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Resolution to Award a 5-Year Service Contract to Recycle Ann Arbor for the Residential Customer Recyclables Collections (estimated $7,039,862.40) with City Option for one 2-Year Extension (estimated additional $3,043,149.60) (ITB 4623)
Memorandum
Attached for your approval is a resolution to enter into a five-year service contract commencing on July 1, 2021 with Recycle Ann Arbor (RAA) for Residential Customer Recyclables Collections (ITB 4623) in the estimated amount of $7,039,862.40 (based on the current City residential customer count) with a City option for one two-year extension.
RAA is a non-profit based in Ann Arbor, MI with a mission to develop and operate innovative reuse, recycling, and zero-waste programs that improve the environmental quality of our community.
Under this contract, RAA will collect residential recycling from single-family homes or multifamily homes of ten units or fewer with individual 32, 64, or 96-gallon curb carts serviced from driveways or street curbs. As specified in the ITB, RAA will provide their own collection truck fleet while the City will continue to provide the recycling carts for residential customers' use.
The City's Solid Waste Program aims to maximize waste diversion and to minimize landfilling. In FY 2020, the City diverted 12,542 tons of recycling, or 17 percent of all material, from the landfill. The City is also interested in improving the quality of our recycling stream by reducing contamination and moisture. In FY2019 (data is not available for FY2020 due to COVID health and safety measures), the City achieved an 11 percent recycling contamination rate. As identified in the Residential Customer Recyclables Collections contract, RAA will help the City achieve these goals by tagging recycling carts that contain improper material, and by providing tracking data on unserviceable containers to help the City better target education and outreach efforts.
The City published the bid documents and contract spe...
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