Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Wabash County Solid Waste Management District,
Wabash County, Indiana, (herein after the “District”), will receive sealed bids from persons or entities desiring to provide recyclable materials collection and transportation services to Wabash County for a two (2) year period with an option to renew for a third year. Copies of the required bid package, including specifications and a prospective form of a contract to be executed by the winning bidder, are available in District’s office at 1101 Manchester Avenue,
Wabash, Indiana 46992. Bids may be submitted to the District office until the commencement of the Board of
Directors Meeting of the District, (herein after the “Board”), to be held at the District office on July 13, 2015 at 1:00
P.M. Wabash time. Bids must be submitted not later than the commencement of the Board of Directors meeting to be held July 13, 2015 in the Conference Room of the District office at 1101 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992 at 1:00 P.M. local time. Bids must be sealed and addressed to the District and plainly marked “Proposal for Collection and Processing of Recyclable Material Contract 2016-2018”. Bids not received before the commencement of this meeting will not be considered and will be returned unopened. Bids will be opened at this meeting.
A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 1:00P.M. prevailing local time, on June 8, 2015 at the District office, 1101 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, Indiana. This meeting will serve to register prospective bidders and provide District personnel to answer any questions developed by prospective bidders in their reading of the Request for Proposals. At this meeting prospective bidders will be able to schedule a time and dates to visit District recyclables collection sites and familiarize themselves with the rural recycling drop-off program. This site visit is mandatory for all prospective bidders, failure to attend is not an immaterial defect, and will result in a bid being rejected.
All bids shall be accompanied by a certified check or bidder’s bond for 10% of the bid amount; non-collusion affidavit; financial statement; statement of experience; the equipment available for the performance of the work; and, the bidder’s plans for performing the work payable to the District; all on forms approved by the State Board of
Accounts and available from the District office. All forms may be picked up with the proposed recycle collection agreement. The Bid Bond (or check) shall guarantee that if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute the Contract, which is distributed as a part of the package, in substantially the same form excepted edited to conform to the terms of the proposal, within sixty (60) days of its award. Failure or refusal of the successful bidder to enter in the Contract within sixty (60) days of award will result in the forfeiture of the Bid Bond (or check) to the District as liquidated damages. Forfeiture of the security shall be the sole remedy of the District. Award of the Contract may then be made to the next most qualified bidder or the work re-advertised for bids, at the sole determination of the District. The Bid
Bond of all bidders will be held until the Contract is executed. If no bid has been selected within one-hundred and twenty (120) days of the opening of bids, securities will be returned upon demand of any bidder at any time thereafter, provided that he or she has not been notified of the acceptance of his or her bid. Each bid is to be accompanied by a certificate of insurance, evidencing the coverage set forth in the Contract Specifications and naming the District as Co-Insured. In lieu of the certificate, the bidder may submit evidence that, in the event that award of the Contract is made to the bidder, the required coverage would be in place prior to the execution of the
Contract. A performance bond or, in the event the contract price is less than $250,000.00, an irrevocable letter of credit, shall also be required as provided in Indiana Code 36-1-12-14 (E) through (G).
Bids will be reviewed based on the following criteria: (1) attendance at the mandatory pre-bid meeting; (2) responsiveness of the bidder to the needs of the District; (3) experience of the bidder in operating recycling collection programs; (4) the District’s confidence in the bidder’s ability to perform the work to the satisfaction of the
District; (5) impact of the proposal on the overall system of integrated solid waste management in the District; and
(6) price per ton (recovered) bid. Any exceptions or modifications to the specifications or prospective form of the recycle collection agreement shall be included in the bid. By submission of a bid, bidders agree that bids shall remain open for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities in the bidding process and to accept or reject exceptions to the specifications.

Pursuant to I.C. 5-22-3-5, a bid submitted by a trust (as defined in I.C. 30-4-1-1(A)) must identify each: (1) beneficiary of the trust; and (2) Settlor empowered to revoke or modify the trust.
Board of Directors
Wabash County Solid Waste Management District
1101 Manchester Avenue
Wabash, Indiana 46992
(Publisher’s Note - Please publish on May 26, 2015 and June 5, 2015 and return a Publisher’s Affidavit to the
District Office at 1101 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, IN 46992)