City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2008 05 27

Home Browse Search

Request for Proposals Municipal Trash and Recyclables Collection City of Louisville, Colorado 1. Introduction The City of Louisville (City) is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors for the provision of single-family residential trash and recyclable materials (i.e., refuse) collection services. The services specified in this Request for Proposal (RFP) represent a departure from past City practices. Under the new system, refuse collection will be shifted from multiple private contractors who contract :individually with homeowners to a city-wide contract. Participation in the city-wide refuse collection program will be optional in that residents may opt out of the service, and the contractor will not be compensated for these accounts. However, City collection fees will still tibe assessed against those homeowners who chose not to participate in the city-wide program. Collection fees will be assessed through the City's utility billing system based on account information provided by the Contractor except for those meeting opt out criteria. The one exception to this is those Homeowner Associations (HOA's) that currently offer their residents a minimum level of curbside recycling collection services. Those HOA's may receive an "exemption from participation" and it's residents would thus be exempt from the City collection fee. The City intends to award a contract as a result of this RFP process. A start date for collection services is to be set by mutual agreement between the City and the contractor, and is anticipated to be sometime in early 1St quarter of 2009. Questions may be referred to, and photocopies of this proposal may be obtained from Tom Phare, Director. of Public Works. Proposals shall be sent to the City of Louisville, Department of Public Works, 749 Main Street, Louisville, CO 80027 in a sealed envelope marked, "City of Louisville Trash Collection Proposal" and shall be received by 4:00 p.m. on , 2008. 2. General Information 2.1 Demographics The City has an estimated population of 19,200 people residing in an approximately 7.8 square mile area. The City contains an estimated 6000 single-family household units. The City anticipates that the number of "HOA exempted households" could be 10 to 15 percent of the total number of single-family units, thus leaving the remainder to be included in the new City-sponsored collection program.. There are an additional 160 accounts in the City's utilil;y billing system comprised of multi-family units (MFUs), and 1,619 dwelling units are estimated to comprise these 160 accounts. Refuse and recyclables collection from MFUs is not part of this request for proposals. Commercial and industrial complexes are not part of this request for proposals.