HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 7374 PORTABLE TOILETS RENTAL & SERVICING (5)March 4, 2015
Waste Management of Colorado Inc
Attn: Mike Woodruff mwoodru1@wm.com
40950 Weld County Rd 25
Ault, CO 80610
RE: 7374 Portable Toilets Rental & Servicing
Dear Mr. Woodruff:
The City of Fort Collins wishes to extend the agreement term for the above captioned
proposal per the existing terms and conditions and the following:
1) The term will be extended for one (1) additional year, June 1, 2015 through May 31,
2016.
2) In addition, the scope of work is hereby amended to incorporate the proposed 2.7%
CPI-U index increase effective June 1, 2015 with supporting documents attached
herein.
If the renewal is acceptable to your firm, please sign this letter in the space provided and
include a current copy of insurance certificate naming the City as an additional
insured for General and Automotive Liability within the next fifteen (15) days.
If this extension is not agreeable with your firm, we ask that you send us a written notice
stating that you do not wish to renew the contract and state the reason for non-renewal.
Please contact Ed Bonnette, CPPB, CPM, Buyer at (970) 416-2247 if you have any
questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
Gerry S. Paul
Director of Purchasing and Risk Management
__________________________________________ ________________
Signature Date
(Please indicate your desire to renew 7374 by signing this letter and returning it to
Purchasing Division within the next fifteen days.)
GSP: jg
Financial Services
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St. 2nd Floor
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6775
970.221.6707- fax
fcgov.com/purchasing
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March 3, 2015 REVISED SUBMITTAL
Mr. Ed Bonnette, CPPB, CPM
Buyer
City of Fort Collins
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St. 2
nd
Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Re: Rate Adjustment
Dear Mr. Bonnette ;
Per the terms of our current Agreement for 7374 Portable Toilets Rental & Servicing, Waste
Management of Colorado, Inc. respectfully submits a request for a rate adjustment of 2.7%
effective June 1, 2015. The increase is based on a 12 month average of the Consumer Price
Index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor-Bureau of Labor Statistics. Supporting
document is attached for reference.
As always, it is a pleasure serving your community. We have enjoyed and appreciate the
outstanding working relationship with you and City staff and look forward to continuing a long-
term partnership and the unparalleled service we provide.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 720-384-7846.
Sincerely,
Michael Woodruff
Public Sector Services
Waste Management of Colorado
cc: Jeff Stawicki
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For Release: Thursday, February 26, 2015 15-277-KAN
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Consumer Price Index, Denver-Boulder-Greeley – Second Half 2014
Prices increased 2.7 percent from the second half of 2013 to the second half of 2014
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.,
metropolitan area increased 2.7 percent from the second half of 2013 to the second half of 2014, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that
higher costs for shelter (5.1 percent) were largely responsible for the overall increase. Costs for energy
were up 0.3 percent, food prices rose 3.3 percent, and the all items less food and energy index advanced
2.9 percent.
Food
Food prices rose 3.3 percent from the second half of 2013 to the second half of 2014, compared to a 0.2-
percent gain in the same period one year ago. The index for food at home increased 3.5 percent and costs
for food away from home were 3.8 percent higher over the year. Comparatively, from the second half of
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2012 to the second half of 2013, prices for food at home were down 0.2 percent while costs for food
away from home rose 0.7 percent.
Energy
The energy index, which includes motor fuel and household fuels, increased 0.3 percent from the second
half of 2013 to the second half of 2014, following a gain of 3.2 percent in the same period one year ago.
Higher prices for electricity (3.8 percent) and utility (piped) gas service (5.8 percent) contributed to the
increase. During the same period one year ago, these indexes rose 8.5 and 25.8 percent, respectively.
The rise in the energy index was moderated by lower motor fuel costs (-3.1 percent) from the second
half of 2013 to the second half of 2014, with all of the decline in motor fuel prices occurring in the most
recent six months of the period.
All items less food and energy
The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.9 percent from the second half of 2013 to the second
half of 2014. Shelter costs had the greatest upward impact with an increase of 5.1 percent after rising 4.9
percent in the same period one year ago. In contrast, the index for apparel (-4.1 percent) was among the
expenditure categories registering lower prices over the year.
The Denver CPI-U stood at 238.664 for the second half of 2014. This means that a market basket of
goods and services that cost $100.00 during the 1982-84 base period cost $238.66 during the second half
of 2014. Because metropolitan area CPI data are not adjusted for seasonal price variation, consumers
and businesses should be cautious in drawing conclusions about long-term retail price trends from short-
term changes in the area indexes.
CPI-W
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Denver-
Boulder-Greeley, Colo., metropolitan area for the second half of 2014 was 229.076. The CPI-W
increased 2.7 percent from the second half of 2013 to the second half of 2014.
The Consumer Price Index for the First Half of 2015 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday,
August 19, 2015.
Technical Note
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed
market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population
groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 88 percent of the total
population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 29
percent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers,
groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers,
the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.
The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors'
and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living.
Each month, prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 4,000 housing units
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and approximately 26,000 retail establishments--department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling
stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the
purchase and use of items are included in the index.
The index measures price changes from a designated reference date (1982-84) that equals 100.0. An
increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be expressed in dollars as
follows: the price of a base period "market basket" of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10
in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and
the BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 17, The Consumer Price Index, available on the Internet at
www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch17_a.htm.
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with
weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data
are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the
local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national
index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes
show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE:
Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between areas; they only measure
the average change in prices for each area since the base period.
The Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo., Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder,
Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, and Weld Counties in Colorado.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice
phone: 202-691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339
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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes for semiannual averages and
percent changes for selected periods Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group
Semiannual average indexes
Percent change to 2nd half
2014 from-
2nd half 2013 1st half 2014 2nd half 2014 2nd half 2013 1st half 2014
Expenditure category
All Items ..................................................................................... 232.439 235.736 238.664 2.7 1.2
All items (1967=100).................................................................. 775.087 786.082 795.845
Food and beverages.................................................................. 216.455 220.829 223.174 3.1 1.1
Food........................................................................................ 219.356 224.114 226.578 3.3 1.1
Food at home ....................................................................... 217.845 223.094 225.387 3.5 1.0
Food away from home.......................................................... 221.361 223.785 229.736 3.8 2.7
Alcoholic beverages................................................................ 194.005 194.746 195.977 1.0 0.6
Housing...................................................................................... 213.466 217.608 223.700 4.8 2.8
Shelter..................................................................................... 238.079 243.324 250.116 5.1 2.8
Rent of primary residence (1) ............................................... 242.387 248.529 256.586 5.9 3.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences (1) (2) ............................... 230.636 235.063 242.477 5.1 3.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence (1) (2) .................. 230.636 235.063 242.477 5.1 3.2
Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 220.722 226.215 233.732 5.9 3.3
Household energy ................................................................ 168.007 172.396 177.010 5.4 2.7
Energy services (1) ............................................................ 166.512 170.662 175.496 5.4 2.8
Electricity (1) .................................................................... 166.210 168.603 172.524 3.8 2.3
Utility (piped) gas service (1) ........................................... 172.447 175.904 182.430 5.8 3.7
Household furnishings and operations.................................... 119.128 118.479 118.731 -0.3 0.2
Apparel ...................................................................................... 108.297 103.545 103.888 -4.1 0.3
Transportation............................................................................ 263.350 268.342 260.907 -0.9 -2.8
Private transportation.............................................................. 262.446 265.961 259.152 -1.3 -2.6
Motor fuel ............................................................................. 277.422 282.665 268.803 -3.1 -4.9
Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ 275.403 280.378 266.547 -3.2 -4.9
Gasoline, unleaded regular (3) ........................................ 271.824 276.526 262.312 -3.5 -5.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade (3) (4) ................................ 260.108 264.464 252.546 -2.9 -4.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium (3) ..................................... 276.691 283.202 271.542 -1.9 -4.1
Medical Care.............................................................................. 497.149 511.545 2.9
Recreation (5) ............................................................................ 146.665 147.096 147.098 0.3 0.0
Education and communication (5) .............................................. 123.221 123.986 126.711 2.8 2.2
Other goods and services.......................................................... 352.556 350.399 347.705 -1.4 -0.8
Commodity and Service Group
All Items ..................................................................................... 232.439 235.736 238.664 2.7 1.2
Commodities ........................................................................... 174.924 175.779 174.699 -0.1 -0.6
Commodities less food & beverages.................................... 153.049 152.114 149.448 -2.4 -1.8
Nondurables less food & beverages.................................. 189.611 188.627 185.233 -2.3 -1.8
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes for semiannual averages and
percent changes for selected periods Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) -
Continued
Item and Group
Semiannual average indexes
Percent change to 2nd half
2014 from-
2nd half 2013 1st half 2014 2nd half 2014 2nd half 2013 1st half 2014
Durables ............................................................................ 115.978 115.440 113.476 -2.2 -1.7
Services .................................................................................. 282.210 287.809 294.263 4.3 2.2
Special aggregate indexes:
All items less medical care......................................................... 220.120 223.253 226.015 2.7 1.2
All items less shelter .................................................................. 230.789 233.158 233.805 1.3 0.3
Commodities less food .............................................................. 154.624 153.735 151.230 -2.2 -1.6
Nondurables .............................................................................. 203.664 205.351 204.780 0.5 -0.3
Nondurables less food ............................................................... 189.326 188.393 185.387 -2.1 -1.6
Services less rent of shelter (2) .................................................. 347.270 353.477 357.814 3.0 1.2
Services less medical care services .......................................... 264.247 269.693 276.026 4.5 2.3
Energy ....................................................................................... 216.577 221.507 217.229 0.3 -1.9
All items less energy.................................................................. 234.813 238.136 241.721 2.9 1.5
All items less food and energy ................................................ 238.204 241.306 245.099 2.9 1.6
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means
estimator.
(2) Index is on a November 1982=100 base.
(3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(5) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
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Table 2. Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Indexes for semiannual
averages and percent changes for selected periods Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO (1982-84=100 unless
otherwise noted)
Item and Group
Semiannual average indexes
Percent change to 2nd half
2014 from-
2nd half 2013 1st half 2014 2nd half 2014 2nd half 2013 1st half 2014
Expenditure category
All Items ..................................................................................... 223.133 226.254 229.076 2.7 1.2
All items (1967=100).................................................................. 742.707 753.093 762.485
Food and beverages.................................................................. 218.240 222.822 225.152 3.2 1.0
Food........................................................................................ 221.290 226.240 228.731 3.4 1.1
Food at home ....................................................................... 218.682 224.133 226.858 3.7 1.2
Food away from home.......................................................... 225.252 227.764 233.504 3.7 2.5
Alcoholic beverages................................................................ 198.860 199.651 200.360 0.8 0.4
Housing...................................................................................... 206.962 210.990 217.263 5.0 3.0
Shelter..................................................................................... 227.199 232.116 238.947 5.2 2.9
Rent of primary residence (1) ............................................... 242.387 248.529 256.586 5.9 3.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences (1) (2) ............................... 215.310 219.442 226.363 5.1 3.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence (1) (2) .................. 215.310 219.442 226.363 5.1 3.2
Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 215.597 220.671 228.105 5.8 3.4
Household energy ................................................................ 166.963 171.097 175.661 5.2 2.7
Energy services (1) ............................................................ 166.987 170.906 175.737 5.2 2.8
Electricity (1) .................................................................... 166.209 168.602 172.523 3.8 2.3
Utility (piped) gas service (1) ........................................... 172.448 175.905 182.432 5.8 3.7
Household furnishings and operations.................................... 123.705 123.327 123.579 -0.1 0.2
Apparel ...................................................................................... 107.237 102.510 102.960 -4.0 0.4
Transportation............................................................................ 260.314 264.671 258.194 -0.8 -2.4
Private transportation.............................................................. 258.314 261.855 255.904 -0.9 -2.3
Motor fuel ............................................................................. 277.538 282.584 268.753 -3.2 -4.9
Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ 275.399 280.374 266.544 -3.2 -4.9
Gasoline, unleaded regular (3) ........................................ 271.829 276.531 262.317 -3.5 -5.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade (3) (4) ................................ 260.108 264.464 252.546 -2.9 -4.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium (3) ..................................... 276.729 283.241 271.580 -1.9 -4.1
Medical Care.............................................................................. 499.289 515.270 3.2
Recreation (5) ............................................................................ 127.833 127.978 128.808 0.8 0.6
Education and communication (5) .............................................. 118.818 119.526 121.620 2.4 1.8
Other goods and services.......................................................... 353.417 351.605 350.249 -0.9 -0.4
Commodity and Service Group
All Items ..................................................................................... 223.133 226.254 229.076 2.7 1.2
Commodities ........................................................................... 179.941 180.299 179.077 -0.5 -0.7
Commodities less food & beverages.................................... 156.642 155.627 152.822 -2.4 -1.8
Nondurables less food & beverages.................................. 201.763 200.312 195.966 -2.9 -2.2
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Indexes for semiannual
averages and percent changes for selected periods Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO (1982-84=100 unless
otherwise noted) - Continued
Item and Group
Semiannual average indexes
Percent change to 2nd half
2014 from-
2nd half 2013 1st half 2014 2nd half 2014 2nd half 2013 1st half 2014
Durables ............................................................................ 111.324 110.908 109.471 -1.7 -1.3
Services .................................................................................. 268.099 273.669 280.205 4.5 2.4
Special aggregate indexes:
All items less medical care......................................................... 212.494 215.473 218.126 2.7 1.2
All items less shelter .................................................................. 224.379 226.624 227.131 1.2 0.2
Commodities less food .............................................................. 157.918 156.930 154.258 -2.3 -1.7
Nondurables .............................................................................. 214.337 215.073 214.047 -0.1 -0.5
Nondurables less food ............................................................... 200.871 199.457 195.513 -2.7 -2.0
Services less rent of shelter (2) .................................................. 312.471 318.846 323.152 3.4 1.4
Services less medical care services .......................................... 251.025 256.375 262.713 4.7 2.5
Energy ....................................................................................... 224.381 228.462 223.922 -0.2 -2.0
All items less energy.................................................................. 223.458 226.824 230.414 3.1 1.6
All items less food and energy ................................................ 224.444 227.502 231.297 3.1 1.7
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means
estimator.
(2) Index is on a November 1984=100 base.
(3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(5) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
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