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Authorizing the Sanitation Commissioner and Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into agreements with several vendors to process and market recyclable materials, under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, the Sanitation Department requires the support of one or more contractors to process and market recyclable materials; and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation Department, acting with the Procurement Department, developed a comprehensive request for proposals to secure the required recycling processing and marketing contracts; and
WHEREAS, the responses to these requests have been evaluated by the City to select those vendors of recycling processing and marketing which are best qualified in terms of cost, environmental impact, neighborhood impact, and operational efficiency; and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., Mazza Recycling Services, LTD., and BFI Waste Services of Pennsylvania, LLC have been selected through a competitive process to provide recycling processing and marketing services for materials collected by the City and other authorized governmental agencies; now, therefore,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Sanitation Commissioner and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized to enter into separate agreements for recycling processing and marketing services with Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., Mazza Recycling Services, LTD., and BFI Waste Services of Pennsylvania, LLC, pursuant to terms substantially set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to draft, negotiate, review and approve all documents necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, and to impose such terms and conditions on them as the City Solicitor may deem necessary and proper to protect the interests of the City and to carry out the purpose of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately....
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