The New York State Education Department (NYSED), State Archives, seeks proposals from qualified vendors to dispose of quantities of confidential record material and wastepaper requiring timely and secure destruction as well as non-confidential record material and wastepaper for NYSED, other State government agencies, and interested units of local government, including towns, cities, villages, school districts, etc. in and outside the Capital District area. Service to the entire Capital District, which includes the counties of Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, and Saratoga, and at least ten locations outside the Capital District will be mandatory.

8 NYCRR 188.11 authorizes the State Archives to enter into a contract for recycling of wastepaper and generate revenue from a vendor who would remove the materials and meet the standards for confidential recycling.

NYSED is seeking eligible vendors to submit proposals that meet certain technical requirements and will generate the highest expected monthly revenue to NYSED, based on a contractor's projection of revenues anticipated from the sale of recovered wastepaper material and the contractor’s revenue-sharing plan.

The eligible applicants are paper recyclers with demonstrated capacity and experience as described in the Mandatory Requirements and Contractor Responsibilities section of this IFB.

Subcontracting will be limited to thirty percent (30%) of the total contract value. Subcontracting is defined as non-employee direct personal services and related incidental expenses, including travel.

NYSED will award one contract pursuant to this IFB. The contract resulting from this IFB will be for a term anticipated to begin April 1, 2023, and to end March 31, 2028.

The complete IFB document, submission documents, and any updates can be found on the New York State Archives website .