Solid Waste, Recycling Services and HHW services

The City of Heath, Texas is requesting proposals for municipal solid waste collection, transportation, disposal, recycling services, and household hazardous waste collection under RFP-2026-SWS01, with proposals due October 29, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time and a mandatory pre-proposal meeting scheduled October 8, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams.

The City seeks a single contractor to provide exclusive collection services within its corporate limits for approximately 4,911 residential units, small commercial accounts, approximately 63 front-end loader containers serviced one to six days per week, and approximately 8 roll-off hauls per month, plus collection services from six City facilities at no charge. Required services include once-weekly garbage and recycling collection with 96-gallon poly carts, weekly bulky and brush collection (three-yard limit), and monthly on-call HHW collection. The contractor must maintain a customer service response center operational 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, implement real-time GPS tracking capability, and ensure all collection vehicles are no older than four years at contract commencement. Proposers must demonstrate at least five years of experience in residential solid waste and collection services in similar-sized communities.

The contract commences February 1, 2027 and extends through January 31, 2032 (initial five-year term), with one optional five-year extension term. City Council will award the contract on November 24, 2026, with finalist interviews scheduled for approximately November 12, 2026. Proposers must submit a $50,000 proposal bond and be responsible for reimbursing the City $41,630 for consultant development costs. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the City's OpenGov Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/heathtx in searchable PDF format with all RFP pages initialed and signed in blue ink. Addendum #1 (Revision) was posted October 2, 2026; proposers must consult this addendum in conjunction with the base RFP. Vendors must register through the procurement portal prior to submission and complete conflict-of-interest disclosures under Texas H.B. 914.