California eProcure #0000040712

Statewide recycling-center processing and handling fee cost study

CalRecycle is seeking a contractor to measure statewide recycling-center costs and support related processing and handling fee decisions. - Government buyer: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), within the California Environmental Protection Agency; Contracts Unit. The work covers certified recycling centers statewide. - OEMs and vendors: No product manufacturers, OEMs, or bidding vendors are identified. This is a technical-services procurement, not a product purchase. - Requested work: Conduct an audited, statewide cost survey and economic study, including market research, economic analysis, audit services, methodology and analysis, and industrial management. The main survey service is identified as DRR26034. - Survey scope and volume: Plan for 300 baseline sites plus up to 100 additional sites that do not receive handling fees, and 100 baseline handling-fee sites plus up to 100 additional sites. Analyze material-specific processing costs and three-tiered handling-fee costs. - Materials and requirements: Cover aluminum, glass, PET #1 and HDPE #2 plastics, and wine or distilled-spirits containers in box, bladder, pouch, or similar packaging. Work includes sampling plans, cost and labor allocation, model and field-manual updates, training, audited data collection, quality control and peer review, confidential data handling, reporting, and presentation or defense of findings. - Budget and participation goals: Maximum budget is $2,500,000. The solicitation sets minimum participation goals of 25% California-certified small business and 3% DVBE. - Performance period: Approximately 16 months, expected to begin in early 2027 and continue into spring 2028; exact start and end dates are not established. This is not an annual subscription.

Description

CalRecycle seeks a contractor to provide technical services for an economic study of the statewide weighted (by volume redeemed) average actual costs to recycle for certified recycling centers. The solicitation includes market research, economic analysis, audit services, methodology and analysis, and industrial management. Proposals must be submitted through the electronic bid system Vendor Submission Portal by December 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM PST.

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