MONTGOMERY COLLEGE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
RFP NO.: E426-001
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ANALYSIS AND DISPOSAL SERVICES
RFP CLOSING DATE/TIME: DECEMBER 4, 2025@ 3:00 PM
ADDENDUM #1
ISSUED: NOVEMBER 19, 2025
THE PURPOSE OF ADDENDUM IS TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO THE REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATIONS OF RFP
DOCUMENTS.
Item 1-1 Question:
Who is the current vendor / incumbent?
Answer:
Current vendor is Tradebe Environmental Services, LLC.
Item 1-2 Question:
Can we have the current contract copy?
Answer:
Per our record, your firm made a request of the contract documents in the past and the
College already provided the redacted contract documents to your firm on May 14,
2024.
Item 1-3 Question:
What is the Annual spent / last 3 invoices?
Answer:
The total amount of last three (3) invoices is approximately $28,000.
Item 1-4 Question:
Is prevailing wage included in this contract?
Answer:
Prevailing wage is not applicable to this contract.
Item 1-5 Question:
In Section 2.5 (Scope of Work/Services), you list the expected disposal methods as:
Incineration, Fuel Blending, Consolidation, Recycling, Treatment, and Landfill. However,
another statement says: “The Contractor will seek any and all possible avenues of
disposal to reduce the need for land disposal.” Could you please confirm whether
landfill is an acceptable disposal method?
Answer:
Landfill is acceptable when other means of disposal are not feasible.
Item 1-6 Question:
As per the Item 2 the shipments are to be done quarterly, please confirm if those are to
be made by awarded vendor if yes at what frequency?
Answer:
Please refer to Section 2.1 of the RFP documents.
Item 1-7 Question:
Shipments are quarterly but in item 2. there are rounds to be made. Are those to be
made by the awarded vendor and if so at what frequency?
Answer:
Vendor will collect waste from each storage site on each campus at scheduled intervals.
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MONTGOMERY COLLEGE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
RFP NO.: E426-001
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ANALYSIS AND DISPOSAL SERVICES
RFP CLOSING DATE/TIME: DECEMBER 4, 2025@ 3:00 PM
ADDENDUM #1
ISSUED: NOVEMBER 19, 2025
Item 1-8 Question: Confirm if given waste is packaged or you want us to pack the waste.
Answer:
Vendor will pack the waste.
Item 1-9 Question:
Exception to the terms and conditions are accepted and can be submitted with the Bid?
Answer:
Please see Section 3.2.2.k on page 19 of the RFP documents.
Offeror(s) should use the College’s form of Contracts and terms and conditions and are
discouraged from taking exception to provisions of a solicitation. Use of Contractor
prepared Contracts and exceptions to provisions of a solicitation are not preferred and
must be reviewed and approved by the college prior to recommendation of award.
Vendors insisting on the use of their form of Contract may be found to be non-
responsive or to not meet the College’s minimum qualifications for a solicitation.
Any exceptions to the Montgomery College standard Form of the Contract, Montgomery
College General and Supplementary Conditions of the Contract, or any deviations to the
other RFP requirements, if applicable must be submitted and included in the Technical
Proposal for College’s information, and subject to the College’s approval.
All other specifications, terms and conditions remain unchanged.
Patrick Johnson, MBA, CPPB
Director of Procurement
Please sign below to acknowledge receipt of this Addendum and return with the Technical Proposal submission.
Failure to return this Acknowledgement of Addendum may deem a proposal nonresponsive.
NOTE: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF RFP ADDENDA WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY FACSIMILE.
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