This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Gunnison, Colorado. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The successful Contractor's responsibilities include the screening; handling; transporting; and recycling, treating, or disposing of "Household Hazardous Waste", received from during a two-day drive-through HHW Collection Event. The Contractor selected under this proposal will be responsible for managing all household wastes, with a few exceptions (e.g., radioactive, infectious or biological, explosive or shock-sensitive wastes, and dioxins). The City and the County will provide the Contractor volunteer assistance for non-hazardous tasks. The proposal should describe the proposed tasks for which volunteers are being requested, and the number of volunteers sought based on your experience with a similar event. The following services should be provided, but is not limited to: A. Screening and identification of wastes The volunteers will have initial contact with participants to provide the initial eligibility screening of products being dropped off and conduct a participant survey. After this initial eligibility screening, the Contractor will have sole responsibility for screening incoming vehicles for acceptable wastes. The County and the Contractor will negotiate the final list of wastes that will be accepted under this proposal. B. Bulking and packaging wastes C. Labeling wastes and placarding vehicles for transport and transporting wastes for treatment or disposal (Note: All wastes must be removed from the site within a week.) Gunnison County is seeking a qualified, experienced, and creative firm to provide collection, transportation and disposal services for a County wide household hazardous waste collection event. Responses to this Request for Proposal (RFP) will be used to identify a qualified contactor to lead or support this event. Gunnison County has a long history of providing a community wide hazardous waste cleanup day for the community. Due to COVID-19, staff changes, and other situations, 2019 was the last time a cleanup occurred. We work with several local stakeholders to put on this event, utilizing a common drop-off and staffing the drop-off with volunteers. The community sees a benefit to keeping household hazardous wastes to a minimum, and out of the landfill. These ongoing events are critical to reaching that goal due to the lack of other options for disposal in our high mountain community. Most of the past events were in the fall, but in the interest of shortening the gap between events, we are planning on a spring event this year.