Escalante Petrified Forest State Park Garbage Removal Services

The State of Utah Division of Purchasing, conducting on behalf of the Division of State Parks, has awarded a contract for garbage removal services at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park under IFB GN27-100, with the contract now executed and performance underway. This opportunity is closed to new bidders; Hughes Waste was selected as the lowest cost responsive and responsible vendor.

The scope covers one 6-yard dumpster at 1450 N. Reservoir Road, Escalante, UT 84726, with a seasonal pickup schedule: bi-weekly service (seven lifts) April 1–June 30, monthly service (two lifts) July 1–August 31, bi-weekly service (five lifts) September 1–October 31, and on-call service November 1–March 31. The contractor must complete on-call requests within 48 hours and missed pickups within 24 hours at no additional cost. The dumpster must be maintained in clean, sound, fully functional condition. The contractor bears full liability for property damage and is responsible for disposal at authorized facilities in compliance with applicable law.

The awarded pricing is $300.00 per dumpster per lift for scheduled pickups, yielding an annual cost of $4,200.00 (14 scheduled lifts). On-call pickups carry the same $300.00 per-lift rate and are not factored into bid evaluation. The five-year contract term includes a one-year pricing guarantee. After year one, price adjustments are permitted only upon documented Consumer Price Index changes or verified municipal landfill fee increases, with requests required at least 30 days in advance and adjustments capped at the CPI percentage change.

The contractor must maintain commercial general liability insurance of at least $1 million per occurrence and $3 million aggregate, plus workers' compensation coverage. All bids containing exceptions to the State's Standard Terms and Conditions were rejected as non-responsive. The Park Manager retains the right to make non-material operational adjustments to pickup schedules; material changes require written contract amendment.