Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for the Week

City of Asheville, North Carolina

The City of Asheville Public Works Department is requesting sealed Bids for curbside recycling collection programs and related services for the city. Bids will be received by the Public Works Director/designee at 161 South Charlotte, Street, Asheville, NC until 4:00 p.m. EST on May 12, 2009.

Bid proposal forms, instructions, specifications may be obtained, Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. by calling Phone (828) 259-5857.

Mandatory Conference: A mandatory pre-proposal conference will be conducted on April 22, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EST, in conference room A203 of the City of Asheville Public Works Department, located at 161 South Charlotte Street, Asheville, North Carolina.

The City is committed to providing minorities equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of contracting. The City of Asheville has adopted a Minority Business Plan to encourage participation by minority businesses in the award of contracts. Bidders are hereby notified that this bid is subject to the provisions of that Plan. Bidders should provide a written statement of their intentions to perform minority business outreach with or without subcontracting and if they will be subcontracting, what are the bidder’s good faith efforts in response to this RFP. Minority vendors for purposes of the city’s contracting process can be accessed through the State of North Carolina's VendorLink system which designates HUBs for our purpose of outreach at https://www.ips.state.nc.us/ips/vendor/searchvendor.aspx.

Questions regarding the Minority Business Plan and good faith efforts may be directed to James Lee, Minority Business Program Coordinator (jlee@ashevillenc.gov) in the Office of Economic Development at (828) 232-4566.

Bidders are notified of a City policy that prohibits contracting with persons or firms who are delinquent in the payment of ad valorem taxes owed to the City of Asheville. The City of Asheville reserves the right to reject any and/or all received Bids.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Brown County, Wisconsin

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Recycling Containers (Plastic)

Broome County, New York

The County of Broome will receive sealed bids at the office of the Broome County Division of Purchasing, Fourth Floor, Edwin L. Crawford County Office Building, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13902-1766, up to and including 2:00 P.M. on April 22, 2009 for the following:

Recycling containers (plastic)

Bids shall be publicly opened and read at 2:30 P.M., on the above bid date, in the Fourth Floor Conference Room (or to be announced day of bid opening) in the Edwin L. Crawford County Office Building. Specifications and proposal forms on which bids must be submitted may be obtained at the above address.

Broome County reserves the right to reject any and all bids offered.

For more information contact Janet R. Laszewski, Purchasing Agent, Broome County Division of Purchasing, (607) 778-2188

City of Los Angeles

Submit quote via one of the following methods

Email to kitty.pai@lacity.org, fax to Kitty Pai, (213) 928-9511, or regular mail to the following: City of Los Angeles City Hall South, 111 E. First St., Room 110, Los Angeles, CA 90012-4111, on or before April 20, 2009.

Baldwin County, Ala.

The Baldwin County Commission is seeking scrap metal and white good recycling services for its landfills and transfer station.

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City of Chicago

Pre-Proposal Conf.: Wednesday, 4/15/09 @ 2PM in Bid & Bond Rm., Rm. 301, City Hall, 121 N., LaSalle St., Chicago., IL. 60602

For more information, contact Hugo Zapata-Martinez, 312-744-1087

City of Durham, North Carolina

The City seeks proposals from qualified contractors for the purpose of receiving, processing and marketing recyclable material collected by City staff within its’ established service area.

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For more information contact Robert Williams, Assistant Director, (919) 560-4186, ext. 222.

State of Louisiana

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Larimer County, Colorado

It is the intent of Larimer County Facilities Department to contract with a single vendor to provide, container rental, container pick-up services, confidential paper shredding, and recycling services for co-mingle/single stream trash. Pick-up services are needed at various Larimer County office’s located in Fort Collins, and Loveland.

This bid is broken down into three categories, #1 Container Rental, #2 Pick-up/Shredding Services /Disposal for confidential office paper, and #3 pick up and recycling of co-mingle/single stream items and disposal. The quantities listed for number of containers, office paper, and co-mingle/single stream recyclable items on the Bid Schedule are estimates only.

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California Department of Parks & Recreation

1. The contractor will provide one (1) thirty (30) yard metal dumpster to be located behind the Carnegie Maintenance Shop located at, 18600 Corral Hollow Road, Tracy, CA 95376, San Joaquin County. The full Dumpster will be picked up and empty dumpster's left in their place on a "will-call" basis. The contractor will be notified by a State representative when dumpsters are full and the contractor will empty the full dumpster within 72 hours. The State estimates that there will be forty to forty-five (40-45) pickups annually (52 week period).

2. The contractor will provide two (2), five (5) or four (4) yard metal dumpster for white paper and card board recycling. Dumpster are to be located at 15751 Tesla Road Livermore, Ca. 94550 The full dumpster will be picked up and empty dumpster left in it's place on a "will-call" basis. The contractor will be notified by a State representative when dumpster is full and the contractor will empty the full dumpster within 72 hours. The State estimates that there will be sixteen - eighteen (16-18) total dumpster pickups annually. (52 week period)

3. The contractor will provide one (1) four or five (4-5) yard metal dumpster for white paper recycling. Dumpster will be placed at entrance or Ranger station located at 18600 Corral Hollow Road Tracy, Ca. The contractor will be notified by State representative (will call basis) when dumpster is full, contractor will empty full dumpster and leave empty dumpster in its place. The State estimates eight – ten (8-10) dumpster pickups annually. (52 week period)

4. The contractor will provide one (1) ten (10) yard metal dumpster's for recycling to be located in the Carnegie Maintenance Shop fenced area at, 18600 Corral Hollow Road, Tracy, CA 95376, San Joaquin County. The ten (10) yard metal dumpster is for metal recycling. The full dumpster will be picked up and empty dumpster left in place on a "will-call" basis. The contractor will be notified by a State representative when dumpsters are full and the contractor will empty the full dumpster within 72 hours. The State estimates that there will be twelve to fourteen (12-14) dumpster pickups annually. (52 week period)

5. The contractor will provide one (1) five (5) or four (4) yard metal dumpster for tire removal Ninety-five (95) percent of the tires will be motorcycle tires. Dumpster to be located in the fenced area at the Carnegie Maintenance Shop at, 18600 Corral Hollow Road, Tracy, CA 95376, San Joaquin County. The full dumpster will be picked up and empty dumpster left in its place on a "will-call" basis. The contractor will be notified by a State representative when dumpster is full and the contractor will empty the full dumpster within 72 hours. The State estimates that there will be six to eight (6-8) dumpster pickups annually. (52 week period)

6. The contractor will provide weight slips for each dumpster picked up at Carnegie SVRA and documentation of the weight of any recycled material and the description of recycled material on each invoice to be mailed to the Department of Parks and Recreation, Twin Cities District, 13300 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742-6700.

7. The contractor must provide the State an invoice for the amount charged for each dumpster picked up at Carnegie SVRA. The invoice will be mailed to the Department of Parks and Recreation, Twin Cities District, 13300 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742-6700.

California Department of Corrections

Contractor shall furnish all labor and materials necessary to perform scrap metal purchase and removal for the Sierra Conservation Center located at 5100 O'Byrnes Ferry Road, Jamestown, CA 95327.