RTC #00-110 attachment

Proposers and Proposals
Bay Counties Waste Services (Santa Clara, California)
Proposer

Bay Counties is the franchised refuse collection contractor for Sunnyvale, operating under the name Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling. Bay Counties is privately held. Ownership of Bay Counties is shared among 14 individuals associated with Pleasanton Garbage and South San Francisco Scavengers, and Specialty. Bay Counties has annual gross revenues of approximately $11 million, nearly all from its collection contract with the City of Sunnyvale.

Pleasanton Garbage collects solid waste and recyclables in Pleasanton and operates a materials recovery facility/transfer station there.

South San Francisco Scavenger collects solid waste and recyclables in South San Francisco, Millbrae, Brisbane, and San Francisco International Airport. It operates a materials recovery facility/transfer station in South San Francisco and is in the process of constructing a new facility in the Oyster Point area adjacent to San Francisco Bay.

Proposal

Tipping Fee - $24.69 per ton

Minimum Recycling Level – 15.51%

Number of employees proposed - 138

Number and percent of Subcontractor employees – 89 (64%)

Key Personnel Proposed – Jerry Nabhan, currently Operations Office of Specialty is proposed as District Manager overseeing Specialty and the SMaRT Station. Ronald Fornesi, currently Operations Officer for South San Francisco Scavengers, is proposed as the General Manager for the SMaRT Station.

Deviations Waived

Proposer modified Proposal Form 13, MRL calculation (added items, changed diversion calculations), and was asked to redo the form using the required format. Form was revised with MRL unchanged.

Form 11 revenue split was incorrectly calculated. Form 11 was corrected and the revenue split recalculated, which reduced the tipping fee from $26.77 to $24.69 per ton.

A number of "assumptions" were listed on Form 14 that appeared to actually be exceptions to the contract language. However, they were not listed as exceptions on Form 18, as required. Proposer retained one insignificant exception.

Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. (Fontana, California)
Proposer

Burrtec Waste Industries collects solid waste and recyclables in both franchised and unfranchised settings in a number of communities in the Riverside/San Bernardino area. Burrtec is privately held, and has annual gross revenues of approximately $49 million. It is affiliated with EDCO Disposal Company, which serves a number of communities in Southern California.

Burrtec operates three recycling/transfer station facilities in Victor Valley, Riverside, and Fontana. A transfer station under construction in the Coachella Valley is scheduled to go into operation later this year.

Proposal

Tipping Fee - $21.82 per ton

Minimum Recycling Level – 15.00%

Number of employees proposed - 180

Number and percent of Subcontractor employees – 124 (69%)

Key Personnel Proposed – Eric Herbert, Chief Operating Officer of Burrtec is proposed as Chief Operating Officer for the SMaRT Station. No operational personnel were identified.

Deviations Waived

Proposal did not include required financial statements. Upon further request, statements were provided.

Proposal did not identify subcontractor temporary agency proposed to provide 124 operations workers. Upon further request, temporary agency name was provided. Upon a third request, the agency’s telephone number, address, and other agency information was provided.

A typographical error on Proposal Form 7 (minimum personnel requirements) was corrected.

A typographical error on Proposal Form 10 (number of Drop-off Center bins) was corrected.

Proposal Form 11 did not contain required employee headcount information, and did not state assumptions related to revenues. The proposer provided the headcount information and the revenue assumptions. The weight to volume conversion factors provided explained why the proposer assumed receipt of approximately 55% of the public haul volume assumed by the three other proposers.

A sample of Health and Safety procedures from a Burrtec facility was requested and provided.

GreenTeam/Zanker (San Jose, California)
Proposer

GreenTeam/Zanker is a joint venture between two Bay Area solid waste companies, GreenTeam and Zanker Road Resources Management, Ltd. The ownership of the two companies includes some common partners.

GreenTeam is a partnership formed in 1992 to collect curbside recyclables under a contract with the City of San Jose. It is a joint venture consisting of three partners, GreenWaste Recovery, Inc., Green Valley Disposal and Recycling Co., Inc., and Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc. GreenTeam has annual gross revenues of approximately $21 million.

Zanker Road Resource Management, Ltd. operates the Zanker Road Landfill in San Jose. The Zanker Road Landfill takes only "dry" garbage and includes extensive materials recovery operations. Zanker Road Resource Management also operates the Z-Best Composting Facility in southern Santa Clara County. Zanker has annual gross revenues of approximately $12 million.

Proposal

Tipping Fee - $20.56 per ton

Minimum Recycling Level – 14.52%

Number of employees proposed - 111

Number and percent of Subcontractor employees – 59 (53%)

Key Personnel Proposed (*on-site at SMaRT)

Ken Etherington, currently General Manager for Green Team’s San Jose operations, is proposed as GreenTeam/Zanker’s Chief Executive Officer.
Kevin Labrum, currently GreenTeam Chief Financial Officer, is proposed as GreenTeam/Zanker Chief Financial Officer.
*Chris Almeida, currently Materials Recovery Manager of GreenTeam, is proposed as SMaRT Station General Manager.
*Scott Beal, currently Site Manager for Zanker Road Landfill, is proposed as Operations Manager/Refuse Transfer.
Michael Gross, currently Marketing Manager, Z-Best Products, is proposed as Organics Processing/Marketing Manager.
*Domingo Garcia, currently Operations Supervisor at the GreenTeam materials recovery facility is proposed as Material Recovery Supervisor.
*Mosie Hill, currently Manager of Residential Garbage Collection for GreenTeam is proposed as Safety Officer.
*Kerynn Gianotti, currently Government Affairs Manager, GreenTeam, is proposed to handle Community Relations.

Deviations Waived

Proposal did not provide the joint venture agreement required by the RFP for proposals from a joint venture entity. Upon further request, a "Statement of Joint Venture" was provided, but not an actual joint venture agreement. Upon a third request, the joint venture agreement was provided.

Proposer modified Proposal Form 13 (added items, changed diversion calculations) and was asked to redo. Form was revised with MRL unchanged.

A typographical error on Form 7 was corrected.

Form 11 recycling revenues were understated (did not take into account revenues from sale of the Sunnyvale and Mountain View residential recycling program materials). Form 11 was corrected with the revenues recalculated, which reduced the tipping fee from $22.41 to $20.56 per ton.

A sample of Health and Safety procedures from a GreenTeam/Zanker facility was requested and provided.

Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. (San Francisco, California)
Proposer

Norcal, based in San Francisco, is the largest of the four proposers, with annual gross revenues of approximately $338 million. It operates collection, transfer, composting, and landfill facilities throughout Northern California and in San Bernardino County through more than two dozen subsidiary companies. Norcal’s largest operations are Golden Gate Disposal and Sunset Scavenger, which serve San Francisco. Locally, Norcal is the parent company of Foothill Disposal, the franchised collector for the City of Mountain View. Norcal also collects refuse and recyclables in a number of local cities through other subsidiary companies that include Los Altos Garbage Company.

Proposal

Tipping Fee - $28.92 per ton

Minimum Recycling Level – 21.00%

Number of employees proposed - 124

Number and percent of Subcontractor employees – 0 (0%)

Key Personnel Proposed – The Norcal proposal identifies Bill Jones of Los Altos Garbage Company, Vice President/Group Manager, as the Proposer’s Representative for the SMaRT Station. Seven other Norcal corporate-level individuals are also identified with specific subject areas such as operations, health & safety, marketing, etc. However, these individuals are not expected to have direct on-site involvement in SMaRT operations. No operational personnel were identified.

Deviations Waived

The number of staff shown on Form 7 did not agree with the number on Form 11. The proposer corrected the forms.

A sample of Health and Safety procedures from a Norcal facility was requested and provided.

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