TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with Wastequip Manufacturing Company, LLC, to purchase metal bins for solid waste collection, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Sourcewell, a state of Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, in an annual amount not to exceed $800,000, with a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $160,000, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $960,000, for a term that expires upon the expiration of the the Sourcewell contract on June 2, 2025, with the option to renew for as long as the Sourcewell contract is in effect, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Wastequip Manufacturing Company, LLC, to purchase metal bins for solid waste collection required to service both multi-family residential and commercial solid waste City of Long Beach’s (City) accounts. Currently, refuse generated by multi-family residences and commercial businesses are stored in refuse bins at the account locations and collected by the City, at a minimum of once per week. The bins vary in size, including 2, 3 and 4-yard bins. These bins are needed throughout the year when new accounts are opened or expanded and as a replacement for bins that are no longer repairable or useable. These bins are necessary equipment needed for multi-family residential and commercial business accounts.
The Purchasing Division and the Department of Public Works - Environmental Services Bureau, researched procurement options for metal bins for solid waste collection and discovered other agencies had completed an open, fair, transparent, and competitive procurement process. The City has reviewed the contract options and determined that the contract between Sourcewell, a state of Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, and ...
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