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Bid Title

Request for Proposals - Household Hazardous Waste Event

Issuing Agency

City of Unalaska

Location

Alaska

Published Date

May 28, 2026

Closing Date

Jun 30, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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City of Unalaska

Annual Household Hazardous Waste Event – 3-year Contract July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029

Request for Proposals

Date: May 27, 2026

City of Unalaska

Department of Public Utilities

P.O. Box 610

Unalaska, Alaska 99685

907-581-1260

CITY OF UNALASKA

Table of Contents

I. PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................................. 3

II. SCOPE OF SERVICES................................................................................................................................... 3

III. SCHEDULE ................................................................................................................................................ 6

IV. SUBMITTAL AND REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................... 6

V. EVALUATIONS AND SELECTION PROCESS ................................................................................................ 8

VI. ATTACHMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 8

List of Attachments

Attachment A – Contract

Attachment B – Insurance Requirements

Attachment C – Site Maps

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT – 3-YEAR CONTRACT JULY 1, 2026, THROUGH JUNE

30, 2029

I. PURPOSE:

The City of Unalaska requests qualified individuals and firms with experience in household hazardous

waste collection events to submit a proposal for the City’s Annual Household Hazardous Waste Event.

The Contract resulting from this Request for Proposal will cover the Annual event for City Fiscal Year 27,

which runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The Agreement will allow for two (2) mutually

agreed upon one (1) year extensions for FY28 and FY29. Event dates are to be determined based upon

the availability of the facility, contractor, and City personnel. The proposal should include services to

collect, handle, pack, lawfully transport, recycle, reuse, treat, and/or dispose of at a permitted disposal

facility of an estimated 40 drums and 8 cartons of household hazardous waste material for the City of

Unalaska, Alaska.

For additional information visit:

Public Utilities Home | City of Unalaska - International Port of Dutch Harbor

II. SCOPE OF SERVICES:

a. Materials to be Accepted

i. The collection event is scheduled rain or shine. The facility provides convenient access for

individuals who are interested in bringing materials for recycling, reuse, treatment, or disposal.

The site will provide controlled access to the public as well as an area where materials can be

removed for analysis, inventory, and appropriate handling by the Contractor, including profiling,

packaging, labelling, manifesting, transportation, and disposal in accordance with all applicable

regulations.

ii. Defined as hazardous by 40 CFR Part 261 and regulated as hazardous waste by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Subtitle D to the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, 42 U.S.C. SS 6901 et seq., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid

Waste Amendments of 1984, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15, U.S.C. 9601 et seq., as

amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, or any other federal

statute or regulation governing the treatment, storage, handling, or disposal of waste, materials,

or substances which impose special handling or disposal requirements similar to those required

by Subtitle C of RCRA; or

A substance that is either found on one of several lists of hazardous wastes in the federal

regulations or exhibits one of the four following hazardous waste characteristics: corrosive

(damaging to living tissue); ignitable (catches fire under certain conditions); toxic (causing injury

or death if eaten or swallowed); or reactive (capable of causing an explosion).

The City of Unalaska desires to offer a program for the collection, packaging, lawful

transportation, recycling, reuse, treatment, and/or disposal at a permitted facility of household

hazardous waste (HHW) materials as defined herein from residents throughout the City of

Unalaska. It is believed that the disposal of HHW in municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, sewers,

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septic systems, groundwater, or other environmentally inappropriate sites poses a risk to public

health, safety, and the environment and may result in regulatory violations and liability.

The program is limited to household and commercial generated wastes and excludes:

 Explosives and ammunition

 Radioactive materials

 Controlled substances

 Industrial wastes

The purpose of the HHW collection program is three-fold:

1. To increase the public’s awareness as to what constitutes HHW, and potential dangers

associated with improper disposal of these wastes;

2. To educate the public on recycling, reusing, treating, and/or disposing at a permitted

facility of HHW; and

3. To provide safe collection, handling, packing, lawful transportation, recycling, reuse,

treatment, and/or disposal (at a permitted facility) of as much HHW as may be collected

at the time of the event based on budget and participation.

b. Tasks

i. The Contractor shall manage all accepted materials delivered to the site by the general public

and municipality. This includes providing an appropriate number of qualified chemists,

technicians, and staff to lawfully receive, identify, sort, package, label, load, and transport waste

accumulated, estimated quantity is six - 55 gallon drums of glycol from the Department of

Public Works, as well as enough general labor to expedite receiving materials during the event.

Responsibilities shall include, without limitation, the unloading of materials from the general

public’s vehicles, identifying the materials delivered, cataloging each item, packaging the

material for safe transportation and storage, manifesting the HHW, and loading the material into

Contractor provided container van for ultimate processing through recycling, reuse, treatment,

and/or disposal off-Island.

ii. The Contractor shall be the “generator” of the HHW from the standpoint of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Alaska Department of Environmental

Conservation (ADEC). The Contractor shall comply with all municipal, state, and federal

regulations and laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations. The Contractor shall also obtain, at its

own expense, all permits and licenses required by federal, state, or local law or ordinance, rule,

or regulation and maintain same in full force and effect. Waste acceptance, ownership, and

responsibility for necessary handling, packing, lawful transportation, storage, recycling,

beneficial reuse, treatment, and/or disposal of wastes received at the collection site shall pass

to the Contractor from the party delivering the acceptable waste at the time that party delivers

to the collection event.

c. Mobilization

i. The Contractor shall assemble all of the necessary personnel and equipment on the site of the

collection effort no later than two hours prior to the start of the event on the day of the

collection, so as to be ready to begin the processing of the vehicles bringing the materials.

ii. The City of Unalaska will provide Solid Waste Landfill personnel to assist the Contractor with

the collection effort.

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d. Site Operations

i. The Contractor shall be responsible for all site operations from the point where the general

public vehicles containing the materials move to the unloading area until the general public

vehicles leave the unloading area. Upon arrival at the collection point, the Contractor

personnel, upon permission, shall open the doors of the vehicle and remove the materials.

ii. The Contractor shall have sufficient personnel to promptly handle the vehicles, leaving any

non-acceptable materials in each vehicle and taking the acceptable materials to an area

established for positive identification.

iii. The collection day will be terminated at the specified time or sooner, at the direction of City

personnel, at which time the public will not be allowed to enter the collection area. Contractor

is not to accept materials after City of Unalaska staff announces the collection has closed.

iv. The Contractor will monitor the intake of materials and estimate the volume and costs during

the event.

v. The Contractor shall load all collected material, clean up, and stow all equipment at the end of

the collection event. The Contractor shall ensure that nothing is left behind from the collection

effort and shall ensure that the site is in as good or better condition in all respects than it was

prior to setup and preparation for the collection event.

vi. The Contractor shall meet with City personnel onsite to ensure that the site is fully restored to

its original condition. No vehicles or equipment shall remain at the collection site overnight

after the day of collection without prior approval.

e. Handling, Packaging, Transportation, Reuse, Recycling, Treatment and/or Disposal

i. The Contractor shall provide equipment, staff, and materials necessary to provide efficient

collection and handling of all acceptable wastes received and shall at all times operate the

Collection Site and Facilities in accordance with Applicable Law.

ii. The Contractor shall be responsible for lawful transportation, recycling, beneficial reuse, fuel

blend, treatment, storage, and/or disposal of all wastes received at the collection site and must

follow all local, state, and federal regulations with regard to all disposal methods.

iii. All third-party disposal companies must be insured by the primary Contractor.

iv. The Contractor shall be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with a spill or accident

if it occurs during loading and transition to the treatment center from the time of entering the

property to completion, both on City property and private property.

v. The Contractor shall work under the immediate supervision of the City of Unalaska.

vi. In the unanticipated event any residual materials are left at the collection site after the event,

Contractor agrees to pick up and dispose of materials properly.

f. Record of Operations

A post-event site report shall be prepared and submitted to the City. The site report shall include, but is

not limited to, the following:

i. The quantities in units and number of drums of all waste received itemized by the waste type.

Drum counts shall indicate the packing method (i.e., loose packed, Lab-Packed, or bulked) and

Recycling, Beneficial Reuse, or Disposal method for each drum

ii. Lab-Packed drums shall indicate the actual weight of waste contained in each drum, the

average weight of waste per drum for each waste type, and the cumulative average weight of

waste per drum for each waste type.

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 562112Hazardous Waste Collection
• NAICS 562211Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

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