2005 S Solid Waste - Judy D Brooks for Contract Renewal for Food and Organic Waste Collection and Composting

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for collection of other material that can be processed as compost feedstock. These collected materials may be combined with other separated compostable materials by the Contractor to make marketable compost, if permitted Animal Bedding Collection Service: Contractor will service Animal Bedding sites as identified on Attachment B. The materials collected from Animal Bedding Collection Locations will be collected and managed in the same manner as Food Waste, and will be co-composted with Food Waste and other compostable Organic Materials. The Animal Bedding collected will be non-hazardous. Bedding from animals treated with hazardous materials such as radioactive materials, pathogens, and/or chemical carcinogens will not be included in the Animal Bedding collection containers. Animals- used at the LTNC Deparhnent of Laboratory Animal Medicine are rigorously screened for zoonotic diseases and trial studies indicate that the bedding reaches pasteurization temperatures when composted. When measuring the volume or weight of Food Waste or Animal Bedding materials collected, the weights are to be based on weighing of the Collection Containers at each collection at each location. If weight is to be estimated, weight samples shall be based on three weighings at each collection location with three containers full of food waste and other compostable organic materials and or total truck weight minus tare weight after pick-up route is complete on state-approved truck scales. Future weight projections are to be based on the volumes displaced during the three weighings. For example, if a full 20-gallon container weighs 180 pounds, then the weight per gallon is 9 lbs./gallon. That per-gallon density would then be multiplied by estimated volumes of materials collected for future weight estimates. SECTION 4 (host of Service The cost of Food Waste Collection Services for FY 2005-2006 shall be $77.25 per ton for the first 1,600 tons collected. The first 1,600 tons collected shall be known as the "Base Tonnage." If the amount of material collected during the course of a FY exceeds the base tonnage (1,600 tons for FY 2005-2006), then the per- ton cost of service for the tonnage collected beyond that shall be reduced by $20.00 per ton, or $57.25 per ton for FY 2005-2006. The cost of service for Animal Bedding Collection Services for FY 2005-2006 shall be a flat rate of $40.00 per collection per month. For example, if a single site is collected three times during the course of a month, this shall represent three (3) collections billed at $40.00 each. The cost of service for Animal Bedding Sites is independent of the amount (tonnage) of materials collected. The per-ton cost of service for Food Waste Collection for future Fiscal Years will be negotiated annually, with any increase in the per-ton cost not to exceed an inflation factor of three percent (3%). This inflation factor, if any, shall also be applied to the cost of services for tonnage beyond the base tons. Additionally, the base tonnage beyond which the County receives acost-per-ton puce break (1,600 tons for FY 2005-2006) shall be allowed to inflate annually, and this "base tonnage" pace break point beyond which the County receives a reduced cost of service shall be negotiated between County and Contractor. The cost of Animal Bedding Collection for future Fiscal Years will be negotiated annually, with any increase not to exceed an inflation factor of three percent (3%).