ITB 2223-011 QA Taca BioMedical Waste FINAL.pdf
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- Biomedical Waste Disposal Services
- Solicitation number
- ITB-03865
- Issued by
- Alachua County, Graceville City, Florida
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This document is an Addendum to Invitation to Bid (ITB) #2223-011 for Biomedical Waste Disposal Services issued by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) in the state of Florida. The ITB seeks a vendor to provide biomedical waste disposal services to the Tacachale location in Gainesville, Florida. The addendum provides clarification on several aspects of the ITB, including that APD will purchase buildings to house the waste instead of requiring the vendor to provide mobile mini's, that there have been no requests for emergency services in the past year, and that all waste will be incinerated with no separation required between autoclave and incineration waste. The addendum also provides details on the anticipated amount of waste per pickup, with an average of 30-45 96-gallon cans per pickup, and an average weight of 5,000 pounds per pickup. The current vendor, Trilogy Medwaste, is being paid $25.155 per container under the existing contract.
The addendum also indicates that APD requires at least 104 96-gallon containers onsite at all times, and that APD supplies the red bags used for the biomedical waste. Vendors are advised that any protest to the ITB must be filed within the timeframe prescribed in Florida Statutes.
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APD ITB 2223-011
ADDENDUM – 1 -
February 2, 2023
TO: Prospective Vendors
FROM: Solicitation Number: APD ITB #2223-011
Biomedical Waste Disposal Services
Addendum – 1 -
The information referenced is provided for consideration in the preparation of your response to the above-referenced ITB. All terms and conditions of the ITB, not modified by this Addendum Number 1 shall remain in full force and effect.
Questions and Answers: See vendor submitted questions and the Agency official answers.
REFERENCE QUESTION ANSWER
1 • Are the mobile mini’s on site going to be required as part of this bid? Presently we provide them for the site at an additional cost to the collection of the medical waste. If so, can a line item be added for that as a monthly fee?
No, APD will purchase buildings to house the waste.
2 • IAW Attachment A, Section I (c, d, e) - How many times in the past year has the agency requested emergency services:
o Required during regular business hours?
o Required on nights/weekends?
There have been zero requests for emergency services over the past year.
3 • IAW Attachment A Section II c. - Must be able to commingle all biomedical waste into the bins. Waste may include pathological, culture stocks and other biomedical wastes.
Incinerated waste to be separated from autoclave waste o Could you clarify if waste will be separated between autoclave and incineration and if there will be dedicated bins of each waste type?
o If there is waste for incineration, what is this waste material?
Waste will not be separated.
Currently all goods are incinerated by the current vendor.
4 • IAW Attachment A, Section II (e) - There are approximately 300 bins per month, however Attachment A, Section III (a) states: To provide 140 – 96-gallon bins and pick them up twice a week. Please clarify the anticipated amount per pickup as these sections contradict each other in the actual amount of waste to be collected per pickup.
Number of 96-gallon cans per pickup have averaged from 30 to 45 cans per pickup.
5 • How many 96-gallon containers are needed to service the facility – how many empties are on hand at one time?
There must be at least (104) 96-gallon containers onsite at all times.
6 • What is the average weight per container?
Average weight per 96-gallon container is 126 pounds.
7 • What is the average weight per pickup?
Average weight per pickup is 5,000 pounds.
8 • Is there any flexibility in the pickup window identified in Attachment A Section 1 (a)?
Pickup schedule must remain on Tuesdays and Fridays after 12pm.
10 • Who is currently performing the services?
Trilogy Medwaste
11 • What was the previously awarded price per container?
$25.155 per container
• Can you provide the most current purchase order number for this contract work?
C00976
13 • Who is currently servicing the facility and what is the price per 96G?
See Questions #10 and #11
14 • How many extra 96gal containers (empty) do they need on site, in between pick-ups?
15 • How are they loading the containers onsite? Loading onto pickup truck, trailer?
When APD staff collects them from around the campus, they are loaded on trailers which have ramp gates.
16 • Who supplies the red bags?
APD supplies the red bags.
To the extent this Addendum gives rise to a protest, failure to file a protest within the timer prescribed in Subsection 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to post the bond or other security requirement by laws within the time allowed for filing a bond shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.
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