Garbage and Recycling Bid Questions and Answers

Location:	Pennsylvania
Posted:	May 29, 2026
Due:	Jun 4, 2026
Agency:	Middletown Area School District
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	S - Utilities and Training Services
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Garbage and Recycling Bid

Questions and Answers

Question: At War Memorial Field, the bid states you won’t need a can there until August

2027. Can you confirm?

Answer: Yes, service to War Memorial Field will begin in August 2027 and will be on-call

service. In the meantime, we will use the dumpster located at Fink Elementary for stadium

trash. Fink Elementary is closing at the end of this school year, so service will eventually be

discontinued for that building, which will necessitate War Memorial Field having its own

service beginning in the fall of 2027 and each remaining fall months of the contract.

Question: In Sections 3 and 4, we will leave the Monthly Service Cost blank as it is a

variable cost for on-call pickup. Confirming that this is acceptable?

Answer: If you charge a monthly fee or monthly rental fee to have the on-call service

dumpsters on our site, please disclose that cost on these lines. If you do not charge a fee, you

may list zeros or leave the lines blank, and it will be assumed that there is no fee.

Question: How many times per week is each school site serviced?

Answer: Please refer to the Collection Schedule listed in the RFP.

Question: Where do we list the disposal fee per ton?

Answer: If there are any per-ton disposal fees, please list them on the line with other costs.

For example: “$X.XX per ton” or “$X.XX per on-call service pickup.”

Question: Middletown is requesting a 6-yard “dock style” dumpster. Are 6-yard “dock style”

dumpsters required, or can 8-yard “dock style” dumpsters be used instead? This question is

being asked because 6-yard dock style dumpsters are quite rare and are generally not

ordered.

Answer: Yes, 8-yard dock style dumpsters are acceptable substitutes for the requested 6-

yard dock style dumpsters.

Question: Does Middletown have an overload issue where an 8-yard dumpster would be a

better choice?

Answer: When garbage is collected according to the requested schedules, we typically have

not encountered issues with dumpsters being overloaded.

Question: When are bids due?

Answer: As listed in the bid documents, bids will be received until 9:00 a.m. on June 4th.

Bids received after this time will be disallowed.

You may hand-deliver your bid response by 9:00 a.m. on June 4th to:

Middletown Area School District

55 West Water Street

Middletown, PA 17057

Middletown Area School District is not responsible for bids that are mailed and not received

at 55 West Water Street, Middletown, by the closing date and time.

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