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EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER AND SERVICES
AGREEMENT FOR RFP 2223 RIVERSIDE REGIONAL
WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANT BIOSOLIDS
HAULING AND DISPOSAL/REUSE
City Council
February 14, 2023
Public Works Department
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2 WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANT
• Services 93,000 customers within
the City of Riverside
• Treats 27 million gallons of
wastewater per day on
average
• Generates approximately
45,000 tons per year of biosolids
for disposal/reuse
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3 BACKGROUND
• Biosolids are the treated organic
matter removed from wastewater
treatment process
• High moisture and nutrient content
• Treated to comply with United
States Environmental Protection
Agency biosolids regulations
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• Biosolids hauled under contract to
composting facilities in California
and Arizona
• Reuse as a soil amendment
• Five tractor-trailer loads of biosolids
hauled per day
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5 DISCUSSION
• RFP 2223 for biosolids hauling and
disposal/reuse issued August 8, 2022
• Synagro-WWT, Inc. of Baltimore,
Maryland selected as most qualified
• Services solicited through June 2025
– Staff recommending 6-month
agreement to align services to fiscal
calendar
– Return to City Council in late Spring to
consider multi-year agreement
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6 DISCUSSION
• Current hauling contract expired on December 31, 2022 • Continuity of services needed throughout duration of procurement process
• Staff requested emergency purchase order with
Synagro-WWT, Inc. to provide interim services
• Emergency purchase order in the amount of $349,015
authorized by Purchasing Manager on December 19,
2022
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7 Strategic Priority 4 – Environmental Stewardship
Goal 4.4 – Implement measures and educate the community to responsible manage goods, products and services throughout their lifecycle to achieve waste reduction outcomes
Goal 4.6 - Implement the requisite measures to achieve citywide carbon neutrality no later than 2040
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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8 RECOMMENDATIONS
That the City Council:
1. Ratify Emergency Purchase Order No. 233316 with Synagro-WWT, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland, for Biosolids Hauling and Dispo sal/Reuse from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP), for the period of January 1, 2023 through February 7, 2023, in the amount of $349,015;
2. Approve a Services Agreement for RFP 2223 for Biosolids Hauling and Disposal/Reuse from the RWQCP with Synagro-WWT, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland, in the amount of $1,322,585 through June 30, 2023;
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Services Agreement with Synagro-WWT, Inc. including making any minor and non-substantive changes as necessary; and
4. With at least five affirmative votes, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $930,000 from the Sewer Fund to the Public Works-Sewer Systems-Treatment-Refuse/Disposal Fees account to fund the total services cost in the amount of $1,671,600.
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