FAC86 Rubbish Recycling Services

The Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District is soliciting competitive quotes for rubbish removal and recycling services through a Request for Quote (RFQ) procurement process. The District seeks to contract with a qualified waste management vendor to provide comprehensive trash disposal and recycling services across five school facilities and one maintenance barn for a three-year period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The scope of services includes bi-weekly collection and disposal of refuse (estimated at 1 to 4 tons monthly per location), cardboard recycling, and single-stream plastic and paper recycling utilizing five 35-yard hydraulic liquid-tight trash compactors, five 10-yard cardboard dumpsters, one 10-yard trash dumpster, and thirty heavy-duty plastic recycling bins. Additional service requirements include quarterly compactor washing, annual equipment servicing and reconditioning, 24-hour emergency repair response capabilities, quarterly deodorizing of compactors, and annual equipment maintenance. The District anticipates approximately 160 tons of annual trash disposal into compactors. Questions regarding the procurement must be submitted by April 27, 2026, with all quotes due at the Superintendent's Office by May 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Site visits may be arranged by contacting the Director of Facilities. Evaluation will be based on satisfactory performance demonstrated during June 2027 (year one) and June 2028 (year two), with contract renewal contingent upon performance.

All quotes must comply with Massachusetts prevailing wage requirements under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H, and no specific set-asides or restrictions on respondent types have been identified in this procurement. The contractor must provide proof of liability insurance of at least one million dollars with the school district named as an additional insured, and furnish a performance bond equal to 100 percent of the contract sum before commencing work. The selected contractor is responsible for securing and maintaining all necessary municipal permits in the Towns of Freetown and Lakeville, with annual copies provided to the District. Pricing shall be quoted on an annual basis for each service line item, including annual service fees for dumpster units and compactor leases, per-unit pickup and dump fees, per-ton landfill fees, annual service fees for recycling bin sets, and per-unit drop/pickup/dump fees for 30-yard roll-off containers. The District has reserved the right to request additional pickup services at quoted rates, waive informalities, accept or reject any or all quotes, and call for new quotes if deemed in its best interest. No incumbent vendor, award value, or budget range has been publicly disclosed.