City of Hamilton s Central Composting Facility

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1 City of Hamilton s Central Composting Facility Before the Construction Providing services that bring our City to life!

2 2 Central Composting Facility

3 3 CCF Site Plan

4 4 Organic Composting Program 150,000 single family residences Green cart based collection system Complete ban on plastic, diapers, sanitary products and pet waste Allow residents to use compostable bags, Kraft paper liner bags and or paper products to line the green cart and mini bin 1 green cart and up to 2 separate L&Y bags collected weekly along with garbage and blue box 2 stream collection vehicles (60/40)

5 5 CCF Processing Specifications Process Capacity per Year: 60,000 tonnes per year with a peak capacity of 90,000 tonnes per year. Process Capacity per Week: 1,155 tonnes (1,730 tonnes at peak) based on 5 day work week Process Capacity per Day: 231 tonnes (346 tonnes at peak) based on a 5 day work week

6 6 Why Build a CCF? The development of the CCF is a key element in achieving the City s aggressive target of 65% waste diversion and is a major component of the City s Solid Waste Management Master Plan (SWMMP). Green Cart recycling will extend the life of the City s only active landfill

7 7 The Site Selection Process The City of Hamilton originally listed 25 potential properties (municipal sites and vacant industrial lands). This original list was shortened to 6 potential properties within municipal boundaries The short list included the current location. Building the CCF at its current location has its advantages: City owned property existing C of A Located in heavy industrial area with no close sensitive receptors (residential or commercial dwellings) Established haul route to the site (Material Recycling Facility) Potential Sensitive Ecosystems located away from the site Brownfield redevelopment Next Step? Public Consultation Process.

8 8 Pre-Qualification What is a Pre-qualification? Why have a pre-qualification? Interest Are there interested parties? Technology What technologies are available? Feasibility of technologies. Weed out experimental technologies from proven ones. I.e. 1 tonne per week processing capacity Types of Technologies Submitted?

9 9 Request for Proposal (RFP) Design / Build / Operate Approach Why? The RFP process took five (5) months in total (for development and evaluation) Only Companies who passed the Pre-qualification were invited to bid on the RFP Received two (2) bids, both In-vessel Aerobic Technologies Each submission included a Technical Proposal and a Financial Bid.

10 10 Due Diligence Tours (Site Visits) Took place before final evaluation and contract award. Why Visit the Sites? To verify the accuracy of the submission to the RFP Ensure no potential unexpected cost or risks (verify claims) Where Did We Go? Germany Belgium Holland In total, 3 (three) sites were toured showing 2 (two) technologies In-vessel aerobic technology

11 11 Contract Award Many Factors Were Taken into Consideration: What is the most suitable for the City of Hamilton What is the most suitable for the City s Feedstock What is the most suitable for the location What will produce a quality product What will deal with odours (greatest concern)

12 12 Contract Negotiation Design / Build (DB) Contract Negotiations took several months Many revisions took place (mainly because the site location changed and a redesign took place) Draft DB was not included in the RFP Developed a Partnership Approach Operations & Maintenance Contract I year from start to finish The DB and O&M were done separately

13 13 Setbacks and Successes Setbacks Location Change Not including a draft contract in the RFP Negotiation process took too long Successes Due Diligence Tours Pre-Qualification Partnership Approach The development of an advanced composting system

14 14 Contact Information Joel McCormick Project Manager Central Composting Facility City of Hamilton Public Works Department

15 15 Questions?