Recommend approval to procure yard waste management from Atlantic Waste Services (Primary) and Waste Management of Georgia (Secondary) in the amount up to $675,000.

The Sanitation Department will use the yard waste management to dispose of vegetative material collected by the City of Savannah’s Yard Waste program. The vendor is expected to handle approximately 1,000 tons of vegetative material per month. The program provides for residents’ disposal services of up to 15 bags of yard waste weekly.

The method used for this procurement was the request for proposals (RFP), which evaluates criteria in addition to the cost. The proposals were evaluated based on the Proposer’s qualifications and experience, including support capabilities, technical capabilities, references, fee proposals, and DBE participation.

Four proposals were received in response to this RFP. Three proposals were reviewed and fully evaluated by a selection committee of City staff and one proposal was deemed non-responsive due to not providing requested documents for evaluation.

The proposal was advertised, opened, and reviewed. Delivery: As needed. Terms: Net 30 days. The proposers were:

B.P.       Atlantic Waste Service (Pooler, GA)^(D)                                      $45 per ton

              Waste Management of GA, Inc. (Savannah, GA)^(B)                 $35 per ton

              MW Collins, Inc (Cobbtown, GA)^(D)                                          $45 per ton

A pre-proposal conference was conducted and one vendor attended. (B) Indicates local, non-DBE owned business. (D) Indicates non-local, non-DBE business. 

Approval