The Vendor is required to provide the city intends to replace either a portion of or all of the trash and recycling carts associated with its curbside collection program.
- supply, deliver, and assemble 95-gallon trash and 95-gallon recycling carts to 12,500 households.
- Each household shall receive one trash cart and one recycling cart.
- Cart delivery should begin on or before September 15, 2025.
- The city shall supply a comprehensive address list of eligible households no less than four weeks prior to the cart delivery start date.
- Any damage to the carts during delivery and assembly shall be the responsibility of the awarded vendor to replace in-kind.
- Disassemble and responsibly dispose of corresponding existing carts.
- Existing carts shall be recycled to the greatest extent practicable.
 - The city shall receive a recycling credit for the sale of recycled materials from its existing carts.
- Scan cart barcodes at the point of delivery to develop a database that assigns specific carts – based on serial number, department tag, and bar code – to specific addresses and GPS coordinates.
- Must have the ability to deliver to and document any addresses that may be excluded from the original delivery list, and to use resolution codes to track where delivery was not possible to a particular address for reasons such as vacant lot, commercial address, or resident refusal.
- Provide the database to the city and have the ability to migrate all open and closed requested data into a cloud based asset management system for ongoing cart management and reporting purposes at the request of the city.
- Affix literature to each cart during initial distribution.
- The city shall provide the materials to be attached to each cart.
- Warranty the carts for at least 10 years and agree to a reclaim program to take back and recycle all carts and cart parts generated by the city that have reached the end of their useful life.
- Supply additional carts following the initial order for the duration of the contract term.
- City will deliver carts after initial order.
- Provide financing terms for the initial order for any costs exceeding $1,825,000.
- Contract Period/Term: 2 years
- Pre-submission Conference Date: April 16, 2025
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: April 18, 2025