The purpose of the solicitation is to establish a contract for a qualified vendor to purchase and provide transport FOB Destination for Lake County’s scrap metal and white goods from 13130 County Landfill Rd., Tavares, Florida, 32778.
Scope of service:
- Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, fuel and any other incidental costs, and supervision necessary to purchase and transport scrap metal and white goods from the Central Solid Waste Facility located at 13130 County Landfill Rd., Tavares, Florida, 32778
- The vendor shall exchange bins within seventy -two (72) hours of notification by the Central Solid Waste facility operations office that the box is full. The two (2) 80 cubic yard or greater roll-off containers provided for scrap metal collection at the Central Solid Waste Facility (Landfill) must accurately record a gross weigh at the Central scale facility.
- The vendor upon arrival shall weigh in with a empty container and depart Central facility with a full container.
- A scale ticket will be provided to the vendor at the time of vehicle weighing at Central scale facility. The two (2) 80 cubic yard or greater roll off containers must be maintained in good and serviceable condition and pose no threat or hazard to County customers or employees while located at the Central Facility or while being moved for the purposes of retrieval and delivery.
- County staff member shall notify vendor for pickup, by telephone, Or by E-mail and keep a log of telephone and E-mail notifications that list the date and time of the notification, the County staff member that made the telephone or E-mail call, and the name of the vendor’s employee that received the telephone or e-mail call.
- This contract is for one year beginning October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 with the option for four (4) subsequent one (1) year renewals. Renewals are contingent upon mutual written agreement.
Examination of site and material:
- Bidders may visit Central Solid Waste Facility prior to closing of RFQ to familiarize themselves with area where scrap metal and white goods are located. It is also recommended to become familiar with any conditions which may in any manner, affect work being done, including equipment, materials, drivers and concerns.
Bidder will show percentage of index for Contractor collecting material from Lake County Central Solid Waste Facility on their bid.
Option A: Scrap Metal Contractor hauling from the Lake County Central Solid Waste Facility
Monthly Alabama #1 published price X ___%____ = Gross/ Ton rebate owed to the County
Option B: Scrap Metal County hauling from the Lake County Central Solid Waste Facility
Monthly Alabama #1 published price X ___%_____ = Gross/Ton rebate owed to the County
Option C: Scrap Metal County hauling from the Lake County Central Solid Waste Facility
Monthly Alabama #1 published price X ___%_____ = Gross/Ton rebate owed to the County
Bidder that is awarded contract will provide a copy of the monthly Alabama #1 Publication to Lake County Hazardous & E-Cycling Supervisor via e-mail:
[email protected].
Submission of bid:
Via electronic return per RFQ page bid.
Questions and Answer:
1. The details note two (2) 80 yard roll off dumpsters. Would it be possible to use four (4) 40 yard roll off dumpsters instead?
Response: Two (2) Larger dumpsters are required due to the processing area.
2. Can you provide the previous awarded quote?
Response: Yes. It is located in the solicitation documents.
3. Regarding option C for the bid, can you specify the expectations of how the county wants this to work? For example, are we going to bring in our own crew AND the crane and fill our containers on a quarterly basis, monthly, weekly?
Response: Yes, the bidders crew and crane would load on a monthly basis.
4. Will they be loading from a large scrap pile that the county is going to accumulate until we get onsite to load on specified date?
Response: Yes.
5. Will it include appliances that have already been evacuated of refrigerants?
Response: Yes. Appliances with freon are kept in a different area and would be loaded out from this area on a quarterly basis after the draining of the freon is completed.
6. Would we still need to leave our containers onsite or would we be ok to just come in with the containers ready to fill when we are sending out the crew to load?
Response: You will not need to leave containers on site if your crew is doing the loading.