Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for the Week

City of Annapolis, MD

The Central Purchasing Office of the City of Annapolis is accepting sealed bids for recycling collection services until 2:00 p.m., local time, Thursday, January 31, 2008. Bids shall be publicly opened and read in the City of Annapolis, Central Purchasing Office, 145 Gorman Street, Floor 2R, Annapolis, MD, 21401. Late bids will not be accepted under any circumstances.

To view the bid click on the following link -- Annapolis Bid

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Recycling Collection Service

City of London, Ontario

The Corporation of the City of London is requesting proposals to acquire the services of a Contractor(s) to collect recyclables from residential curbside stops (approximately 98,400 stops) to collect recyclables from designated London Multi-Residential Buildings (approximately 41,700 units) and to collect recyclables from designated Core Business Areas in London (approximately 450 stops).

Click here to view the bid -- London, Ontario Bid

City of Chicago

Click here to view the bid -- Chicago Bid

Southern Connecticut State University

Contact: Mike Imme, immem1@southernct.edu, tel. (203) 392-6705 FAX: (203) 392-6712.

Click here to view the bid -- SCSU Bid

Smart Business Recycle

City of Columbia, SC

The city is seeking interested parties for a Smart Business Recycling project. Parties are subject to the conditions, and all provisions, etc., set forth herein and attached, will be received at this office until 12:00 P.M., February 8, 2008 then publicly opened and read.

Click here for a complete copy of the RFP in Microsoft Word.

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice

Solicitation Number: Reference-Number-719761

NAICS Code: 423930 -- Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Contracting Office Address: Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commander (fcp), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command - Pacific, Coast Guard Island Building 54C, Alameda, CA, 94501-5100

Description: The United States Coast Guard is seeking potential sources to provide recycling services for all scrap metal generated at Integrated Support Command (ISC) Kodiak, Kodiak, AK. Services would include receiving, processing, and recycling of an estimated 144 tons of scrap metal to include both ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Contract may also include option for disposal/recycling of vehicles estimated at one vehicle per year. Amounts listed are yearly estimates. Scrap materials will be delivered to your location on Kodiak Island.

The Coast Guard plans on awarding this contract to a Small Business (SB), HUB Zone companies, 8(a) companies, Small Disadvantaged Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), or Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB).

The following information is to be mailed or emailed to Joseph Laughlin addresses designated in the contact line.

1) Business Name.

2) Business Address.

3) Business Point of Contact.

4) Business Size / SBA status: Small Business (SB), HUB Zone companies, 8(a) companies, Small Disadvantaged Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), or Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB)

5) Recycling services you provide for scrap metals.

6) Your facility location and means/methods of recycling these types of material.

7) Statement on capability to include option for vehicles.

8) Statement that your facility meets all state/federal regulatory requirements for recycling of scrap metals (ferrous/non-ferrous) and vehicles.

Point of Contact: Joseph Laughlin, Contracting Officer, Phone (510) 437-5347, Fax (510) 437-3014, Email Joseph.N.Laughlin@uscg.mil - Bill Erickson, Contracting Officer, Phone 510-437-3047, Fax 510-437-3014, Email bill.e.erickson@uscg.mil.

Document Type: Presolicitation Notice

Solicitation Number: S-AQMMA-08-R-0103

Classification Code: Z -- Maintenance, repair, and alteration of real property

Set Aside: Total Small Business

NAICS Code: 562920 -- Materials Recovery Facilities

Contracting Office Address: Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115 Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA, 22219

Description: The purpose of this Pre-Solicitation Notice is to notify prospective offerors that the Department of State has a requirement for the combination of Recycling and Trash Removal Services that will result in a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.

It will be competed amongst small businesses only. The NAICS code is 562920. The period of performance under this contract will consist of one base year plus three option years for a potential total of four years. This contract will be a performance-based acquisition. The Department intends to make one single award. Multiple contract awards are neither anticipated nor desired. This competition will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15.

To be eligible for award, offerors must provide complete pricing for all line items for all four contract years. Partial offers will not be considered. This solicitation will be posted under Solicitation Number S-AQMMA-08-R-0301.

The Recycling and Trash Removal Services contract will provide support at the Department of States Annex Buildings mostly located in the Springfield, Virginia area, and at any other buildings deemed necessary, up to ten (10) buildings within the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The contractor shall furnish all necessary material, labor, equipment, and supervision to provide Recycling and Trash Removal Services at all Department of States Annex Buildings specified in the contract.

Recycling and Trash Removal Services is defined as the collection of general building waste COMINGLED in a community receptacle. Commingled recyclables and trash shall be taken to be sorted, separating the recyclable materials from the non-recyclable materials, followed by disposal of non-recyclables and filled dark colored opaque plastic bags in accordance with Federal and State regulations.

Under this contract, when requested, the contractor shall provide on call pick ups of non standard, recyclable materials from DOS Facilities in the Washington DC Area, to include cables, computers, monitors, keyboards, etc., though not to include hazardous waste. The drop off point may vary in the Metropolitan Capital Area. Contractor and or subcontractors, if applicable, shall comply with federal, state and local licensing requirements for each jurisdiction where work is to be performed.

Solicitation S-AQMMA-08-R-0301 will be electronically posted to this website only, and will contain complete information and instructions for submission of a proposal. No paper solicitations will be issued. Likewise, all solicitation amendments and other releases of information will be posted exclusively to this website.

Proposals will be due approximately 30 days after the solicitation is posted. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website regularly to ensure full access to all pertinent information.

All questions pertaining to this action must be submitted in writing via electronic mail.

Point of Contact: Deborah Koplen, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-875-4329, Fax 703-875-5272, Email KoplenDJ@state.gov - JoAnn Carroll, Contracting Officer, Phone 703-875-6038, Fax 703-516-1709, Email CarrollJB@state.gov.

United States Marine Corps

The Regional Contracting Office, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) is soliciting sources to purchase approximately 200,000 pounds of recyclable brass shell casings (5.56mm, 7.62mm, 9mm, 50 cal. & .22 cal) located at MCBH Recycling Center, Bldg 132, Kaneohe Bay HI 96863-3063. The Invitation for Bid (IFB) number is M00318-08-R-0147. This will be a one time sale.

This procurement is unrestricted. NAICS and the small business size standard for this procurement is 423930 and 500 employees respectively. The anticipated sale will be firm fixed-price and the bidder shall bid the price per pound. The Government bid price determination will be based on the highest bid received prior to closing the bidding with the firm conforming to the basic requirement.

The IFB will be available on or around 14 December 2007. Bids are due no later than 14 January 2008, 15:00 p.m. HST, to be received at the following email address: steven.takasaki@usmc.mil.

Direct any bid questions or concerns in writing to: Steven Takasaki, Contract Specialist, Phone: 808-257-5716, facsimile: 808-257-2350. The IFB can be downloaded from the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) website. Click on the URL provided below, click on Business Opportunities, enter the RFQ number (without dashes). http://www.neco.navy.mil.