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Award of bid to Waste Management Inc. of Florida for Lealman residential waste collection, disposal, and recycling services.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval of the agreement with Waste Management Inc. of Florida for Lealman residential waste collection, disposal, and recycling services.
• This contract is for requirements of Lealman residential waste, recyclables, yard, and bulky waste collection, and disposal services.
• The invitation to bid included options for once weekly and twice weekly residential waste collection, universal recycling collection and subscription-based recycling collection. The County selected twice weekly residential collection services that will be paid by the County and the subscription-based recycling collection that will be paid by the customer directly to the vendor in an amount of $5.00 per month.
• Three responsive bids were received with Waste Management Inc. recommended for award with the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the twice weekly residential collection in the amount of $11,748,000.00 for the initial 60-month term from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2031.
• This contract is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2027 Proposed Budget of the Lealman Solid Waste Department, in the Lealman Solid Waste and Collection Fund.
Contact No. 25-0718-ITB for a total contract expenditure not to exceed $11,748,000.00 for 60 months; Authorize the Chairman to sign and the Clerk of the Circuit Court to attest.
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Strategic Priorities:
Smart Service Delivery
4.2 Achieve and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
Summary:Summary
The purpose of this competitive process was to retain waste collection services for Lealman citizens to be provided by an exclusive franchisee under the provisions of a municipal service benefit unit approved by the Board of County Commissioners on December 6, 2005.
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Background Information:
On November 13, 2025, the Purchasing Division released an Invitation to Bid on behalf of the Department of Solid Waste with the intent to establish a contract for waste collection services in Lealman. Three responsive bids were received with Waste Management Inc. recommended for award as the lowest responsible and responsive bidder for twice-weekly residential waste collection that will be paid by the County. The County selected subscription-based recycling collection that will be paid by the customer directly to Waste Management Inc.
Fiscal Impact:
Total Contract expenditure not to exceed $11,748,000.00
This contract is budgeted in the FY27 Proposed Budget of the Lealman Solid Waste Department, in the Lealman Solid Waste and Collection Fund in the amount of $2,110,800.00.
Staff Member Responsible:
Paul Sacco, Director, Solid Waste
Merry Celeste, Purchasing Division Director, Office of Management and Budget
Chris Rose, Director, Office of Management and Budget
Partners:
N/A
Attachments:
Agreement
Bid Tabulation