Active SLED Opportunity · FLORIDA · ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Orange County, FL, invites industry feedback in a pre-solicitation market sounding event for long-term single-stream recyclables processing services. The hybrid event on May 19, 2026, aims to inform the upcoming RFP for recovered materials processing facility services.
Orange County, Florida announces a Pre-Solicitation Market Sounding Event to provide project updates and obtain additional industry feedback on its plans for an RFP for long-term single-stream recyclables processing. The event is designed to further the County’s goal of achieving a long-term contract arrangement for processing recyclable materials.
The Market Sounding Event will include updates on the County’s recycling program, identification of key procurement features and issues, and draft timelines for issuing the planned RFP. The County requests industry feedback concerning the County’s plans, especially any issues that may inform the development of the eventual solicitation package. The meeting will be conducted as a hybrid in-person and web meeting.
Market Sounding Event Location:
Orange County Utilities Administration
Public Meeting Room
9150 Curry Ford Rd.
Orlando, FL 32825
Web meeting access is at:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/293493307584323?p=507LnmBY9kNcCZT71z
Date: May 19, 2026
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
RSVP: Participants are respectfully requested to RSVP by sending an email to Waste.Recycling@ocfl.net by May 15, 2026. Please indicate your interest in participating in-person or via Teams meeting. Pre-registered participants will be provided with meeting updates and sent a calendar invite.
The County will also accept questions and feedback on the procurement approach submitted via e-mail to Waste.Recycling@ocfl.net until 5:00 p.m. on May 29, 2026.
NOTE: This posting is for informational purposes only, with the intent of better understanding the current market. No bid or proposal is required in response to this posting.
The County is the fifth-most populous county in the state of Florida. It has more than 1.5 million residents and it hosts more than 70 million visitors each year. The University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research projects the County’s population will reach almost 1.7 million by 2030 (medium projection).
Utilities Solid Waste Division
The County operates a comprehensive solid waste and recycling program through its Utilities Department’s Solid Waste Division (Solid Waste), including the Orange County Landfill and two solid waste transfer stations. The Orange County Landfill includes a Class I (municipal solid waste) landfill, a Class III (bulky waste) landfill, yard waste processing and composting operation and other ancillary activities.
The Solid Waste Division is responsible for managing the collection of residential solid waste and recycling from approximately 230,000 residential units (principally single-family homes) in the unincorporated areas of the County. Collection services are provided by three contract haulers (Contract Haulers) who are assigned to five discrete service zones. Each residential unit serviced by the Contract Haulers is provided a wheeled garbage cart and a wheeled recycling cart. Currently, each residential unit is provided once per week collection service is provided for garbage in carts, single-stream recycling in carts, up to three cubic yards of yard waste in bags, bundles, or cans (yard waste must be removed from plastic bags prior to being placed into the collection vehicles), and up to three cubic yards of bulky waste. Materials collected east of I-4 must be delivered to facilities located at the Orange County Landfill. Garbage, recyclables, and large items collected west of I-4 may be delivered to one of the County’s transfer stations. Yard waste collected west of I-4 (currently in Zones 1 and 2) may be delivered to a private County-contracted yard waste recycling facility west of I-4.
Information about the County’s collection program can be found on the County website at: https://www.orangecountyfl.net/WaterGarbageRecycling.aspx
Questions or feedback may be submitted to Waste.Recycling@ocfl.net or uploaded here. No upload/submission is required.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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