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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1617-45: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND STERICYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, INC. D/B/A CHEMICAL RECLAMATION SERVICES, L.L.C., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $23,731.68 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $101,731.68 TO COVER FINAL COSTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENT HELD AT LLOYD NOBLE CENTER ON NOVEMBER 5, 2016 AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION FROM THE WATER RECLAMATION FUND BALANCE.
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BACKGROUND: The City Council appropriated $86,000 in the FYE 2017 budget to provide the residents of Norman an environmentally sound method for disposal of household-generated hazardous waste (HHW). Request for Proposal (RFP) 1415-24 was mailed to seven (7) firms on July 29, 2014. Three (3) firms submitted technical cost proposals on August 8, 2014. The review committee, consisting of three staff members, evaluated the firms based on their technically most qualified proposal. On September 9, 2014 the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) executed Contract K-1415-24 with PSC Environmental Services, doing business as Stericycle Environmental Solutions. Two collection events were successfully completed on November 1, 2014 and on September 12, 2015. All of this waste was safely removed and provided the residents of Norman an environmentally sound method for disposal of household-generated hazardous waste. Upon successful completion of these events, the language of RFP-1415-24 allowed the NUA to consider the selected contractor for an additional two-year option, if both parties were agreeable. Staff found the services of Stericycle to be worthy of continued use based on the past performance of the contractor. There has been an increase in costs to treat and properly dispose of the collected material and Stericycle submitted a new cost proposal. This amount was an approximate 4% increase over the previous proposal. Contract K-1617-45 was increased to $78,000 from the previous contract amount of $75,000 ...
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