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Recommendation to Receive an Update on Procurement Process for Alameda's Integrated Waste Franchise. (Public Works 274)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda's (City) existing Integrated Waste Franchise Agreement (Agreement) terminates in October 2022. On February 18, 2020, the City Council approved a procurement process in which sole source negotiations are initiated with the current franchisee, Alameda County Industries (ACI). If negotiations are not successful, staff's next step would be initiation of a competitive procurement. Staff provided an update on the procurement process to City Council on July 7, 2020, and sought City Council's approval to allow the City Manager to execute a short term (18-month) extension of the term of the Agreement, if necessary, to allow for additional time to thoroughly complete the sole source negotiation. At that time, staff reported that the new draft agreement had been shared with ACI and that the negotiation process was underway. At this time, staff is again updating City Council on the sole source negotiations, as well as the results of the third-party customer survey conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) in July.
BACKGROUND
The City's existing Agreement with ACI began in 2002 and expires in October 2022. The Agreement provides for the collection, transportation and processing of the City's municipal solid waste, recycling, and organics. ACI is responsible for managing and paying all costs and fees associated with the collection, processing, and disposal of integrated waste, and directly billing all residential and commercial customers for these services. Through a separate agreement, the City contracts with Waste Management for the transferring and landfilling of the solid waste portion of the integrated waste stream.
On February 18, 2020, City Council approved a two-step procurement process in which sole source negotiations ...
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