Kittitas County Solid Waste operates two permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facilities (HHW Facility) for the collection and proper management of Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW) and Small Quantity Generator (SQG) hazardous wastes.  The two waste streams are co-managed as moderate risk waste in accordance with Washington Department of Ecology regulation Chapter 173-303 WAC and applicable policies.

 

The locations are: Ellensburg Transfer Station, 925 Industrial Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926 and Cle Elum Transfer Station, 50-#5 Mine Road, Cle Elum, WA 98922.  The HHW Facilities serve a residential population of approximately 40,500.  The Ellensburg Transfer Station is open for operation Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Cle Elum Transfer Station is open the 2nd and 4th Friday, April thru November from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  The facilities are staffed and operated by Kittitas County employees, and regulated under a Solid Waste Handling Permit by the Kittitas County Health District and the Washington State Department of Ecology.

 

Facility employees perform the collection, segregation, consolidation, packing, and labeling of HHW and SQG wastes received at the HHW Facility.  Wastes are classified and packed in accordance with DOT specifications.  A qualitative system is used to identify hazard classes of unmarked or unknown chemicals, i.e. using simple dip and read methods such as pH, and potassium iodide, starch for oxidizers.

 

 

  

SCOPE OF WORK

 

Mandatory Services

 

Mandatory services to be offered by this proposal are:

 

1.  Review of the manifest, and loading and delivery of moderate risk wastes from the HHW Facilities to a permitted hazardous waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF).  The TSDF(s) is to be specified by the proposer as part of this proposal.

 

 2.  Point of contact shall be available by telephone during normal business hours 8:00a.m.4:00p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday for general contract services.  For emergencies, a contact shall be available to the County by phone on a 24-hour basis.

 

  3. Proper management, recycling, treatment and/or disposal of delivered moderate risk wastes

in accordance with all applicable local, and state and federal standards.

 

   4.  Accurate and timely service documentation, including copies of manifests, TSDF

records, and certificates of final disposal.  Original signed copy of manifests must be received by Kittitas County within 45 days of date manifest shipped.  Certificates of final disposition must be received within 6 months of the date the manifest shipped.

 

  5. Reference materials to assist Kittitas County Solid Waste in the classification, sorting, packing, and labeling of collected wastes.

 

    6.  Periodic recommendations and guidance on alternative waste management techniques and options.

 

 

ACTIVITY

DUE DATES

TIME

Issue RFP

10, January 2013

 

Letter of Intent

18, January 2013

2:00 p.m.

RFP Questions Due

18, January 2013

2:00 p.m.

Amendment—Answers to Questions

25, January 2013

2:00 p.m.

Proposals Due

30, January 2013

12:00 p.m.

Send Notification of Apparent Successful Vendor

31, January  2013

3:00 p.m.

Estimated Contract Start Date

1, February 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, contact Solid Waste


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Kittitas County reserves the right to reject all bids and re-advertise if necessary.