Proposal for RFP No. S-1331
Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and
Distribution Services
to the
City of Garden Grove
Submitted on
July 1, 2024
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435 Williams Court, Suite 100
Baltimore, MD 21220
synagro.com
JULY 1, 2024
Ms. Sandra Segawa, C.P .M., CPPB, CPPO
City of Garden Grove
11222 Acacia Parkway
Garden Grove, CA 92840
Re: RFP No. S-1331, Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution Services
Dear Ms. Segawa:
Synagro-West LLC. (Synagro) is pleased to respond to the City of Garden Grove’s Request for Proposals for SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution Services.
Synagro’s mission and core business purpose is focused on the management of municipal organics and residuals, including project development, operations, and compost product beneficial use recycling. This focus has resulted in Synagro being North America’s leading provider of high-quality, cost-effective organics and residuals management for beneficial use services. We have been successfully meeting the organics and residuals management needs of hundreds of generators for more than 40 years. Synagro’s experience in all areas is unparalleled and diversified.
We appreciate the opportunity to submit our proposal and qualifications for management of the City’s SB 1383 compost distribution. Should you have any questions about our submittal or our approach to the project, please feel free to contact me at 323-843-7265 or via email at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Robert Ford
Robert Ford
Business Development Manager
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution Table of Contents
1.Proposal Letter/Certificate of Acceptance .................................................. 4
2.Bidder/Contractor Statement ........................................................................ 7
3.Statement of Compliance ................................................................................ 9
4.Non-Collusion Statement ............................................................................... 11
5.Designation of Subcontractors ...................................................................... 13
6.Attachment B – Proposal Pricing ................................................................... 15
7.Proposed Work Plan/Approach to Meet SB 1383 Guidelines ................ 17
8.Proposer Experience and References........................................................... 18
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
1. Proposal Letter/Certificate of Acceptance
SYNAGRO
March10,2023
DelegationofAuthority
EmilKneis
I,RobertPreston,DirectorandPresidentofSynagroTechnologies,Inc.andall itsaffiliatesandsubsidiaries,herebydelegatetoyou,EmilKneis,SalesSupport Manager,authoritytosignasanofficerorasanauthorizedpersonbindingbids, awardedcontracts,contractrenewals,contractextensions,bidbondsand performancebonds.Also,Idelegatetoyoutheauthoritytosignasanofficeroras anauthorizedpersonanybusiness-relatedapplicationsandotheragreementsas necessarytoprovideuninterruptedservicetocurrentandnewcustomers.
Suchauthoritydoesnotalterourinternalapprovalprocesses.Thisdelegationof authorityisvalidfromthedateofthisletteruntilrevokedbyme.
RobertPreston
DirectorandPresident
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
2. Bidder/Contractor Statement
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
3. Statement of Compliance
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
4. Non-Collusion Statement
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
5. Designation of Subcontractors
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
6. Attachment B – Proposal Pricing
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
7. Proposed Work Plan/Approach to Meet SB 1383 Guidelines S
B 1383 COMPLIANT, SYNAGRO ALLGROTM COMPOST MEETS THE CITY’S
REQUIREMENTS
Synagro will supply SB1383 compliant and certified AllGro compost produced at our State of California fully permitted South Kern ASP Compost Facility (SKIC) located at 2653 Santiago Road, Taft, CA 93268, in reference to any applicable limitations of Public Contract Code Section 22150 or in support of Title 14, section 18993.
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YNAGRO’S PROPOSED WORK PLAN
SKIC, located in Taft, Solid Waste Facility Permit Facility Number 15-AA-0381, will supply all required certified compost.
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ynagro will supply AllGro certified compost with established Kern County, California based agricultural businesses or direct with growers based on their healthy soil requirements in accordance with seasonal and cropping cycle needs. In addition to composting, Synagro’s will manage distribution of the compost. Our customers’ details are proprietary and confidential information, but Synagro will provide sufficient confirmations, shipment details, and weights from Synagro certified scales for Cal Recycle SB1383 compliance reporting of the City’s tonnage of compliant recovered organics waste compost as supplied for the benefit of the City of Garden Grove.
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ynagro will manage all aspects of the compost including transportation of 4,800 tons of SB 1383 compliant compost to agricultural businesses or direct with growers for calendar year 2024. Calendar years 2025 and 2026 have an estimated compost tonnage of 7,800 for each calendar year. Pricing for all three years is included in Attachment “B” Proposal Pricing. Potential additional costs associated with the services, such as spreading, will be noted with an explanation of the additional costs.
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution
8. Proposer Experience and References
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ounded in 1986, Synagro’s core business is the
environmentally sound and economically viable management of municipal residuals and organics, including project
development, operations and product marketing and
distribution for AllGro
TM and GranuliteTM. Through this
focus, Synagro has grown to be North America’s leading
provider of high-quality, cost-effective organic based
materials management and beneficial use solutions. We have been successfully meeting the management needs of
hundreds of sources for more than 45 years. Synagro’s
experience in all areas of residuals and organics management is unparalleled.
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ynagro composts almost a million wet tons of residuals and organics in California and Arizonia compost facilities annually.
Startup
YearCompost Facility
‘88Liberty Composting (CA)
‘91Arizona Soils (AZ)
‘05Central Valley (CA)
‘07South Kern (CA)
‘13City of Austin (TX)
‘14Charlotte County (FL)
‘16Nursery Products (CA)
‘24Cumberland County (NJ)
‘24Holly Hill (SC)
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution SYNAGRO’S COMPOSTING BENEFITS
The use of AllGro compost generated from local organics provides the public with an opportunity to see the benefit of recycling materials, while also helping replenish nutrients and carbon for healthy soils on city and county properties.
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ynagro – one of the largest private composters in the United States and in California – participates with municipalities to establish programs and stands ready with multiple distribution options for AllGro compost enabling cities and counties to be compliant with SB 1383’s procurement requirements. This is accomplished through the use of our Class A Exceptional Quality compost in a variety of applications, such as land used for community gardening, agriculture, landscaping in city parks, golf courses, on center divides of roads and highways, public giveaways, and in community or school gardens.
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dditionally, compost can be used in civil engineering applications like erosion control along roadways and streets. AllGro compost also provides many direct and indirect benefits when used as a component of systems and treatments designed for:
• Carbon sequestration,
• Water retention in soil,
• Fire remediation and land reclamation, and
• Storm water management and wetlands restorations.
Feedstock Organics
Processor
Compost
ProductsTransporter
Buyer/User/
Generator
Organics
Generator
Transporter
LandfillTransporter
Transporter
Byproduct
Byproduct ByproductTransporter
MarketersMunicipalities
Results: Reduced Volume Here
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COMPOST CHARACTERISTICS
A good way to describe AllGro compost is to state what it is not. It is not manure or residuals or food waste or other organic substrates, either fresh or aged. It is not mulch such as wood chips, shredded green and wood waste.
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hile a quality compost contains these elements, they must be combined in the proper ratios and underg
o a controlled natural biological process of decomposition converting the inputs into basic elements during various approved composting process technologies used by Synagro to produce a high-quality Grade A tested and certifiable complexed nutritive compost. 1 00% Recycled Organics
Synagro combines the following with extensive end-product marketing experience:
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OFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
As a company focused on organic based materials management, Synagro has leadership participation in many regional and national organizations affiliated with the water treatment, residuals, and organic product industry.
Some of the relevant memberships include:
• The Water Environment Federation – National and Local Chapters • The Water Environment Association of Texas
• The Water Environment Research Foundation
• The United States Composting Council
• The National Association of Clean Water Agencies
• The Farm Bureau
• Numerous Nursery Products, Turf Grass, and Landscape Associations Recycling Waste Diversion
Processing of organic waste
(Includes Biosolids) into
sustainable and renewable
feedstocks for fertilizer
products to divert organics
waste from landfills and
sequester carbon in the soils.
Innovation, Technology &
Manufacturing
Use natural biological
processes with the integration
of technologies and science to
convert organic waste streams
into renewable energy and
low carbon fuels for private
customers and public utilities.
Regenerative Agriculture,
Landscape & Retail
Transform organic waste
streams into non-chemical
fertilizers, water saving and
erosion control products,
which support improving
soil health holistically while
sequestering carbon.
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution B
oth Synagro and our customers have received numerous regional and national awards for organic based materials program excellence, including:
• 201
0 “Composter of the Year”
US Composting Council
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YNAGRO’S COMPOST FACILITY FOR GARDEN GROVE
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outh Kern Compost Manufacturing Facility
Seated approximately 50 km southwest of
Bakersfield, California, South Kern Compost
Manufacturing Facility (SKIC) was
commissioned in 2006 to alleviate Synagro’s Los
Angeles area customer’s concerns about long-
term viability of land application of residuals in
Southern California. Beyond this objective, SKIC
aimed to meet the highest standards in
addressing air quality and odor control while
expanding regional organics recycling capacity
which now supports SB 1383.
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KIC was originally designed to utilize a state-of-the-art Engineered Negative Aerated Static Pile composting technology to blend and compost up to 400,000 tons annually of treated residuals in combination with up to 270,000 tons annually of bulking organics (i.e., agricultural, wood waste, green waste and food waste) and other available carbon-rich sources, into Class A - Exceptional Quality (EQ) composted soil amendment.
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he SKIC design includes an enclosed organics receiving and feedstock mixing building, along with the Engineered Positive Aerated Static Pile compost system, including Biofiltration to control Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) and odors by over 80%. • In the first quarter of 2016 the facility has been converted from negative Aerated Static Pile (ASP) to positive ASP. The benefits of this conversion include:
o Reduced electric consumption and improved energy efficiency. o Lower equipment repair and maintenance costs due to less materials movement during the compost process
o More efficient biofilter utilization
Synagro utilizes an enclosed organics receiving and mixing building along with biofiltration in its compost system that effectively controls VOCs and odors.
YOUR PARTNER FOR A CLEANER,
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution o Less water handling which simplifies pond management
o Continued compliance and leadership with BACT
o Improved solution for removal of organics from landfill Synagro meets all general operating standards as a compostable -materials handling operation or facility as outlined in Section 17852(a)(12) of the SB 1383 Regulations.
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EY REGIONAL COMPOST PERSONNEL
Synagro has a depth of experienced residuals and organics composting personnel. In addition to the key personnel listed below, Synagro has many additional experienced engineering, permitting, and operational employees and contract management. Key regional individuals are as follows:
Craig Geyer, Regional Vice President
Craig Geyer joined Synagro in 2002 as an Operations Manager with day-to-day responsibilities of the company’s biosolids management projects in Arizona. In 2005, management of Synagro’s Arizona Soils Compost Facility was added to his role, giving him over 18 years of experience in municipal biosolids composting. Currently Craig is responsible for management of the company’s operations in California and Arizona to including all five of the company’s composting facilities, daily haul/land application projects and WWTP facility clean-out operations.
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rior to joining Synagro Craig held several construction management and superintendent positions with 12 years of experience in that field.
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raig holds a Class A General Contractor’s License for the State of Arizona.
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution Rob Rankin, Facility Manager - SKIC
Rob Rankin began his career with Synagro in 2001 in a dryer facility operations capacity. After five years working with our drying facilities, he moved into compost operations and is now responsible for the day-to-day management of SKIC’s site personnel and operations. He manages staffing, equipment maintenance, interaction with trucking company representatives, and recordkeeping for incoming feedstock and outgoing finished compost materials.
Thomas Fantozzi, Northern California Compost Sales Manager Thomas Fantozzi joined Synagro in 2021 in his current role in compost sales. He is responsible for compost sales and marketing outreach for Synagro’s three northern California compost facilities, Central Valley Composting, South Kern Compost Facility, and Liberty Composting.
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homas has deep roots in the agriculture industry, having grown up on a family farm in California’s Central Valley. Prior to joining Synagro, he served as Grower Relations Manager for Full Harvest, leading the development of that department and building relationships with large and small growers throughout the nation. Throughout his career, Thomas has held business development and marketing positions at several different companies, including PepsiCo, G3 Enterprises (a subsidiary of Gallo Wine Company), and Full Harvest. Through these roles he has gained diverse experience in sales and marketing strategy, grower relations management, and operations management.
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homas holds a degree in Agribusiness from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and is a graduate of the 2022 Almond Board Leadership Program.
Tom Kelley, Southern California Compost Sales Manager
Tom Kelley possesses a broad range of biosolids management experience, knowledge, and success within the organics industry with 27 years of diverse management experience in southern California covering compost products sales and marketing and product distribution.
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om represented public and private interests while serving nine years on US Composting Counsel Board of Directors and is known by his colleagues and piers as the nation’s top sales and marketing person surpassing 500,000 cubic-yards of compost product sales each year during a nine-year period - 1998 through 2006. He works closely with Business Development and Operations to ensure successful placement and beneficial use for Synagro’s California compost product sales.
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om graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration.
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REFERENCES
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ange County Sanitation District
10844 Ellis Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Tom Meregillano, Regulatory Specialist
714-593-7457
[email protected]
Removal, transportation, and composting of biosolids
Customer since 1991
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ounty Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
1955 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
Matt Bao
562-908-4293
[email protected]
Removal, transportation, and composting of biosolids
Customer since 2018
C
ity of Los Angeles
12000 Vista Del Mar
Playa Del Ray, CA
Alan Tran, Environmental Engineering
310-648-5995
[email protected]
Removal, transportation, and composting of biosolids
Customer since 2000
Ci
ty of Barstow
220 East Mountain View Street, Suite A
Barstow, CA 92311-2839
Thomas Alva, Public Works Superintendent
760-255-5141l
[email protected]
Removal, transportation, and composting of biosolids
Customer since 2018
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Proposal to Provide SB 1383 Compost Procurement and Distribution To learn more, contact
Robert Ford by phone at
1.323.843.7265 or by
email at
[email protected]