Purpose/Background

The recycling center has an aging baler that is used to package over 35% of our inbound material. This baler is over 20 years old, and the operating system is out of date and no longer supported by original equipment manufacturer (OEM). There are available upgrades that will allow for OEM to support the baler and provide more operating stability going forward.

This upgrade will involve the following:

• Off hours installation
• Removing the old operating system software and hardware
• Installing new upgraded system software and hardware
• Test and train system operations with team

The County operator, Eco Cycle will have a team on site for training and system acceptance.

Written Inquiries

All inquiries regarding this RFP will be submitted via email to the Boulder County Purchasing Office at purchasing@bouldercounty.org on or before 2:00 p.m. April 26, 2023. A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than May 4, 2023.

Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.

Submittal Instructions

Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on May 31, 2023. Vendors must answer whether line-item pricing information submitted with a bid is confidential or closely held.

Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).

RFP #7457-23

Appendix B Pricing breakout Marathon Baler Operating system RJK