1. Collection (in frequency sufficient to serve the needs of the District as determined in conjunction with the District) and appropriate disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. 2. Provision by the Contractor of front-loading metal bins with lockable lids for the consolidation of non-hazardous solid waste – to be provided in size, type (wheeled/nonwheeled) and number appropriate for each site. Bins and rolling carts to be in the respective colors for blue (recyclables), green (compostables) and grey/black (landfill). Provisions to provide rolling carts to be serviced at select sites that cannot accommodate front-loading bins due to space constraints that can include landfill, compost and recycle collection. Provisions to provide roll-off boxes that may also require covers for ongoing service to sites. Provisions to provide roll-off boxes as an on need request at various sites. Contractor will replace, at no cost to the District, any lost and/or broken recyclables, compostables or trash containers used for service collection. 3. Collection, weekly or more frequent depending on site needs (and processing or delivery to a processor) of commingled recyclables (Fiber: newspaper, junk mail, magazines, cardboard etc. Containers: glass bottles, aluminum, bi-metal and steel cans, rigid plastics). 4. Collection of compostables that is weekly or more frequent depending on site needs. 5. Provision by Contractor of industry standard, green 64 and 96 gallon wheeled carts for locations that do not have space for a compost bin and for selected schools with a garden program that needs to have compost carts added into the service. 6. Provision by Contractor of a dedicated Customer Service Representative who is the main liaison to the District and who is authorized to visit sites, change service levels, address customer service problems, etc. that aligns with our District Waste Prevention Program. 7. Provision by Contractor of a dedicated Educational and Technical Assistance Representatives who is authorized to visit sites to perform site assessments, give recommendations and provide education and awareness to the school communities and Oakland Unified District employees on waste reduction and sorting programs that aligns with our District Waste Prevention Program. The Educational and Technical Assistance Representative will work and assist at all of our sites as needed and capacity to increase overall waste diversion. Contractor will assign this representative to focus exclusively on OUSD’s sites for no less than 20 hours a week. The representative will work with OUSD Custodial Services and Sustainability Manager to jointly identify and prioritize District schools and sites with the greatest training and assistance needs with the objective of maximizing waste diversion practices at all OUSD sites. 8. Waste Management team will host an Annual Career Day that can be done at individual schools and/or hosted at a central location bringing students together from multiple OUSD schools. The hosting of these events are to be done in coordination with our Custodial Services Department and Sustainability Manager. 9. Both landfill, compostables and recyclables are to be collected from all District sites including, without limitation, the District’s schools, administrative offices, maintenance facilities, warehouse, nutritional services departments and other facilities in the District.
