SUBJECT
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Request Board approve selection committee’s recommendation to authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with FCC Environmental Services Florida, LLC (FCC) and GFL Solid Waste Southeast LLC (GFL) for curbside residential solid waste collection services. (No fiscal impact)
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DESCRIPTION
Waste and Recycling requested Procurement to solicit proposals for the purpose of providing curbside residential solid waste collections services as our current hauler contracts expire September 30, 2024.
Request for Proposal (RFP) 23-175 Curbside Residential Solid Waste Collection Services was issued, and four vendors submitted proposals. The selection committee met on Monday, April 3, 2023, to evaluate and score the proposals. All four vendors were elevated for interviews. On April 10, 2023, the selection committee conducted interviews and with all four vendors. After the interviews, the consensus of the selection committee was to request the Board authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with all proposers, starting with the two highest ranked proposers, FCC and GFL.
The following is a listing of the firms and their rankings:
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Proposer |
City |
Rank |
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FCC Environmental Services Florida, LLC |
Lakeland, FL |
1 |
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GFL Solid Waste Southeast LLC |
Gainesville, FL |
2 |
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Coastal Waste & Recycling of Florida, Inc. |
Boca Raton, FL |
3 |
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Waste Management Inc. of Florida |
Lakeland, FL |
4 |
A recommendation of award was posted, and Coastal Waste & Recycling of Florida, Inc. protested the recommendation to award to GFL. The protest process resulted in the County Manager upholding the Procurement Director’s recommendation to award to FCC and GFL.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board approve the selection committee’s recommendation and authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations, starting with the two highest ranked proposers, FCC and GFL for RFP 23-175 Curbside Residential Solid Waste Collection Services, and moving to the third-highest ranked proposer and so on, if negotiations with FCC and/or GFL are unsuccessful.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact during negotiations.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Michele Sims
Procurement Operations Manager
Procurement
(863) 534-6738
michelesims@polk-county.net