Title
Recommendation for Franchise Award for Solid Waste and Recyclables Collection Services (RFP#2024020)
Recommended Action
Upon public input and SWDD Board discussion, SWDD staff recommends the Board consider and approve the following: 1. SWDD staff recommends Universal Collection for Unincorporated Indian River County with multi-family collection remaining as commercial collection services. Board Decision: Subscription Service or Universal Collection?; and; 2. SWDD staff recommends the award of the Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Franchise to Waste Management, Inc. of Florida as the proposer ranked in the top two and that has subsequently submitted the lowest best and final offer for RFP#2024020.; and; 3. Authorize staff to finalize the sample agreement, negotiate as necessary for both legal and technical sufficiency, and to return with a final agreement for SWDD Board approval at a future meeting.