Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Services

City of Benson - Administration has issued request for proposal, solicitation 2026-RFP-007.

The City of Benson, Arizona, is issuing a Request for Proposal to retain a Contractor to provide Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Services. Proposals are due no later than 3:00 PM on October 9, 2026, through the City's Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/bensonaz.

Benson was founded in 1880 when the Southern Pacific Railroad came through. It was named after Judge William S. Benson, a friend of Charles Crocker, president of the Southern Pacific. The railroad, coming overland from California, chose the Benson site to cross the San Pedro River. Benson then served as a rail junction point to obtain ore and refined metal by wagon, in turn shipping rail freight back to the mines at Tombstone, Fairbank, Contention City and Bisbee. For example, the railhead in Benson was about 25 miles from Tombstone and was the closest rail connection to it until 1882, when a feeder line was laid from Benson to Contention City. The railhead in Benson was founded about a mile from a traditional crossing of the upper San Pedro River (known also as the Middle Crossing), used by the Southern Emigrant Trail and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line. It was the site of the San Pedro Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail and a wagon depot, the San Pedro River Station, run since 1871 by William Ohnesorgen. In 1878 he had erected a toll bridge over which mining supplies were transported to the new mining camps such as Fairbank and Tombstone. Two years later this bridge marked the location of the railroad bridge that became the terminal site of Benson. The City today is perhaps best known as the gateway to Kartchner Caverns State Park.

Responses are due October 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM MST.

Questions must be submitted by October 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM MST.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for September 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM MST at In-Person Location Benson Council Chambers 599 S. Dragoon Street Benson, AZ 85602 City of Benson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: City of Benson Solid Waste RFP: Pre-Proposal Meeting Time: Sep 22, 2026 11:30 AM Arizona Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87925692217?pwd=zjN0dcsl6HL84YrEzLC3K1nh22jAco.1 Meeting chat link https://us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/87925692217 View meeting insights https://us06web.zoom.us/launch/edl?muid=908aa4fc-dd96-4cd6-b0b9-bc04fa32651d Meeting ID: 879 2569 2217 Passcode: 787064 Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/87925692217/invitations?signature=Iu9Y9tnH-y9cfjIl-ARC-jo31cHbkRUznZpJeNcOc9w.

Commodity categories: Solid Wastes; Disposal Systems - Architectural Services; Garbage/Trash Removal, Disposal and/or Treatment; Refuse/Garbage Collection/Dumping Equipment Maintenance and Repair; Solid or Liquid Waste Disposal (Including Management Services) (See 926-45 for Hazardous Waste Disposal); Garbage/Refuse Equipment (Dumpsters, etc.) Rental or Lease.

Contact: Janet Cramer, Accounts Payable & Procurement (jcramer@bensonaz.gov, (520) 724-4413 Ext: 2032).

4 documents are attached to the notice: RFP Attachment - Offer and Acceptance (NEW 08-25); RFP Attachment - Organization Profile (NEW 08-25); RFP Attachment - Key Personnel (NEW 08-25); RFP Attachment - Letter of Insurability (NEW 08-25).

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/bensonaz/projects/268873. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.