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DocuSign Envelope ID: BF09ME9-7297-41B22-8360-A1 E6C073ECAF <br /> • All materials accepted at and hauled from an OCSW owned or operated Waste and Recycling <br /> Center, Convenience Center or Transfer Station <br /> Contractors are required to accept recyclables for processing and marketing at an agreed upon <br /> facility. Contractor must furnish sufficient facilities, equipment, labor, financial capability, and <br /> experience to begin accepting materials from OCSW within 30 days of contract execution. <br /> Contractor facilities shall maintain safe and efficient procedures for queuing, weighing, unloading, <br /> screening, and vehicle departure to assure efficient use of the facility by OCSW. The Contractor shall <br /> accept all acceptable recyclable materials delivered to the agreed upon facility. The agreed upon <br /> facility shall have sufficient capacity and availability for unloading, storage, transfer, or other <br /> processing of materials so as not to impair delivery of materials from OCSW. <br /> The Contractor shall: <br /> • a. have a minimum of 5 years of experience processing recyclable material, <br /> • b. have a minimum of 5 years of experience marketing and selling recyclable material, <br /> • c. have a minimum of 5 years of technical experience in material recovery and recycling, <br /> • d. provide sufficient financial information to describe the financial condition and strength of <br /> • the company, <br /> • e. provide qualified staff to handle the day to day operations of receiving and processing <br /> • recyclable material, and <br /> • f. have the necessary facilities, equipment, and employees to operate a Transfer Station or MRF. <br /> 2.2 RECYCLABLES DELIVERY <br /> Orange County Solid Waste shall have priority consideration in weighing and off-loading materials. <br /> The maximum total waiting/tipping time from arrival at the Vendors facility, to departure from the <br /> facility, shall not exceed one-half hour per truck. It is the intent of OCSW to deliver recyclables on the <br /> same day on which they are collected from curbside. Deliveries from OCSW transfer stations may be <br /> made less frequently. At a minimum, the Contractor must be available to receive materials Monday <br /> through Saturday from 7:00 am until 4:00 pm, with holiday observances for New Year's Day, <br /> Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. <br /> Orange County Solid Waste shall generally deliver recyclables in a single stream. However, <br /> Contractor shall be able to accommodate source separated Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC) and <br /> bulky ridge plastics. Source separated materials shall not be subject to the same expected <br /> contamination threshold as single stream recyclables. <br /> 2.3 RECYCLABLES MATERIAL QUALITY AND COMPOSITION <br /> A recent recyclable material composition study was conducted by Orange County in June 2018 and is <br /> shown below. <br /> (INSERT TABLE 2) <br /> OCSW cannot guarantee actual composition. The numbers presented are presented for information <br /> only and are not a guarantee of current single stream commodities; however, they shall be used to <br /> allow the Contractor to provide comparable response to this RFP. The County is having a recycling <br /> composition study undertaken by an outside contractor during April of 2019 that will provide a <br /> 9of21 <br /> RFP No. 5259 <br />