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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP TI17-097 and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary amendments, 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, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Homeboy Recycling, dba Homeboy Electronics Recycling (Homeboy), to provide transportation and disposal services of Electronic Waste (E-Waste).
The Technology and Innovation Department’s (TI) Asset Management Team oversees and coordinates the disposal E-Waste (end-of-life equipment from fiscal year asset replacements, irreparable and irreplaceable devices, peripherals, and components), for 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.
The volume of E-Waste varies on an annual basis and cannot be determined other than it will exceed the sample figures provided in the Request for Proposals (based on 2017 figures) due to the amount of department outreach of the service, the varied schedule of the Personal Computer (PC) refresh program (dependent on availability of various resources), and the scheduled departure from the existing City Hall in 2019. In the event the vendor sells City-provided E-Waste, the City shall receive a revenue share of 20 percent of the vendor’s gross sales less a $10 administrative fee per sale. The amount of revenue to be received is anticipated to be minimal, as assets being processed through this agreement will be damaged and/or be at end-of-life. Revenue will be dependent on the amount of resalable E-Waste equipment retired from service, its cond...
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