Material Processing and Recycling Equipment with Related Products and Services

Sourcewell, a State of Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative, is requesting proposals for Material Processing and Recycling Equipment with Related Products and Services to result in a procurement solution for use by its Participating Entities. Sourcewell Participating Entities include thousands of governmental, higher education, K-12 education, nonprofit, tribal government, and other public agencies located in the United States and Canada.

Based on past volume of similar contracts, the estimated annual value of all transactions from master agreements resulting from this RFP are anticipated to be USD **$40 M**; therefore, proposers are expected to propose volume pricing.

Sourcewell is seeking proposals for stationary and mobile Material Processing and Recycling Equipment with Related Products and Services designed for the principal purposes of recycling, recovering, processing, reducing, separating, screening, sorting, or repurposing organic waste (not food-related), wood waste, green waste, construction and demolition waste or debris, biomass, compost, mulch, rubber tires, and other similar recyclable or recoverable materials, including, but not limited to:

• Tub grinders, horizontal grinders, enclosed grinders, solid waste grinders, and other grinding or size-reduction equipment;
• Whole-tree chippers, shredders, slow-speed shredders, high-speed shredders, and other wood, vegetation, or debris processing equipment;
• Stacking, transfer, feed, and discharge conveyors, including radial stacking conveyors and other material-handling conveyor systems;
• Trommel screens, star screens, deck screens, vibrating screens, disc screens, and other screening or sizing equipment;
• Rubber tire shredding, cutting, grinding, screening, or size-reduction equipment;
• Compost turners, windrow turners, aeration equipment, and other equipment principally designed for compost or mulch processing;
• Crushers, pulverizers, breakers, and other equipment designed to reduce or process construction and demolition debris or recoverable materials; and
• Debris processing and volume-reduction equipment used for land clearing, disaster recovery, storm cleanup, forestry residue, construction and demolition activities, or similar applications.

Proposers may include related equipment, accessories, attachments, replacement and wear parts, supplies, controls, telematics, monitoring and automation technology, software, safety equipment, and other technology to the extent that such solutions are ancillary or complementary to the equipment, products, or services being proposed.

Proposers may also include related services, including equipment installation, setup, commissioning, configuration, integration, training, inspection, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, rebuild, technical support, field service, equipment optimization, and other services ancillary or complementary to the equipment and solutions offered under this RFP.

This solicitation should NOT be construed to include brush chippers, arborist chippers, hand-fed chippers, stump cutters or other tree care, shrub, stump, or vegetation maintenance equipment; and glass and plastic recycling and repurposing equipment.

Submission

Proposer's complete proposal must be submitted through the Sourcewell Procurement Portal no later than the date and time specified in the Solicitation Schedule. Any other form of proposal submission, whether electronic, paper, or otherwise, will not be considered by Sourcewell. Late proposals will not be considered.

Proposals must be valid and irrevocable for 150 days following the Proposal Due Date.

Evaluation

Proposal evaluation will be based on the following scoring criteria:

| Criteria | Points |
| --- | --- |
| Conformance to RFP Requirements | Pass/Fail |
| Financial Viability and Marketplace Success | 50 |
| Ability to Sell and Deliver Solutions | 150 |
| Marketing Plan | 100 |
| Value Added Attributes | 100 |
| Depth and Breadth of Offered Solutions | 200 |
| Pricing | 400 |
| TOTAL POINTS | 1000 |

Term

The term of any resulting master agreement(s) awarded by Sourcewell under this solicitation will be four years. Sourcewell and supplier may agree to up to three additional one-year extensions based on the best interests of Sourcewell and its Participating Entities.

Fees and protests

The administrative fee is normally calculated as a percentage of the total sales to Participating Entities for all equipment, products, or services made during a calendar quarter, and is typically one percent (1%) to two percent (2%).

A protest must include a protest bond in the amount of **$20,000** (except where prohibited by law or treaty).