Disposal of Waste and Debris on an Annual Contract

Agency:	Gwinnett County
State:	Georgia
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	S - Utilities and Training Services
Posted:	Dec 13, 2023
Due:	Jan 3, 2024
Solicitation No:	BL014-24 INV
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December 13, 2023

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INVITATION TO BID

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified service

providers for the Disposal of Waste and Debris on an Annual Contract with four (4) one-year options to

renew for various Gwinnett County Departments.

Bids should be typed or submitted in ink and returned in a sealed container marked on the outside with the BL#

and Company Name. Bids will be received until 2:50 P.M. January 3, 2024, at the Gwinnett County Financial

Services - Purchasing Division – 2nd Floor, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. Any bid received after

this date and time will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened and read at 3:00

P.M. Apparent bid results will be available the following business day on our website www.gwinnettcounty.com.

Questions regarding bids should be directed to Michael Milstein, Purchasing Associate II at

michael.milstein@gwinnettcounty.com or by calling 770-822-7811 no later than on December 20, 2023. Bids are

legal and binding upon the bidder when submitted.

Successful service provider will be required to meet insurance requirements. The Insurance Company should be

authorized to do business in Georgia by the Georgia Insurance Department, and must have an

A.M. Best rating of A-5 or higher.

Gwinnett County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to its programs or

activities. Any requests for reasonable accommodations required by individuals to fully participate in any open

meeting, program or activity of Gwinnett County Government should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at the

Gwinnett County Justice and Administration Center, 770-822-8165.

The written bid documents supersede any verbal or written prior communications between the parties.

Award will be made to the service provider submitting the lowest responsive and responsible quote. Gwinnett

County reserves the right to reject any or all quotes, to waive technicalities, and to make an award deemed in its

best interest. Quotes may be split or awarded in entirety. Gwinnett County reserves the option to negotiate terms,

conditions, and pricing with the lowest responsive, responsible bidder(s) at its discretion.

Award notification will be posted after award on the County website, www.gwinnettcounty.com and companies

submitting a bid will be notified via email. We look forward to your bid and appreciate your interest in Gwinnett

County.

Michael Milstein

Purchasing Associate II

The following pages should be returned as part of your bid:

Bid Schedule, Pages 4-7

References, Page 8

Ethics Affidavit, Page 9

Contractor Affidavit, Page 10

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A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Successful service provider(s) must have a valid license from the State of Georgia to operate the Disposal

Facility identified in their bid. A copy of the license should be provided with the bid submittal. Facilities

conveniently located in and around the borders of Gwinnett County are encouraged to respond to this

solicitation.

2. Service provider should identify the type of waste (Construction or Demolition, Household solid waste, Yard

Trimmings, etc.) that can be disposed of at the identified Disposal Facility.

3. Gwinnett County reserves the right to award to any and/or all vendors to utilize the landfill according to location

and best interest of the County.

4. Gwinnett County reserves the right to utilize a landfill that is not awarded this contract if it is in the best interest

of Gwinnet County due to proximity of location.

B. DEFINITIONS

The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, as defined in the Gwinnett County Solid Waste

Collection and Disposal Services Ordinance (SWO2012-002) and/or the Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Rule 391-3-4.

1. Commercial Solid Waste shall mean all types of solid waste generated by Commercial Establishments, such as

stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other nonmanufacturing entities excluding Residential Municipal

Solid Waste, Construction or Demolition Waste, Hazardous Waste, and Industrial Waste.

2. Construction or Demolition (C&D) Waste shall mean waste building materials and rubble resulting from

construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on pavement, houses, commercial buildings and other

structures. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, waste containing asbestos, wood, bricks, metal, concrete,

wallboard, paper, cardboard, carpeting, inert waste landfill materials approved for disposal, and other non-

putrescible wastes associated with construction and demolition activities which have a low potential for

groundwater contamination.

3. Disposal Facility shall mean any facility or location where final disposition of solid waste occurs and includes,

but is not limited to, landfilling and solid waste thermal treatment technology facilities.

4. Hazardous Waste shall mean any solid waste which has been defined as a hazardous waste in regulations

promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or under Georgia Hazardous Waste

Management Act.

5. Inert Waste Landfill shall mean a disposal facility accepting only wastes that will not or are not likely to cause

production of leachate of environmental concern. Such wastes are limited to earth and earth-like products,

concrete, cured asphalt, rock, bricks, yard trimmings, stumps, limbs, and leaves.

6. Landfill Unit shall mean an area of land of which or an excavation in which solid waste is placed for permanent

disposal and which is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or compost pile.

Permanent disposal requires the placement of daily, intermediate, and/or final earth, synthetic, or combination

of earth and synthetic cover over the solid waste.

7. Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (MSWLF) Unit shall mean a discrete area of land or an excavation that receives

household waste, and that is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile, as

those terms are defined under 40 CFR Part 257.2. A MSWLF unit also may receive other types of solid waste,

such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous sludge, small quantity generator waste and industrial solid

waste. Such a landfill may be publicly or privately owned. A MSWLF unit may be a new MSWLF unit, an existing

MSWLF unit or a lateral expansion.

8. Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Facility shall mean any facility or location where the final deposition of any

amount of municipal solid waste occurs, whether or not mixed with or including commercial or industrial solid

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waste, and includes, but is not limited to, municipal solid waste landfills and solid waste thermal treatment

technology facilities.

9. Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Facility Operator shall mean the operator certified in accordance with Rule 391-

3-4-.18 and stationed on the site who is in responsible charge of and has direct supervision of the daily field

operations of a municipal solid waste disposal facility to ensure that the facility operates in compliance with the

permit.

10. Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Facility Owner shall mean the person(s) who owns a facility or part of a facility.

11. Residential Municipal Solid Waste shall mean solid waste generated at a Residential Service Unit, and shall

include White Goods, Bulky Waste, and Recovered Materials.

C. SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

1. Gwinnett County will be responsible for transporting the waste materials to the Disposal Facility.

2. Gwinnett County warrants that the waste materials delivered to the service provider will not contain any

hazardous, toxic or radioactive waste or substances as defined by applicable federal, state, local, or provincial

laws or regulations.

In the event that the County's waste is determined to be a hazardous, toxic, or radioactive, the Service provider

shall not be obligated to receive or accept such those materials.

3. All quantities listed are approximate. Disposal provider shall be paid for the actual unit quantity measured times

the unit price of disposed of material. The quantity of the material will be determined by either the weight ticket

provided when weighed at the Disposal Facility, or the load size as identified in the Bid Form. The Disposal

Facility Operator and the Gwinnett County personnel hauling the material are required to sign the weight ticket

or load receipt to ensure payment.

4. Disposal Facilities for receiving Residential Municipal Solid Waste shall be "lined" Subtitle D landfills.

5. Disposal Facilities for receiving Construction or Demolition Waste shall be a licensed Inert Waste Landfill.

6. The facility should be able to separate debris, if that is a need. For instance; the county will not haul separated

material such as concrete, asphalt and dirt as separate loads.

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FAILURE TO RETURN THIS PAGE AS PART OF BID DOCUMENT MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF BID.

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Notes:

BID SCHEDULE

Service provider is not required to bid on each type of waste which may be hauled to the Disposal Facility. If the proposed Disposal Facility cannot legally accept a

specific type of waste (Bid Item), do not offer pricing for the Bid Item. Service Provider should provide the physical location of the Disposal Facility(ies), as indicated

below, for each Bid Item for which pricing is offered. Include the types of waste materials that are not accepted at the identified facility(ies). Bid either Section A,

Section B, or Section C

Item

DESCRIPTION

SECTION A - WEIGHT MEASUREMENT

1 Dispose of Construction & Demolition Waste

2 Dispose of Residential Municipal Solid Waste

3 Dispose of Yard Trimming Waste

SECTION B – LOAD SIZE

Dispose of Inert Waste

Tandem Dump Truck

Single Axle Dump Truck

Pick-up Truck (F-450 or smaller)

Dispose of Construction & Demolition Waste

Tandem Dump Truck

Single Axle Dump Truck

Pick-up Truck (F-450 or smaller)

Dispose of Residential Municipal Solid Waste

Tandem Dump Truck

Single Axle Dump Truck

Pick-up Truck (F-450 or smaller)

Dispose of Yard Trimming Waste

Tandem Dump Truck

APPROX.

ANNUAL QTY.

UNIT PRICE

PER TON

380 Tons

730 Tons

380 Tons

SECTION A TOTAL $

1550 Loads

154 Loads

77 Loads

46 Loads

13 Loads

73 Loads

25 Loads

37 Loads

ANNUAL AMOUNT

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Item

DESCRIPTION

Single Axle Dump Truck

Pick-up Truck (F-450 or smaller)

SECTION C – LOAD SIZE

Pickup of Inert Fill Dirt

1 Tandem Dump Truck

Single Axle Dump Truck

APPROX.

ANNUAL QTY.

UNIT PRICE

PER TON

13 Loads

SECTION B TOTAL $

550 Loads

110 Loads

SECTION C TOTAL $

BID TOTAL (SECTION A + SECTION B + SECTION C) $

ANNUAL AMOUNT

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