File #: 2016-0628   
Type: Contract Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/12/2016 In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
On agenda: 10/20/2016 Final action:
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 1 to Contract No. OP31203099 to exercise the two, one-year options, with Hazardous Technologies Inc., for liquid waste removal services, in the total amount of $1,617,800 increasing the total contract value from $2,434,400 to $4,052,200 and extend the contract term from November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2018.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Budgeting, Bus Maintenance Projects, Contracts, Gold Line Operations (Project), Metro Gold Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, Operations Maintenance (Project), Procurement, Rail Operations - Blue Line (Project), Rail Operations - Green Line (Project), Rail Operations - Red Line (Project), Storage tanks
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Procurement Summary, 2. Attachment B - Contract Mod Log, 3. Attachment C - DEOD Summary
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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: LIQUID WASTE REMOVAL SERVICES

ACTION: EXERCISE TWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONS


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RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 1 to Contract No. OP31203099 to exercise the two, one-year options, with Hazardous Technologies Inc., for liquid waste removal services, in the total amount of $1,617,800 increasing the total contract value from $2,434,400 to $4,052,200 and extend the contract term from November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2018.


Issue
ISSUE

The three-year base term for this Contract with Hazardous Technologies Inc. (HTI) will expire on October 31, 2016.

The proposed Contract Modification will extend the required liquid waste removal services through October 31, 2018.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Metro facilities generate approximately 1.4 million gallons of liquid waste each year during the servicing of wastewater processing systems (e.g. clarifiers, sump pits, storage tanks, stormceptors and caustic tanks). These wastewater processing systems collect liquid waste associated with the steam cleaning of bus and rail car components, interior and exterior washing of buses and rail cars, stormceptors and waste storage tanks.
The liquid waste removed from Metro facilities must be evacuated from the wastewater processing systems by a licensed transporter and transported to a fully permitted Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF).

As a generator of hazardous and non-hazardous liquid waste, Metro is required to comply with federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. This includes ensuring liquid waste is legally removed and transported by a licensed transporter to a permitted TSDF for proper treatment and disposal. Additionally, the routine servicing of the various wastewater processing systems shall ensure their efficient and effective operation as well as ensure Metro is compliant with a...

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