Specifications include, but are not limited to: This Request for Proposals includes the following: Weekly automated cart system for Refuse collection (3 service levels for refuse) Weekly Recycling collection subcontracted as described in Subsection 7.3 Option 1: Equipment and labor for billing and collecting refuse and recycling fees, payment of sub-contractors and other costs, and providing billing-related customer service Option 2: Bulk Waste collection at least two (2) times per year per residence Option 3: Source Separated Bulk Recyclables (tires, electronics, appliances) collection at least two (2) times per year per residence Option 4: Christmas tree collection during one (1) week per year in January Dumpster waste, construction waste, commercial and institutional establishment waste, and waste from industries is not included in the contract except to the extent that the Centre Region Council of Governments (Centre Region COG) may allow small commercial and institutional establishments, due to their volume and type of solid waste, to be treated as dwelling units for collection and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials at the proposed rate if the commercial or institutional establishment so elects. The area to be served includes five Townships located in Centre County, Pennsylvania: Benner, College, Ferguson, Harris, and Patton (individually a “Township” and collectively the “Townships”). These townships have a combined estimated total population of 60,739 residing in a geographic area of 151 square miles.
