obtain the available addenda and acknowledge any issued addenda on the Proposal Form for this solicitation, and further submit the Form as part of the required submittal documents for this solicitation. (6) Five (5) copies of all proposals must be submitted in sealed envelopes and returned to the City Clerk's Office no later than 2:30 p.m. EST, Wednesday, February 11, 2015. At approximately 2:45 p.m. ESTall timely received proposals are to be publicly opened and receipt acknowledged. PROPOSAL MUST BE ADDRESSED:
CITY OF ROMULUS CLERK’S OFFICE RFP 14/15-20 SINGLE HAULER CURBSIDE WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL PROGRAM 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, Michigan 48174
(7) ALL PRICING MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE SEALED PROPOSAL IN A SEPARATELY SEALED ENVELOPE CLEARLY MARKED, "PROPOSAL PRICING." (8) The City reserves the right to reject all bids and proposals and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in proposals received. (9) Proposals are subject to public disclosure (FOIA) after the deadline for submission in accordance with state laws. For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director, by calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing lconway@ci.romulus.mi.us
