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This is a Bid Notice for the City of Cupertino, California, seeking qualified consulting firms to provide Solid Waste Consulting Services through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The City is conducting pre-qualification of consultants to deliver comprehensive solid waste management support across five primary service areas: Hauler and Facility Agreement Support, Regulatory Compliance Support, Strategic Planning Support, Policy Support, and Outreach and Diversion Programmatic Planning and Implementation Support. Specific tasks include rate adjustment reviews for the primary hauler Recology and other service providers, cost-based rate adjustment reviews, billing audits, contract negotiation support, and compliance monitoring with California state laws including SB 54 and SB 1383. The RFQ is active from July 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM, with a submission deadline of August 6, 2026, at 5:00 PM. Proposers must indicate in their submissions which scope of work topic areas they can support. The submission is cost and fee based only, with an Engineer's Estimate dated July 19, 2026, at 8:48 AM.
The RFQ does not specify contract term length, renewal options, or detailed pricing information in the notice. No set-asides, incumbent information, or specific funding amounts are identified in the document. Consultants are expected to furnish all necessary materials, equipment, labor, and services to complete the defined scope of work tasks. The City is located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014, and can be contacted at 408.777.3200 for additional information regarding the opportunity.
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Bid Information
PW-2026-849
Solid Waste Consulting Services
RFQ
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7/9/2026 5:00:00 PM
8/6/2026 5:00:00 PM
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The City of Cupertino invites Statement of Qualifications
(SOQ) submittals from qualified professionals (Consultants) to provide Solid Waste Consulting services. The City of
Cupertino (City) seeks to secure high quality firms to be pre-qualified to perform Solid Waste Consulting services to meet industry standards, ensure compliance with state laws, assist in rate studies, and provide agreement compliance evaluations and auditing. Proposers shall indicate in their submission which scope of work topic areas are supported in their proposals. The Solid Waste Consulting scope of services includes, but is not limited to, furnishing all materials, equipment, labor, and services associated with tasks in these five topic areas: I. Hauler and Facility
Agreement Support: • Rate adjustment reviews o Regularly scheduled rate adjustment review (typically annually) of documentation provided by the hauler Recology as required by the franchise agreement. o Regularly scheduled rate adjustment review of documentation provided by other service providers (e.g. a facility). • Cost-based adjustment reviews o Regularly scheduled cost-based rate adjustment review (typically every four years or more often as established by City) of documentation provided by the hauler as required by the franchise agreement. o Other cost-based adjustment reviews that may be needed to assess documentation provided by other service providers (e.g.
Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer Station [SMaRT
Station®] or GreenWaste Zanker). • Cost of services reviews and analyses as may be needed for hauling, processing, or landfilling services (e.g. sector analysis between categories of generators). • Support for management of current agreements. • Billing audit and performance reviews of the hauler. • Billing audit and performance reviews of facilities
(e.g. materials recovery facility [SMaRT Station®], organics processing facilities, recycling facilities [GreenWaste
Zanker]). • Support negotiating contract extensions with the hauler or other service providers. • Solicitation development, review, negotiation, and support as may be needed for new agreements. • Review and analyze disposal records available to the City from the hauler, County, and
State. Provide guidance on conducting accuracy assessments
Scope of Work
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Services II. Regulatory Compliance Support: • Support for ensuring City compliance with state laws relating to waste management. The State of California has multiple laws that solid waste generators and jurisdictions are required to comply with and report on (e.g. SB 54, SB 1383). o Assist with strategic planning to respond to existing and new regulations or requirements. o Provide monitoring and evaluation of hauler compliance with SB 1383 or other state law requirements on behalf of the City. o Assess the City’s existing programs for gaps in compliance. o Support staff in case of CalRecycle in-person SB 1383 compliance audit. o
Other undefined tasks related to the support activities listed above. III. Strategic Planning Support: • Support for responding to legal challenges. o There is a shifting landscape of legal activity related to aspects of franchise agreements that may need to be evaluated, responded to, or planned for, including nexus studies of activities that support collection services. • Support for budget planning relating to waste management activities, including strategic use of dedicated funds to mitigate rate increases. • Other undefined tasks related to the support activities listed above.
IV. Policy Support: • Analysis and support for consideration of updated construction and demolition debris diversion requirements or ordinances. (e.g. requiring deposits refundable upon meeting diversion requirements, issuing financial penalties for failing to meet diversion requirements, or contemplating other types of incentives to achieve required diversion). • Drafting or reviewing ordinances or policies related to solid waste, recycling, and composting (e.g. updating trash enclosure or trash management guidance documents). • Assess City municipal code for potential gaps related to compliance with regulations. • Other undefined tasks related to the support activities listed above. V. Outreach and Diversion
Programmatic Planning and Implementation Support: • The
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City has outreach and diversion programs in place but may need assistance evaluating their effectiveness and reviewing and updating practices. • Staff may require assistance to develop and implement such outreach activities. • Other undefined tasks related to the support activities listed above.
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