Palm Beach County, Fla.

INVITATION TO BID

Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Services
Bid No. 03-201

The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Florida (Authority) invites sealed bids for the above services. Current franchises expire September 30, 2003.

There will be two MANDATORY pre-bid conferences. The first one will be on September 20, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. and the second one will be on October 11, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. local time in the Auditorium of the Authority’s Administrative Offices.

All potential bidders shall attend both mandatory pre-bid conferences. All potential bidders must arrive not later than the time indicated and must remain in attendance until the conclusion of each conference. The purpose of these mandatory pre-bid conferences is to explain the complex method of selection, to provide an overview of the service requirements in the franchise agreement, to highlight the difficulties of servicing certain geographic areas, to explain the disposal credit process, and to solicit comments. Potential bidders that do not attend both conferences shall be disqualified from continuing in the competition and the Authority will not accept bids from such disqualified bidders.

Bids from bidders who attended both pre-bid conferences must be received by the Authority at its Administrative Offices not later than 2:00 p.m. on November 5, 2002.

The Authority’s Administrative Offices are located at 7501 North Jog Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33412

For additional information contact Andrew Germanowicz, Assistant Director Purchasing Services at (561) 640-4000, ext. 4520.

Minority/Women Business Enterprises are strongly urged to participate either as bidders or suppliers of goods and services to the prime contractors.