FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Lan C. Wiborg, Director of Environmental Services
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SOLID WASTE HAULING SERVICES, SPECIFICATION NO. S-2024-647BD
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
A. Approve General Services Contracts to two contractors: Roll Off Solutions, Inc. and Synagro-West, LLC to collect and haul Orange County Sanitation District's solid waste from Reclamation Plants Nos. 1 and 2 to the various disposal facilities, Specification No. S-2024-647BD, each for a three (3) year period, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, for a total amount not to exceed $2,130,000 per contract that includes the unit prices per ton for solid waste hauling and annual CPI (consumer price index) adjustment;
B. Approve two (2) optional one-year renewals for $710,000 per year per contract; and
C. Approve a 10% contingency per contract on an annual basis.
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BACKGROUND
The Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) continues to actively pursue hauling options for grit, screenings, and drying bed material (solid waste) to maintain a long-term, sustainable disposal program.
Grit, consisting of sand, silt, and other detritus, is separated after screening in an aerated chamber. Screenings are coarse solids, such as paper, fecal matter, cloth, wood, plastics, and debris, removed by bar screens during the wastewater treatment process. Both grit and screenings are transported via conveyors to hoppers, then deposited into bins or trailers for disposal. Drying bed material, which may include grit, screenings, debris, grease, sawdust, sludge, biosolids, polymer, and other substances, are mixed with sawdust to absorb moisture. This disposal method is also provided as a free service to OC San's member agencies and cities, allowing outside solid waste collected through the sewer cleaning process to be transported to a designated landfill by OC San's contractor(s).
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