Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility Trash Service

The State of Iowa, Department of Corrections, is soliciting bids for trash collection, transportation, and disposal services at the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, a 152-acre site located at 1200 E. Washington Street, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. This Request for Bids (RFB 005-RFB-2453-2026) requires the successful contractor to service one 30-yard self-contained roll-off compactor hauled weekly, four 6-yard containers serviced weekly, and one 6-yard container serviced three times per week, with additional pricing required for supplemental 30-yard and 6-yard dump services as needed. The selected vendor must provide all equipment, labor, supervision, and materials necessary for operations, designate an on-site coordinator available during regular business hours, and maintain service commencement at 7:00 a.m. Central Time unless otherwise mutually agreed. Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder based on price evaluation, with all bid pricing remaining firm for the first contract year and billed monthly at rates inclusive of containers, hauling, fuel, and landfill disposal fees. Critical deadlines include a mandatory site visit rescheduled to Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. (meeting in the Heritage room accessed through the main prison lobby), written questions due by Friday, March 13, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time, and electronic bid submissions through the Iowa IMPACS system required by 2:00 p.m. Central Time on Friday, March 25, 2026. The contract term runs from April 3, 2026 through April 2, 2027, with renewal options available by mutual agreement for up to five additional years.

No set-aside designations or restrictions on bidder types are specified in this solicitation, and no incumbent contractor information has been identified in the bidding documents. All bidder employees are subject to mandatory security checks and background investigations as a condition of facility access, and the successful contractor must execute the contract within thirty days of receiving the Notice of Intent to Award and register to do business in Iowa before payment authorization. No specific budget range or award value has been disclosed in the available documentation. The State of Iowa reserves the right to modify service times and frequencies as operational needs dictate during the contract period.