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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34903 with Homeboy Recycling, a California social purpose corporation, dba Homeboy Electronics Recycling, of Los Angeles, CA, to provide transportation and disposal services of electronic waste, and extend the term of the contract to March 31, 2023. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 34903 with Homeboy Recycling, dba Homebody Electronics Recycling (Homeboy), to provide transportation and disposal services of electronic waste (E-Waste), and extend the term of the contract to March 31, 2023.
On February 13, 2018, the City Council awarded a contract to Homeboy as part of its adoption of RFP TI17-097, to provide transportation and disposal of E-Waste for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods. The current contract expired on Novebmer 30, 2022. This request will allow for sufficient time to complete the Request for Proposal (RFP) that is now in process.
The Technology and Innovation Department’s (TI) Asset Management Team oversees and coordinates the disposal of E-Waste (end-of-life equipment from fiscal year asset replacements, irreparable and irreplaceable devices, peripherals, and components), for City of Long Beach (City) departments to ensure assets purchased through TI are appropriately retired. E-Waste must be disposed of in accordance with all federal, State, and local laws and regulations.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Erin Weesner-McKinley on November 7, 2022, Purchasing Agent Michelle Wilson on November 3, 2022, and by Budget Operations and Development Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib, on November 12, 2022.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action to amend Contract No. 34903 is requested on January 17, 2023, to ensure there is no interruption to services.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact of this contract amendment. There ...
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