TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF DECEMBER 7, 2017
COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Report on advertisement of Request for Proposal 17-RFP-39 Services to Source and Deliver Wood Chips to the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas
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Dear Sir:
Request for proposal (RFP) documents have been prepared for 17-RFP-39 Services to Source and Deliver Wood Chips to the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas, at the request of the Maintenance and Operations Department.
The purpose of this request for proposal is to obtain professional services to deliver up to 350,000 cubic yards of wood chips annually to the Harlem Avenue and Calumet Solids Management Areas (HASMA and CALSMA) to produce Class A Exceptional Quality composted biosolids as part of the resource recovery program. The Contractor will be able to provide proposals under one of the following cost structures: 1) pay the District to accept the wood chips, 2) furnish the wood chips to the District free of charge, or 3) receive payment from the District for the wood chips.
No bid deposit is required for this Proposal.
Appendix A will not be included in this request for proposal. The purpose of this Request for Proposal is to identify brokers to sustainably source and deliver wood chips to both the Harlem Avenue Solids Management Area and the Calumet Solids Management Area. There is no estimated cost for the service.
The tentative schedule for this contract is as follows:
Advertise January 31, 2018
Proposals Accepted March 2, 2018
Award May 10, 2018
Completion December 31, 2021
Requested, John P. Murray, Director of Maintenance and Operations, BAP:SO’C:MAG:JR
Respectfully Submitted, Darlene A. LoCascio, Director of Procurement and Materials Management JPM:BAP:SO’C:MAG