Biosolids Processing and Removal Services

The City of Rock Hill, South Carolina ("City") is seeking proposals from qualified companies to provide the City with operation of the two City-owned belt filter presses for biosolids dewatering and transportation for disposal. Proposers must be willing to provide service for all events listed within this solicitation.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 2111-RFP
• Department: Water & Sewer Utilities
• Department Head: Don Chamblee (Director)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-06-02T20:00:09.152Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-05-21T14:00:00.000Z — Manchester Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Conference Room 310 Red River Road, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730

Addenda

• Official Notice #1: South Carolina Business Opportunities Ad (released 2026-05-13T19:51:49.301Z)

Evaluation Criteria

• Qualifications (20 pts)
• Experience (20 pts)
• Approach to Scope of Work (20 pts)
• Capacity (20 pts)
• Price (20 pts) —

  Cost shall be based on the scope of work and evaluated according to the Pricing Table in Section 7 of this solicitation.  The lowest price shall receive the maximum points, with subsequent respondents receiving points proportional to the lowest cost. The points shall be rounded to the nearest tenth (0.1) of a point, according to the following equation:

  𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 = For each of the 5 line items in Section 7, multiply 4* the ratio of 𝐿𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑑 / 𝐵𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑, allowing a maximum of 20 points available for each bidder.

Submission Requirements

• Company Information (required) —

  Please provide the following information as it should appear in a potential agreement with your company:

  • Company (legal entity that will enter into the contract)
  • Name and Title (person authorized to enter into contract)
  • Address (location of the office where or from which the work will be performed)
  • Telephone Number
  • Email Address
• Company Confirmation (required) —

  The Company affirms that we have read and understand the enclosed RFP requirements and specifications and do submit this proposal for: Biosolids Processing and Removal Services.

• Submission of Proposal (required) —

  Upload the complete proposal here.

• Bid Guaranty (required)
• Upload any additional documents —

  Include any additional information requested in the solicitation. 

• References (required) —

  Provide the name, address, email, and telephone number of at least three (3) references familiar with the quality of work done by your company of similar nature as contained in the Scope of Work. By submission of the references, you are authorizing the City of Rock Hill to contact these references.

• Suspension and Debarment Certification (required) —

  The Company certifies, by submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals are presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal, state, or local agency. Where the submitting entity is unable to certify any of the statements in this certification, such company shall attach an explanation to the submission.

• Illegal Immigration Reform Act Compliance (required) —

  The Company certifies that it will comply with the requirements of Chapter 14, Title 8 of the South Carolina Code of Laws titled Unauthorized Aliens and Public Employment and agrees to provide to the City of Rock Hill any documentation required to establish either; (a) the applicability of such law to the Company, subcontractor, and sub-subcontractor; or (b) the compliance with this law by the Company and any subcontractors or sub-subcontractors.

• Iran Divestment Act (required) —

  The Company certifies that it:

  1) is not identified on the list of persons determined by the Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to engage in investment activities in the country of Iran as described in South Carolina Code of Laws Section 11-57-310 (as amended), or any other list of prohibited investments created by the State legislature;

  2) will not take any action causing it to appear on any such list during the term of the Final Contract; and

  3) will not utilize any subcontractor that is identified on any such list to provide goods or services thereunder.

• Customer Service (required) —

  The Company representative has read and agrees to the standards set forth in the City's Customer Service agreement.

• Is there a Pre-Proposal meeting? (required)
• Does this project have a specific start date and renewal options? (required)
• Start Date (required) —

  What is the anticipated start date for this project?

• Initial Term (required) —

  What is the initial term for the agreement?

• # of Renewals (required) —

  How many one-year renewals are available for this project?
  Select "no" for no renewals.

• Is a pricing table required? (required)
• Does this project require Bid Guaranty and Bonds? (required)
• Does the funding source allow use of the local adjustment factor? (required) —

  Answering YES to this question will add the following language to the solicitation:

  Local vendors, services, contractors, companies, and businesses (Rock Hill/York County) with a valid City of Rock Hill business license may have the opportunity to receive a 3% or a 5% adjustment factor during the consideration of bids. A local vendor, service, contractor, company, or business is defined as a business offering the services and or products being bid.