ATLANTA GOES TO MARKET: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CONTRACTING BENEFICIAL REUSE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES THROUGH AN OPEN PROCUREMENT

摘要

As part of the City of Atlanta’s ongoing responsiveness to the community’s wishes to eliminaternincineration and landfilling, a combined request for qualifications and request for proposalsrn(RFQ/RFP) was issued in April, 2001 to solicit a provider for long-term biosolids managementrnservices. This procurement is groundbreaking in that it includes permitting, design, marketing,rnpublic participation, and construction elements, as well as a long-term contract operationsrncomponent. In addition, the winning proposal (submitted by U.S. Filter Operating Services)rnscored highest in technical points and lowest in cost based on a guaranteed fixed price for capitalrncosts and a monthly service fee (which varied based on tonnage and utility use).rnSummarizing the goals of the procurement, the primary scoring mechanism for evaluating thernbids (the value index), and the challenges faced by wastewater treatment professionals during arnmajor procurement, this article provides some tactics Atlanta wastewater professionals employedrnto achieve a successful outcome.