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

Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Recycling Collection and Disposal (the "Services") In general, the Services outlined in the RFP consist of weekly pick-up of bagged, containerized and/or bundled household Solid Waste, Yard Waste and bi-weekly (or alternatively weekly) curbside commingled Recycling from all eligible Residential Units within the geographic limits of the City and disposal. The Services may also include Solid Waste and Recycling collection and disposal for designated City Facilities, all as required by the RFP Documents, the Contract Between the City of Westfield, Indiana and Contractor, and the City of Westfield Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, Recycling Collection and Disposal Specifications (the "Specifications"). The term of the Contract resulting from this RFP is expected to be three (3) years. If both Parties agree, there may be an option to extend the contract for three (3) additional one (1) year terms, with a total maximum term of six (6) years. The Parties agree that the awarded Contract may be extended for an additional period of up to three (3) years only upon written approval of both Parties. The Contract shall not provide for automatic renewal. Proposals are required to include a Bid based on the Contract and Specifications as set forth in the RFP Documents but may also propose alternative contract terms and specifications for the Services. Any such alternative proposals should include a statement of the impact of each proposed alternative on the price. Proposals must be submitted on the forms in the RFP Documents, must contain the names of every person or company interested therein, and shall be accompanied by: (1) Indiana State Board of Accounts Revised Form No. 96 as required in the Instruction to Proposers, including a financial statement, a statement of experience, a proposed plan or plans for performing the Services and the equipment the Proposer has available for the performance of the Services; (2) Bid Bond or certified check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount, including alternates with a satisfactory corporate surety or on a solvent bank. The Bid Bond or certified check shall be evidence of good faith that the successful Offeror, if the original Bid is accepted, will execute the Contract as included in the RFP Documents. The Bid Bond or certified check shall be made payable to the City. Any Bid may be withdrawn prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt of Bids, but no Offeror shall withdraw its Bid within one hundred eight (180) days after the actual opening of the Bids. All Bid Bonds and certified checks of unsuccessful Offerors will be returned upon selection of the successful Offeror and execution of the Contract, and provision of the required Performance and Payment Bonds. A Performance Bond with good and sufficient surety, acceptable to the City, on the form enclosed, shall be required of the successful Offeror in an amount equal to at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum for one (1) year, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the Contract. The Contractor shall execute a Payment Bond to the City, approved by the City, on the form enclosed, and for the benefit of the City, in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Sum for one (1) year. The Payment Bond is binding on the Contractor, its subcontractors and material suppliers, and their successors and assigns for the payment of all indebtedness to a person for labor and services performed, material furnished, or services rendered. The Payment Bond must state that it is for the benefit of the subcontractors, laborers, material suppliers, and those performing services. The surety of the Payment Bond may not be released until one (1) year after the City's final settlement with the Contractor.