CC MEETING: August 19, 2025
DATE: August 6, 2025
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Diana Vaughn, Chief Financial Officer
Chrystal Davis, Assistant City Manager
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Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With Republic Services, Inc. Pursuant To RFP #25-002 For Solid Waste and Recycling Services In An Amount Not To Exceed $15,007,943.00 Annually, For A Total Five-Year Contract Amount Not To Exceed $68,602,936.00.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Carrollton currently services approximately 35,000 single and 100 multi-family customers for trash and recycling services. The current contract is ending, and the City underwent a lengthy process to identify service updates needed for a new agreement. At the end of 2024 the City benchmarked services from neighboring cities, created a committee of citizen representatives and Council members to provide feedback on the services to procure with a new contract, and issued a request for information (RFI) to gather details from solid waste and recycling providers on current market offerings they can provide. The result was a scope of services that addressed existing needs while balancing the cost to residents.
On March 24, 2025, the City issued request for proposal (RFP) 25-002 for Solid Waste and Recycling Services. Notifications were posted online and previous and interested vendors were contacted. Four vendors submitted responses. The submissions were reviewed based on criteria related to cost of services, resources and equipment, financial stability, workplans, and prior experience in providing solid waste and recycling services. Republic Services, Inc. was deemed to provide solid waste and recycling services at the best value and met the required qualifications to provide these services to the City of Carrollton.
The expected contract with Republic Services, Inc. will include weekly residential solid waste collection, apartment solid waste collection, bi-weekly residential recyc...
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