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Stericycle Contract for the Regional Forensic Science Center.
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The Regional Forensic Science Center (RFSC) original 60-month contract with Stericycle for medical waste disposal went into effect on 4/13/11. The monthly base rate for service was $1,744.00. In addition to this base rate, there were also monthly charges added for fuel and energy as well as a 9.45% environmental regulatory fee. It was stated on this contract that the annual service fee would not increase by more than 6 percent annually. On 9/26/14, this contract was amended and the monthly base rate was lowered to $1,644. This contract was also subject to all of the aforementioned additional fees. With the additional fees along with the annual increases over the past few years, the invoice for monthly service is now $2,123 on average. Both the original 60-month contract and the amended contract were arranged and executed by members of the Purchasing Department.
In 2016, Purchasing mentioned that other Divisions in Sedgwick County used Kansas Medical Waste for medical waste disposal. The cost of this service was about half of what Stericycle was charging the RFSC. Unfortunately, this was mentioned a few months after the RFSC's contract with Stericycle auto-renewed for an additional 60 months in April of 2016. An attempt was made to terminate the contract with Stericycle in October of 2017 but according to the terms of the agreement, Stericycle would recover 50 percent of the average monthly charges multiplied by the number of months remaining on the contract. As of October 2017, this total was roughly $39,000. Will Deer, Assistant County Counselor, was consulted and stated that they had a valid contract. Mr. Deer advised the RFSC either offer Stericycle a lump sum to terminate the existing contract or complete the remainder of the contract under different terms.
Stericycle was contacted to discuss alternatives to the existing contract. Stericycle proposed a 24-month agreement that d...
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