2026 - 2031 Residential Materials Management Agreement

The City of Holland will receive sealed bids from prospective bidders to provide for the collection and disposal of residential rubbish, refuse, garbage and yard waste and for the collection, transportation and delivery of residential recyclables generated within the City of Holland.

Bids will be received in the Treasurer’s Office until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 27, 2026, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.  You are invited, but not required, to attend the bid opening.

Each bidder shall submit four (4) hard copy and PDF/USB of the bid proposal and related documents for services under a five (5) year contract term, all according to the format stated in the Invitation for Proposals.   The bid proposal and related documents must be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Proposal:  2026 - 2031 Residential Materials Management Agreement, Holland, Michigan.”

The City is inviting interested contractors to submit proposals to provide residential curbside solid waste, recycling and optional yard waste services to all Residential Service Users throughout the City beginning July 1, 2026, for a term of five (5) years, ending on June 30, 2031.  The City shall then have an option, in its sole and complete discretion, to renew the contract for a term of another three (3) years via competitive re-negotiation or to re-bid the contract. Our residential program is mandated for all single-family units as well as all multiplex units - up to four units.

Key Dates:

The proposed schedule for this request for proposal (“RFP”) and the award of the contract is as follows:

Proposals are due on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. at the Treasurer’s Office, City Hall, 270 River Avenue, City of Holland, Michigan 49423. At that time, the proposals will be publicly opened, read, and acknowledged, after which they will be referred for staff evaluation.