Pet Waste Removal Services for Various Dane County Parks

Dane County, Wisconsin, is seeking a comprehensive pet waste removal services contract for eight county park locations through a Request for Bid (RFB #2025-RFB-063-PR). The procurement requires a vendor to provide weekly waste removal services from 36 total barrels distributed across Indian Lake Park, Token Creek Park, Viking Park, Yahara Heights, Badger Prairie, Prairie Moraine, William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park, and Anderson Dog Exercise Area. The successful vendor must furnish and maintain all 50-gallon minimum barrels, replacing any broken or damaged equipment at no cost to the County. Vendor questions are due by December 19, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., with electronic bid responses required through the County's eProcurement Portal by January 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The anticipated contract term spans five calendar years from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030, with potential renewals subject to mutual agreement. Bidders must submit weekly service rates for 52 weeks per year for each contract year and provide a unit cost for additional barrels, with all pricing and conditions remaining fixed throughout the contract term.

The County will apply local vendor purchasing preferences under Dane County Ordinance 25.08, offering price-matching opportunities to Locally Based and Owned Vendors (within 15% of low bid), Locally Operated Vendors (within 10% of low bid), and Non-Locally Operated Vendors (within 5% of low bid). Vendors must obtain a Certificate of Insurance and maintain environmental impairment liability insurance at $1,000,000 per occurrence and commercial general liability at $1,000,000 per occurrence. While no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are explicitly mentioned, the local vendor preference provisions may provide some competitive advantages to local businesses. The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to accept any part of a bid deemed in its best interest. Although a specific contract value is not disclosed, the comprehensive five-year service requirement across multiple park locations suggests a substantial and potentially lucrative opportunity for the selected vendor.