TITLE: Title
Approval of consultant selection for Residential Solid Waste Study
PURPOSE: Request board approval to proceed with entering into a contract with Kessler Consulting Inc. and to advise staff on proceeding or not with the add-on Pay as You Throw (PAYT) Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
CONTACT INFORMATION: James D. Freeman (919) 918-7427
INFORMATION: The Town of Carrboro (“Town”), requested sealed proposals for consulting services to prepare a Residential Solid Waste Study for the Town. With a long-term goal of zero waste, Town staff has identified areas in which consulting services are needed to identify ways to work towards this ultimate goal. The selected consultant will also design a residential organics pilot project for the Town to implement. The Town also requested an add on project to analyze the applicability of instituting PAYT for residential solid waste.
Town Staff received proposals and bid amounts from the following firms:
|
NAME |
BID AMOUNT |
Optional BID |
|
Kessler Consulting Inc. |
$49,750 |
$7,500 |
|
SCS Engineers, PC |
$49,991 |
$0 |
|
RTI International |
$49,991 |
$18,593 |
|
Resource Recycling Systems |
$54,645 |
$10,000 |
|
Tetra Tech |
$49,983 |
$2,520 |
|
Smith + Gardner |
$108,860 |
$15,000 |
Town staff reviewed the proposals on March 2nd and selected Kessler Consulting Inc. based upon a scoring tabulation which ranked understanding of the project, proposed methodology, management plan, experience/qualifications and price.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: Kessler Consulting’s bid amount was for $49,750 and an amount of $7,500 for the PAYT analysis.
RECOMMENDATION:r Request board approval to proceed with entering into a contract with Kessler Consulting Inc. and to advise staff on proceeding or not with the add-on Pay as You Throw (PAYT) Analysis.