SLED Opportunity · MASSACHUSETTS · CITY OF NEW BEDFORD
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The City of New Bedford seeks proposals for solid waste and recyclable materials hauling and related services city-wide, including collection, transportation, and recycling from residential, commercial, and municipal locations.
The City of New Bedford hereby requests proposals to provide the City with collection, transportation, recycling, handling and related services for municipal solid wastes and recyclable materials from residences City-wide and from certain commercial and municipal facilities. **Solicitation Type**: RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal) **Source ID**: PU.AG.USA.2506154.C15365476 **Piggyback Contract**: No **Questions are submitted online**: Yes **Bid Submission Type**: Electronic Bid Submission **Owner Organization**: City of New Bedford **Solicitation Number**: 26192091 **Reference Number**: 0000417621 **Pricing**: In attached document **Bid Documents List**: | Item Name | Description | Mandatory | Limited to 1 file | |---|---|---|---| | Bid Documents | Documents defining the proposal | Yes | No | **Bid Documents List**: | Item Name | Description | Mandatory | Limited to 1 file | |---|---|---|---| | Bid Documents | Documents defining the proposal | Yes | No | **Pre-Bidding Events**: Event Type: Prebid Conference | Attendance: Recommended | Event date: 03/26/2026 01:00 PM EDT | Location: Transfer Station and Recycling Center at 1103 Shawmut Avenue in New Bedford | Event Note: **Questions and Answers**: - Q1 Arrow Right Question: Vendor Questions 1- Will City extend the proposal due date by one week to, April 24th. to allow potential vendors additional time to review responses to questions and any issued addenda in order to prepare a thorough response? 2- Exhibit A – Templet Agreement for waste and recycling services was not included. Can you please provide a copy of it for advance review? 3- Will City accept alternate proposals? 4- Would City award separate contracts to multiple vendors for services 1-5 ? 5- Will City allow vendors to bid on only a portion of the services specified in 1-5 or Are vendors required to bid on all services 1-5 and/or service 6 only? 6- Where are the curbside recyclables being delivered and processed today? 7- Is the current vendor delivering recyclables to the MRF by trailer? 8- What is the current % of contamination in the city’s single stream recyclables? 9- How much does the City currently pay per ton for recycling processing? 10- Has the city ever been approached by the current vendor to pay or been billed for excess contamination in recyclables? 11- What efforts, if any, has the City taken to reduce recycling contamination? Can the City quantify the impact of these efforts (e.g., prior to the efforts the contamination was XX% and after the efforts the contamination is YY%)? 12- Will the city provide a copy of the last three invoices received for services 1-5? Answer: Answered in Addendum 2 03/31/2026 12:54 PM EDT 04/06/2026 04:30 PM EDT
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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