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

It is the intent of these specifications, terms, and conditions to describe the hazardous waste transportation and disposal services being requested by the County of Alameda Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program. The County intends to award a two-year contract (with the option to renew for three years) to the Bidder selected as the most responsible Bidder whose response conforms to the RFQ and meets the County's requirements. Background The County of Alameda is a predominantly urban county with approximately 1.6 million residents living in over 600,000 households. The County operates three permanent, fixed facilities to receive hazardous waste from County residents as well as from Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG). The County's Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facilities (PHHWCF) are located as follows: Hayward Facility: 2901 West Winton Avenue, Hayward, Livermore Facility: 5584 La Ribera Street, Livermore, and Oakland Facility: 2100 East 7th Street, Oakland. The County currently operates approximately 10 T(Temporary)HHWCF events annually, held at locations in the following cities: Albany, Alameda, San Leandro, Oakland, Castro Valley, Union City, and Pleasanton. The HHW Program is operated by Alameda County Health Department of Environmental Health. The County assumes generator status for all hazardous waste shipped from the three PHHWCFs. In Fiscal Year 2024, transportation and disposal of household hazardous waste tendered approximately 3 million pounds of waste in over 200 separate shipments packaged in 55-gallon drums, cubic-yard totes, fiber boxes, 40-cubic-yard roll-off containers, and other packaging. The County expects to ship approximately 4 million pounds in Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026. The County is seeking to contract with a vendor to provide goods and services for proper hauling, recycling, reuse, treatment, and disposal of HHW and other specified wastes from the three (3) County-owned and operated PHHWCFs and at other locations for up to 12 one-day events per year. In addition to transportation and disposal, the Contractor must provide temporary, trained labor to work under the direction of County staff in unloading, bulking, and packaging HHW. In addition, the Contractor may be required to provide personal protective equipment and other supplies related to HHW handling, packaging, and transporting. The County currently operates the PHHWCFs open 49-51 weeks per year as follows: The Oakland facility is open weekly, 49-51 weeks per year, Wednesdays through Saturdays for general public use and most Tuesdays for VSQG/Small business use. The Hayward and Livermore facilities are currently open weekly, Thursdays through Saturdays, for general public use and selected Wednesdays for VSQG/Small business use. A core staff of County employees manages the operations at each PHHWCF. The Contractor must provide trained temporary labor as requested by the County. In Fiscal Year 2024, approximately 12,000 contractor labor hours were billed for the days the PHHWCFs were open to the public. The County may change operating schedules, days, and hours, including increases and/or decreases throughout the term of the contract. The PHHWCFs will accept all hazardous wastes, universal wastes, as well as paint and some other products (hazardous wastes as defined in the California Health & Safety Code, Section 25117, and in the California Code of Regulations Title 22, Section 66260.10) including smoke detectors containing radioactive materials up to 5 microcuries (_Ci) and some explosive wastes such as small arms ammunition, fireworks, marine signal devices and gun powder. Except as noted, the following waste types will not be accepted (as classified by the 1991 Uniform Fire Code): Explosive waste Radioactive waste Medical waste other than home-generated sharps waste Unclassified detonatable organic peroxides Class Three (3) or Four (4) detonatable unstable (reactive) materials Compressed gases except as noted in the Waste Management Methods and Pricing Bid Form. County shall provide the following: Unless specifically identified as a Contractor responsibility, County will tender waste in closed, marked, and labeled containers. Loading dock with dock plate, pallet jack, and drum truck. Placards, copies of DOT SP (Department of Transportation Special Permit)/DOT E (Department of Transportation Exemption) packaging authorizations or exemptions, and ERG (Emergency Response Guidebook) guides as necessary. Questions Due:October 10, 2025, 5:00pm