NIGP 96284: Tire Shredding and Disposal Services

NIGP 96284 Tire Shredding and Disposal Services, an Item code, encompasses the collection, transportation, processing, recycling, and final disposition of waste tires—including passenger, truck, off-road, and oversized equipment tires—from municipal and county collection sites, transfer stations, and landfills. State and local governments procure these services to manage annual tire volumes ranging from roughly 225 to 1,000 tons per jurisdiction and to divert whole tires from landfills through mechanical processing (shearing, shredding, de-manufacturing) and beneficial reuse pathways including tire-derived fuel, crumb rubber applications, and civil engineering uses. Issuing bodies include county solid waste and environmental management departments, municipal public works and sanitation divisions, and county boards of commissioners across multiple states. Recent solicitations come from Hillsborough County and Broward County in Florida, Marion County in Florida, Pasco County in Florida, Dorchester County in South Carolina, and Orange County in Florida, indicating concentration in the Southeast and particularly Florida. Contractors typically must hold state-specific waste tire collector licenses or permits (Florida Department of Environmental Protection registration is common), maintain comprehensive insurance including commercial general liability ($1 million to $2 million per occurrence) and workers' compensation, provide three years of documented experience, and quote pricing on a per-ton or per-tire basis with all transportation and disposal costs bundled into the unit price.

Recent opportunities show mixed procurement structures. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issued ITB2600424 for a three-year tire disposal contract valued at $1.635 million with pricing quoted per ton across three transfer stations and landfill sites, bids due October 23, 2026. Broward County posted a fixed-price contract for tire shearing of approximately 1,000 oversized off-road tires (three- to five-foot diameters) at the Broward County Landfill, with per-tire pricing submitted and a September 25, 2026 deadline; four vendors bid between $40 and $85 per tire. Pasco County solicited as-needed waste tire management under IFB IFBKM26097 with a response deadline of June 23, 2026, estimated at 1,000 tons annually across two county collection sites, and applied a local preference allowing Pasco County and neighboring-county vendors to match the lowest bid. Marion County Solid Waste issued ITB 26B-098 requesting bids on waste tire transportation and disposal with a stated intent to award a minimum of two vendors, due July 9, 2026. Dorchester County, South Carolina posted RFP 202708 for used tire collection and recycling with proposals due September 24, 2026, evaluating cost (35 percent), collection and service approach (20 percent), recycling and beneficial reuse (20 percent), qualifications and experience (15 percent), and reporting and documentation (10 percent). DeKalb County, Georgia issued RFI 2026-117 in August 2026 to gather market information on scrap tire processing capacity and commercial structures ahead of a potential future competitive solicitation, and separately issued RFP 2026-070 in May 2026 for a public-private partnership to establish and operate a multiyear scrap tire recycling program, with proposals due August 26, 2026.