The city of Anna Maria has a couple of decisions to make and no shortage of options.
City staff opened bids on July 30 for a pair of requests for proposals involving disaster debris monitoring and hauling.
One RFP calls for a contractor to remove disaster-generated debris — other than hazardous materials and household putrescible waste — from public property and rights of way in response to emergency events, including hurricanes, red tide and algal events.
Six contractors submitted bids in response to the RFP ahead of the July 30 deadline, including:
- Boynton Beach-based ATL Diversified Industries;
- Sarasota-based Ceres Environmental Services;
- Louisiana-based Dynamic Group;
- Trenton-based Rapid Response Disaster Services;
- Texas-based TFR Enterprises;
- Ohio-based United Freight Services.
The second RFP calls for a contractor to monitor the recovery efforts of a debris removal contractor in accordance with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration and other organizations’ policies and procedures to “ensure maximum financial recovery for the city.”
Two Mississippi-based contractors submitted bids in response to the RFP ahead of the deadline: DebrisTech and SDVO Monitoring Services.
The cost of the bids for both RFPs will not be publicly available until 30 days after they were opened or when city commissioners decide to award a contract or reject the bids.
If the city rejects the bids, it can publish new RFPs to seek new responses.
The city commission will meet next at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at city hall, 10005 Gulf Drive.
Directions to attend via Zoom can be found on the city’s website, cityofannamaria.com.