TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Contract Assignment for Hazardous Waste Services
ACTION ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving a contract assignment from Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc. to Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, Inc. for hazardous waste services.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Environmental Improvement
Initiative - Infrastructure Modernization
Approving this assignment allows the District to remain in compliance with regulatory mandates.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to this contract assignment. The same scope of services will continue to be provided at the current contract rates and terms.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc. and AC Transit entered into contract number 2016-1363 on November 1, 2016 which is a five-year contract to provide hazardous waste disposal services for all of the AC Transit facilities. This contract was the product of a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) and was awarded by the AC Transit Board on September 14, 2016 via Staff Report 15-228a.
Since the notice to proceed was issued on November 30, 2016, Stericycle Solutions, Inc. has performed all hazardous waste disposal services as agreed and has enabled the District to comply with the California Health and Safety Code and Title 22 California Code of Regulations and 40 C.F.R. for its hazardous waste management program.
On July 24, 2020 the District was informed that Clean Earth, a Harsco company, recently acquired Stericycle Environmental Solutions, Inc. which operates Stericycle's domestic Environmental Solutions business and officially changed its name to Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, Inc.
Further, the July 24th notification indicated that the parties desired to amend the Contract to reflect this name change and formally name Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, Inc. as the "Contractor" under the existing Contract. Cl...
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