Comprehensive Waste Management Services - Sources Sought Notice (DRAFT SCOPE).pdf
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This is a market research document issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify qualified sources for comprehensive waste management and resource recovery services at the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland and the NIH Animal Center (NIHAC) in Poolesville, Maryland, with potential expansion to other off-campus locations.
The contractor must demonstrate capability to self-perform the full scope of services including collection, transportation, and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste, recyclables, and construction/demolition debris. Required services encompass operation and maintenance of contractor-furnished compactors, dumpsters, and related equipment; collection and consolidation of bulked recyclables (toner cartridges, pipette tip racks, cardboard, wood pallets, Styrofoam); transport of commingled recyclables to NIH-approved facilities; construction debris container management with LEED-compliant diversion tracking; composting services for food scraps and animal bedding; sludge collection at NIHAC using lined roll-off containers; emergency response for spills; and comprehensive data management with monthly reporting. Anticipated annual volumes include approximately 2,970 tons of solid waste, 2,100 tons of recyclables, and 5,100 tons of construction debris, with monthly container pulls averaging 65 for solid waste, 88 for recycling, and 122 for construction debris. The contractor must support a container fleet including 25 thirty-yard compactors, 77 thirty-yard open-top dumpsters, 2 forty-yard open-top dumpsters, and various front-end dumpsters (3 two-yard, 10 four-yard, 1 six-yard, and 59 eight-yard units). The contractor must maintain a database system capable of generating approximately 2,962 data cells monthly for solid waste, 7,261 for recycling, and 669 for construction debris, demonstrating experience supporting large, complex, secure research/medical campuses with high-volume diversion programs and detailed operational reporting.
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Comprehensive Waste Management Services
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is conducting market research to identify qualified sources capable of providing comprehensive, multiple-component waste management and resource recovery services for the NIH Campus located in Bethesda, MD and the NIH Animal Center (NIHAC) in Poolesville, MD, with potential support to designated other off-campus locations.
The Contractor must demonstrate the capability to self-perform the full scope of services for municipal solid waste, recyclables, and construction debris, including furnishing, operation and maintenance of equipment, vehicles, and management systems. The NIH is seeking firms that are capable of self performing core functions of waste collection, hauling, or disposal services.
Services include, but are not limited to:
• Collection, transportation, and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste, recyclables, construction, and demolition debris.
• Collection and consolidation of bulked recyclables from designated loading docks, including toner cartridges, pipette tip racks, cardboard, wood pallets, and Styrofoam.
• Operation, maintenance, repair, and cleaning/painting of contractor-furnished compactors, dumpsters, and related equipment. Support for radioactivity screening of construction waste loads.
• Transport of commingled recyclables (paper, plastic, glass, aluminum cans) to NIH-approved recycling facilities.
• Construction debris container management, including LEED-compliant diversion tracking and reporting.
• Composting services for pre-consumer food scraps and animal bedding, including collection, transport, and reporting.
• Sludge collection at NIHAC Poolesville using lined roll-off containers.
• Emergency response services for spills or releases related to solid waste operations.
• Data management and reporting, including submission of monthly reports documenting all solid waste, recycling, and construction debris operations.
For planning purposes, NIH anticipates the following average monthly container pulls to disposal facilities:
• Solid Waste (Trash): ~65
• Recycling: ~88
• Construction Debris: ~122
Estimated annual quantities include:
• Solid Waste (Trash): ~2,970 tons
• Recycling: ~2,100 tons
• Construction Debris: ~5,100 tons
Recycling Material Categories (Approximate Annual Tonnage):
Material Category Annual Tonnage Yard Trim (Ground Maintenance) 199 Pipette Tip Racks (#5 plastic) 33 HDPE (#2 plastic) 13 LDPE (#4 plastic) 11
Commingled Plastics (#1 and mixed) 20 Glass 4 Mixed Paper 170 Composting 162 Scrap Metal 601 Cardboard 401 Wood Pallets 401 Toner Cartridges 3 Styrofoam 11
Anticipated Container / Equipment Inventory (Planning Purposes)
The Contractor should be capable of supporting a container fleet of approximately the following types/sizes (quantities shown for planning purposes and may vary):
The contractor needs to provide dumpsters and associated equipment necessary for collection and hauling of solid waste, recyclables, and construction debris across both campuses.
Anticipated Monthly Data Management/Reporting
The Contractor shall maintain a database system to track and manage data related to solid waste, recycling, and construction debris generation, collection, processing, and disposal. All exterior containers should have a tracking mechanism in place for inventory control and performance monitoring.
The database system should be designed to integrate container weights collection by buildings, disposal and recycling facility weight tickets and receipts directly into the system to minimize manual data entry, reduce errors, improve data accuracy, and reporting efficiency. On average, the Contractor can expect to generate monthly reports containing approximately 2,962 data cells for solid waste, 7,261 data cells for recycling, and 669 data cells for construction debris. The system should be capable of handling this reporting volume while producing timely, accurate, and consistent reports for Government review.
The Contractor shall demonstrate experience supporting large, complex, secure research or medical campuses, including high-volume diversion programs, LEED-aligned construction debris management, and detailed operational reporting.
Compactors Open-top Dumpsters Front-end Dumpsters
• (25) 30-yard
• (1) 20-yard
• (77) 30-yard
• (2) 40-yard
• (3) 2-yard
• (10) 4-yard
• (1) 6-yard
• (59) 8-yard
Anticipated Container / Equipment Inventory (Planning Purposes)
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