Proposal for
Biosolids Removal and Disposal
for the
City of Barstow
THE CITY OF
OBARSTOW
CROSSROADS OF OPPORTUNITY
Submitted on
August 15, 2022
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435 Williams Court, Suite 100
Baltimore, MD 21220 SYNAGRO
www.synagro.com
AUGUST 9, 2022
Kody Tompkins, GM of Environmental Services Sent via email:
City of Barstow [email protected]
220 East Mountain View Street
Barstow, CA 92311
Re: Proposal for Biosolids Removal and Disposal
Dear Mr. Tompkins:
Synagro West, LLC (Synagro) is pleased to respond to the City of Barstow's Request for Proposals for Biosolids Removal and Beneficial Use Disposal, and we have enclosed our bid package for your review.
It has been our pleasure to provide biosolids management services for the City through our Nursery Products compost facility during the current contract term. We appreciate and value your business and look forward to working with the City's staff for the next contract term.
Should you have any questions about our submittal or require additional information, please feel contact me at 323-843-7265 or [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Robert Ford
Robert Ford
Business Development Manager
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Synagro Biosolids Removal and Beneficial Use Proposal
Based on a thorough examination of the City of Barstow's Request for Proposals and experience as the City's current service provider, Synagro West, LIC (Synagro) understands the scope of work and expectations of the City's biosolids removal and disposal needs. Specifically, we understand the City plans on executing a contract with a firm to collect, pick-up, transport and dispose of and/or beneficially use compost biosolids processed at the WWTP.
In concert with the City's goals, Synagro is proposing to beneficially use 100% of the WWTP biosolids through composting. We will compost biosolids at our Nursey Products compost facility (Primary) and Arizona Soils (Back up) compost facility. Each facility has the permitted capacity to process the entire amount of Barstow's biosolids. These facilities will function as back-up and redundancy for each other. Through this approach Synagro is offering both facility diversity and geographic diversity for composting
As the leading provider of biosolids beneficial use service in California, as well as the United States, Synagro is uniquely qualified to provide biosolids management services for the City. Synagro's mission and core business purpose is the management of municipal biosolids with a focus on providing beneficial use options. Biosolids is not part of our business, it is our business! We have been successfully meeting the biosolids management needs of generators for over 40 years. More than 600 government entities across the United States rely on Synagro as their biosolids management partner.
Synagro has more than 800 dedicated employees, providing a deep talent base and understanding of our industry. Our customers are supported by this specialized pool of resources with unparalleled knowledge, skills, and ability in biosolids management.
In California, Synagro has four compost facilities, one heat dying and pelletization facility and tens of thousands of acres of farmland serving our customers. In addition, we have over 75 employees focused on in-state biosolids service. Synagro will leverage its corporate resources in engineering, permitting, regulatory, and legislative affairs to the benefit of the City's biosolids programs. We have been providing service to over 150 customers in California including some of the largest municipalities such as Los Angeles County, Orange County, South Orange County Wastewater Authority, City of Los Angeles, Sacramento, East Bay MUD, City of San Francisco, City of Fresno, and many more. Synagro's two compost facilities in workable proximity to Barstow coupled with our sole focus on biosolids beneficial use make us the best qualified firm to provide the City's biosolids management service.
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SB 1383 PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE
Beginning January 1, 2022, SB 1383 requires cities and counties (i.e., "Jurisdictions") to procure annually a quantity of recovered organic waste products. These procurement requirements will strengthen California's green, self-sustaining economy. Demand for these products will drive infrastructure investment and create new green collar jobs in the state. CalRecycle will assign an annual procurement target to each jurisdiction based on its population. Jurisdictions can cost- effectively fulfill their SB 1383 procurement requirement through the use of Synagro's Class A Exceptional Quality compost.
Jurisdictions can use compost in a variety of applications, such as land used for agriculture, landscaping in city parks, golf courses, on center divides of roads and highways, public giveaways, and in community or school gardens. Additionally, compost can be used in civil engineering applications like erosion control along roadways. Compost also provides many direct and indirect benefits when used as a component of systems and treatments designed for:
• Carbon sequestration
• Soil water retention
• Fire remediation
• Storm water management
Local use of compost generated from local organics provides the public with an opportunity to see the benefit of recycling this material, while also helping replenish nutrients and carbon for healthy soils on the jurisdiction's properties. Synagro stands ready with multiple distribution options for AllGro® compost enabling the jurisdiction to be compliant with SB 1383's procurement requirements.
KEY PERSONNEL
Synagro's Account Manager who will work directly with the City of Barstow will be Robert Ford.
Robert is Synagro's Area Business Development Manager responsible for Synagro's Southern California and Arizona Compost Facility and California and Arizona inbound biosolids.
Synagro has a depth of experienced biosolids composting personnel. In addition to the key personnel listed below, Synagro has many additional experienced engineering, permitting, and operational employees. Key project individuals on the project are as follows:
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Name & Title Year of Area of Responsibility for the Project Experience
Craig Geyer 17 Overall responsibility for execution of
Regional Vice President composting operations
Layne Baroldi 30 Regulatory, public relations and legislative Vice President of Legislative & support
Regulatory Affairs
Robert Ford 20 Customer service, contract management, and Business Development composting operations management
Manager
Brian Millage 8 Responsible for overall operations of Arizona Facility Manager - Arizona Soils Compost facility and AZ land application Soils
Venny Vasquez 5 Responsible for overall operations of Nursery Facility Manager - Nursery Products Hawes Compost Facility Products
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
Synagro will utilize GIC Transport, Inc. (GIC) for subcontract transportation services. GIC maintains the following fleet of trucks that are available for transportation of the City's biosolids:
Unit # Year Make Vin Plate
69 2009 Freightliner 1FUJGECV99LAJ9254 9E26192
2009 Freightliner 1FUJGECV19LAJ9250 9E32120
73 2009 Freightliner 1FUJGECV59LAJ9252 9E26190
100 2008 Freightliner 1FUJBBCV28LY51558 9E45167
103 2010 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV4ASAS9425 9E50124
104 2010 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV6ASAS9426 9E92083
107 2009 Freightliner 1FUJGECV79LAJ2271 9E49568
109 2010 Freightiner 1FUJGEDR3ASAT2819 9E61674
116 2009 Freightliner 1FUJA6CV99DAD7914 9E04213
119 2009 Freightliner 1FUJA6CV09DAD7915 9E04210
120 2009 Freightliner 1FUJF6CV59DAH2628 9E28778
121 2009 Freightliner 1FUJF6CV79DAH2629 9E28776
123 2009 Freightliner 1FUJF6CV59DAH2631 9E28779
126 2010 Freightliner 1FUJA6CV5ADAM3556 9E23436
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127 2010 Freightliner 1FUJA6CV7ADAM3557 9E23435
133 2009 Freightliner 1FUJGEDR39LAL2423 9E77050
135 2009 Freightliner 1FUJGECK89LAH2268 9E77052
138 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV4DSBU0559 9E97378
139 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDVODSBU0560 9E97377
142 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV6DSBU0563 9F11101
143 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV8DSBU0564 9F11102
144 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDVXDSBU0565 9F11103
145 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV1DSBU0566 9F11100
146 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV7DSBU0569 9F11240
147 2013 Freightliner 1FUJGEDV3DSBU0570 9F11239
148 2014 Kenworth 1XKDDP9X1EJ419852 9E96468
149 2014 Kenworth 1XKDDP9X3EJ419853 9E96469
150 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9XXFJ440576 9F15347
151 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9XXFJ447513 9F23647
152 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X1FJ447514 9F23645
153 2015 Kenworth 1XKZD49X6FJ447507 9F23688
154 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X0FJ471352 9F30953
155 2015 Kenworth 1XKZD49X6FJ447509 9F23716
156 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X2FJ471353 9F30973
161 2015 Freightliner 3AKJGNDV3FDGL2232 4QHJ935
162 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X4FJ471354 9F31078
163 2015 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X9FJ471351 9F31090
164 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9XXGJ472672 9F31121
165 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X1G]472673 9F31147
166 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X3G]472674 9F34013
172 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X0GJ137694 9F49461
173 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X2GJ137695 9F49462
174 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X4GJ137696 9F49463
175 2016 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X6GJ137697 9F49464
176 2017 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X5GJ138596 9F49536
177 2017 Kenworth 1XKZDP9X9GJ138598 9F49537
TIME OF ARRIVAL
Typical notice period for changes with a hauler is 24 hours minimum; however, during an emergency we may not know the route the hauler may pull the selected truck from to respond.
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EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES
Synagro's mission and core business purpose is focused on the management of municipal biosolids and organic waste, including project development, operations, and biosolids/ organics product recycling. This focus has resulted in Synagro being North America's leading provider of high-quality, cost-effective biosolids management and beneficial use services. We have been successfully meeting the biosolids management needs of hundreds of generators for more than 40 years. Synagro's experience in all areas of biosolids and organics management is unparalleled.
Synagro annually manages over 12 million tons of biosolids and Synagro's award as U.S.
Composting Council's
other organic by-products for more than 650 generators
2010
(including 600 municipal clients). Synagro employs a team of over 665 professional engineers, soil scientists, agronomists, "Composter of the Year" construction managers, financial managers and the largest, most diverse operational staff in the industry. Our team is dedicated and to working with our clients to find the right solution to their National Biosolids
organic residuals management challenges. Synagro, and its Partnership Platinum Level various subsidiaries, have been at the forefront of the Certification environmental movement to safely process and beneficially market organic residual materials. Are highlights of the ompany's qualification
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Synagro offers virtually all commercially viable processing excellence
options and product marketing channels for biosolids and organic residuals including:
• Heat drying and pelletization • Dewatering (installation & operation) • Incineration • Mobile dewatering
• Composting (windrow, aerated static • Land application and reclamation pile, and in-vessel projects) Lagoon and digester cleaning • Alkaline stabilization • Rail transportation
• Digestion • Product marketing
This ability to offer the complete range of composting options is unique to Synagro and allows us to develop projects that fit a municipality's individual needs. In addition, this breadth of experience provides us with an in-depth understanding of biosolids and organics that other companies simply do not possess.
As the industry leader in providing various forms of project delivery options, we have extensive experience developing and managing biosolids facility design-build-operate (DBO) and design-build- own-operate (DBOO) projects. We currently operate nine heat-drying facilities (with our tenth * ASTOW Proposal for Biosolids Removal and Disposal 5
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under construction), three thermal processing facilities, five composting facilities, over a dozen alkaline stabilization Synagro is the Nation's facilities, and approximately 70 permanent and mobile leader in biosolids dewatering facilities.
composting - processing
Synagro owns/operates several biosolids composting over 600,000 tons per facilities with associated product marketing programs, year including:
• Central Valley Composting (CVC), serving the San Francisco Bay area, CVC is located near Fresno, CA;
• The South Kern Compost Manufacturing Facility (SKIC), located near Bakersfield, CA and serving the Southern California market;
• Nursery Products, located in Helendale, CA and serving the Southern California market; • Arizona Soils in La Paz County, AZ (Phoenix area;
• The Charlotte County Bio-Recycling Center, serving the Southern Florida market; and • Burlington County, New Jersey - Synagro designed, built, and operated for ten years this regional in-vessel composting facility.
Project References
The following are municipal biosolids composting project references for customers where Synagro has been performing services for the past 10 years or more:
Orange County Sanitation District
10844 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Mr. Tom Meregillano, Regulatory Specialist; 714-593-7457; [email protected] Years of service with customer: 28 years
Annual contract value (approx.): $4,700,000
South Orange County Wastewater Authority
34156 Del Obispo St.
Dana Point, CA 92629
Mr. Jim Burror, Director of Operations; 949-234-5402; [email protected] Years of service with customer: 17 years
Annual contract value (approx.): $3,500,000
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City of Fresno
5607 W. Jensen Avenue
Fresno, CA 93706
Mr. Ricky Staggs, Chief of Operations; (559) 621-5190; [email protected] Years of service with customer: 13 years
Annual contract value (approx.): $2,750,000
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
1955 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
Mr. Matt Bao; 562-908-4293; [email protected]
Years of service with customer: 12 years
Annual contract value (approx.): $9,100,000
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Synagro is proposing to compost the City's biosolids at one or all of its two regional compost facilities. Each facility individually has the capacity to process the City's biosolids. These facilities will function as back-up and redundancy for each other. Through this approach Synagro is offering the City facility diversity, geographic diversity as well as some technology diversity with two different compost methods employed.
Nursery Products
The City's biosolids will be reliably composted at the Nursery Products Hawes Composting Facility in San Bernardino County. The Hawes Composting Facility is located west of Barstow, approximately 10 miles west of Hinkley Road, 12 miles east of Kramer Junction, one mile south of State Route 58, and one mile west of Helendale Road.
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Arizona Soils
When a back-up facility is needed, Synagro will utilize our Arizona Soils compost facility. Arizona Soils is located in La Paz County, Arizona, at 41326 McVey Road, Vicksburg, AZ 85348. The facility is located on an 80-acre parcel of land with the following legal description: South ½ of the Northeast ¼ of Section 33, Township 5 North, Range 15 West.
The site is relatively flat, slopes less than 0.5 percent in a general southwest direction, sparsely populated with desert vegetation and has direct access from State Highway 60 and Interstate 10.
There are several inhabited residences within a 3-mile radius of the site, and surrounding land is used for grazing. The entire 80-acre parcel is fenced with access control gates to provide security at the site.
The site is zoned RA-4Q (Rural, Agricultural, Forty Acre Minimum Parcel Size) and in accordance with the. La Paz County Planning and Zoning Commission, the zoning is appropriate to allow the site to be used for a composting operation. The distance from the roads surrounding the composting area to the property line is 250 feet or greater. The on-site well is located >250 feet from the composting area. The roads (16 feet wide) are compacted all-weather surfaces and were built a minimum of 4 feet higher than the existing grade. The roads thus act as a perimeter berm to isolate the composting area. The drainage trench and on-site runoff control trench are constructed with 2-foot bottoms, 2:1 side slope, trapezoidal cross-sections. All other distances have been maintained in accordance with local, state and federal regulations.
Arizona Soils is designed to receive up to 26,350 wet tons of biosolids monthly. This is equivalent to approximately 34 trucks per day, 7 days a week. The operating hours are typically from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, the facility can operate 7 days per week, 24 hours per day, if necessary. The daily maximum throughput of 850 tons per day shall be averaged monthly, as some days the facility will receive peak volumes (up to 3,000 tons per day) and some days may receive no material.
The facility utilizes the standard aerated windrow method of biosolids composting and utilizes various types of bulking agents (carbon sources) to mix with the biosolids such as green waste, wood waste, gypsum, agricultural by-products, water treatment by-products, stable bedding, as well as steer, sheep and chicken manures. These products are blended together and windrow composted to produce a soil conditioner or low grade fertilizer for agricultural, horticulture; silviculture and domestic use. The finished compost is sold in bulk and may be sold in bags for beneficial use. Each bulking agent source is monitored for inorganic (non-compostable) materials.
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The finished compost products are tested to ensure quality and stability of the materials. During the composting process, monitoring of windrow temperature is conducted to ensure pathogen and vector attraction reduction in accordance with 40 CFR 503 regulations.
Process elements for the composting operation consist of checking and off-loading all incoming trucks which are delivering biosolids and bulking agents to the compost pads, initial mixing and formation of the windrows, turning and aeration of the compost piles during the active composting cycle, monitoring and logging temperature data for each windrow, and the monitoring and distribution of finished product.
Each bulking agent load is transported to the composting facility from the producer (e.g. packing plant, feedlot, stable/track, mine, green waste receiving and processing facility or grinding operation) using tractor/trailer rigs. The bulking agents are placed on the bulking agent storage area and blended with biosolids as needed, forming windrows. Some bulking agents are further ground on site in order to achieve an ideal size. Manures and recycled compost are also used as bulking agents.
After the mixture is bulked to approximately 30 to 40 percent solids, the material is formed into windrows for composting. The composting process is an aerated windrow process with mechanical mixing equipment for turning. The complete composting process is performed in approximately 3 to 4 weeks. The finished compost is stored in a designated area on-site until sale or distribution.
Quality control testing is performed to ensure the compost meets the pathogen reduction, vector attraction reduction, and metals requirements associated with the final use of the product in accordance with 40 CFR 503 regulations. Water is available at the site and is used for dust control and moisture conditioning of the compost. as needed.
The composted product is marketed by Synagro's Product Sales & Marketing staff and is transported from the site to customers using tractor/trailer units. *BARSTOW Proposal for Biosolids Removal and Disposal 6
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COST PROPOSAL
Nursery Products: $47.39 per wet ton
Arizona Soils - Back Up Only*: $72.58 per wet ton
*Advance notice will be provided when this option is utilized.
Additionally, Synagro would offer Class A EQ AlIGro® compost at delivery cost only to Barstow over the term of the contract to support Barstow's compliance with SB1383 municipal requirements for organics.
Fuel Surcharge Increase Formula:
Distance Multiplier L ]X (EIA fuel cost per Gallon [$_ ] - Base Fuel Price I$. ]X Tons of Biosolids Managed
CPI. All Agreement Prices shall be adjusted as follows on multiple year options:
All Agreement Prices shall be adjusted annually beginning on September 1st, 2023 based on the Non-Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index established by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA with the CPI immediately preceding the Commencement Date being the base index. Said adjustment shall apply to all fees contained herein, and shall be based on the following formula:
New Price = (Price Adjustment) x First Year Agreement Price Current CPI - Base CPI
Price Adjustment = 1 + (~ -)
Base CPI
CPI =
Base CPI =
Once the CPI is available, the price adjustment shall take effect retroactively, where applicable, as of the dates specified above for price adjustments. No New Price shall ever be lower than any existing current Agreement Price in effect immediately before the annual adjustment. ** CPI & Fuel Surcharge fixed at time of award to Synagro MISNOW Proposal for Biosolids Removal and Disposal 8
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Consultant certifies that they have read and understood the scope of services required for the BIO-SOLIDS REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL RFP as outlined in Attachment 1 above.
EX Sout
Signature:_
Name of Signer:_ Emil Kneis
Title of Signer:_ Sales Support Manager
Date:_ August 10, 2022
Consultant certifies that the bid amounts provided above are accurate and submitted in response to the City of Barstow's BIO-SOLIDS REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL RFP. Furthermore, the Consultant certifies that the above-identified costs shall be good for ninety (90) days from the date listed below.
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Signature:
Name of Signer:_ Emil Kneis
Title of Signer: Sales Support Manager
Date: August 10, 2022
BIO-SOLIDS REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL REP
Submittal Deadline: August 15, 2022 @ 12 p.m.