TITLE
Consider a memorandum/resolution awarding a three-year contract for household hazardous waste services to Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
Consider a resolution approving a three-year contract with Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc. for the Household Hazardous Waste collection event services.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Public Works / Solid Waste Division
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
For over ten years, the City of Killeen has hosted Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events. Until FY 2014, the Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) sponsored these events. Beginning in FY 2014, funds were allocated in the Recycling Operations Division budget to sponsor at least one HHW collection event without CTCOG funding. During this timeframe, Phillips Service Company (PSC) provided HHW collection, transportation, and recycling/disposal services to the City under two one-year contracts. In mid-2014, PSC was acquired by Stericycle. This former PSC division based in Avalon, Texas, continues to perform as they did under PSC, including municipal, county, and district HHW services. Most recently, the City of Killeen’s February 2015 HHW event was serviced by Stericycle personnel.
In November 2015, RFP 16-08, Household Hazardous Waste Collection, Transportation & Disposal, was released for proposals. The City received four proposals in response from Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc., Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC, and Veolia Environmental Services, LLC.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
A multi-year contract providing HHW collection events over a three-year period is necessary to provide citizens with consistent and frequent HHW disposal opportunities. The City’s previous contract for HHW event services expired in the summer of 2015. Solid Waste staff consisting of the Director...
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