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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the competitively procured Agreement for Services 9555 with Waste Connections of California, Inc., doing business as El Dorado Disposal, in the amount of $300,000 for a term of three years upon execution, to provide services for the removal, transportation, and disposal of dewatered sewage septic sludge from the County’s Union Mine Wastewater Treatment Plant.
FUNDING: Non-General Fund/Septage Hauler Gate Fees/CSA 10 Liquid Waste Funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
During periods of rainfall, Environmental Management is unable to dispose of dewatered sewage septic sludge on-site and must have the material transported off-site for disposal. Previously, Environmental Management had a one-year term with a not-to-exceed amount of $75,000, and the Board approved Amendment #1 (Legistar file 25-0214) to add $42,000 to cover the additional funding needed to cover the term of the contract which ended May 23, 2025.
On October 7, 2024, the Procurement and Contracts Division, on behalf of the Environment Management, posted Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 24-0109 for a multiyear term contract to competitively procure services for the removal, transportation, and disposal of dewatered sewage septic sludge from the County's Union Mine Wastewater Treatment Plant.
On December 4, 2024, Waste Connections of California, Inc., doing business as El Dorado Disposal, was formally approved for as-needed sludge removal, transportation, and disposal services, as the result of competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) 24-0109.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board may choose to deny the approval of the proposed Agreement. This would result in Environmental Management being unable to utilize these services. Without a method for disposing of dewatered sewage septic sludge from the Treatment Plant, Environmental Management would also be unable to accept septic sludge from waste haulers throughout the Cou...
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