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CONTRACT K-1819-76: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND ALLIED WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, D/B/A REPUBLIC SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2023.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Norman, through the Norman Municipal Authority (NMA), began offering curbside recycling service after Norman voters approved an additional mandatory $3 per month rate in May 2007 for the new service. The initial 5-year contract (K-0708-104) was with Waste Management of Oklahoma, Inc. dba WM Recycle America. Recycling started January 1, 2008 and included weekly collection of an eighteen (18) gallon tub of recyclable materials from single family dwellings in urban Norman. Contract K-0708-104 was extended through August 5, 2013.
Recyclables included newsprint, magazines, office and mixed paper, phonebooks, plastic soda bottles, aluminum, steel and tin cans, glass bottles, and #1 through #7 plastic. Cardboard products, including corrugated cardboard, chipboard, and boxboard were not acceptable. Recyclables were separated into two streams (containers and papers) by the contractor at the curb (referred to as 'dual-stream' recycling).
On November 30, 2012, Request for Proposal (RFP) 1213-57 was issued for a Comprehensive Recycling Program which included additional options for curbside recycling. Vendors were allowed to provide proposals for continuing dual stream recycling on a weekly basis, or to provide "single stream" recycling every other week. Two proposals were received, and reviewed by NMA staff and at two Council Conferences. Staff was directed to proceed with contract negotiations with Republic Services/Allied Waste using single-stream, bi-weekly collection of recyclables stored in 95 gallon polycarts. On March 26, 2013, the NMA approved Contract K-1213-180 with Allied Waste Systems, Inc.
In order to maintain the voter approved mandatory recycling rate of $3 per ...
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