Protest Causes Fairfax County, Va., to Terminate E-Waste Contract

SEATTLE (Waste 360): Fairfax County, Va., terminated its contract for electronic waste collection services after an area recycling company, Securis, filed a protest against the county over the way it handled its bidding process.

Back in March, the county issued a request for proposals and initially awarded a contract to North Carolina-based company Powerhouse Recycling over Securis, which handled Fairfax County’s e-waste collection and disposal work since 2017 as a subcontractor for the nonprofit ServiceSource. In July, the county awarded the contract to Powerhouse on the grounds that it offered a better financial deal.

ServiceSource’s contract expired on June 30, and as a nonprofit, ServiceSource can contract with Fairfax County without undergoing the competitive bidding process. However, Securis is a for-profit company, so Fairfax County determined that it would need to compete for a new contract.

Courtesy: https://www.waste360.com