Develop Solid Waste Conversion Facility at the Atlantic County Utilities Authority

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Atlantic County Utilities Authority, NJ - Engineering has issued request for qualification, solicitation 2026-RFQ-30.

The Atlantic County Utilities Authority is seeking qualifications from firms interested in developing a solid waste conversion facility at its Environmental Park in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Qualified firms may be invited to submit proposals for a privately financed project involving the design, permitting, construction, operation, and maintenance of a facility capable of processing municipal solid waste and other eligible waste streams into energy or reusable resources. The project may process up to 1,000 tons per day under a service agreement and site license of up to 25 years. Traditional mass-burn incineration and technologies relying on land application will not be considered.

General ACUA Profile The ACUA is a New Jersey municipal utilities authority that was created pursuant to the New Jersey County and Municipal Utilities Authority Law (N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq.) in the late 1960s. Pursuant to the New Jersey Solid Waste Management Act, each county in the State must create and implement a solid waste management plan. By resolution of the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the ACUA was designated as the implementing agency for the County’s solid waste management plan in June 1981. Consistent with the County’s solid waste management plan, the ACUA owns and operates a solid waste management complex in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, NJ, known as the Howard F. Haneman Environmental Park. The solid waste complex is home to an active landfill, a recycling center, composting site, and ancillary facilities. The ACUA’s solid waste complex is located at 6700 Delilah Road, in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The ACUA operates a renewable natural gas (RNG) project at the landfill to beneficially utilize landfill gas. The complex consists of approximately 360 acres with approximately 102 acres representing the landfill footprint. The ACUA will provide the site for the Facility at the complex. The ACUA also owns and operates a regional collection fleet that serves more than 100,000 residents and businesses. The ACUA also operates a 40 million gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant in Atlantic City, NJ, and a regional sewerage collection system that serves 14 municipalities throughout Atlantic County. The Wastewater Treatment Facility has been in operation since 1978. It is home to the Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm, a 7.5 MW wind farm that is privately owned and from which the ACUA purchases approximately 17 million kWh per year of electricity. In addition, the facility also houses a 500-kW solar PV system. The ACUA currently incinerates residuals from the wastewater facility at an on-site incinerator owned by the ACUA. ACUA’s most recent financial statement and supplementary information for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023 can be found in ACUA website, under the “about” tab, in the financial information or attached to this RFQ. Existing Facilities and Waste Stream Solid Waste The ACUA’s existing solid waste facilities include a scale house, a recycling center that currently acts as a tipping floor to export single-stream recycling off-site for processing, a composting system, a Transfer Station, and a sanitary landfill. The entire park encompasses 360 acres, with a landfill footprint of over 102 acres. Waste generated in the County is collected by both ACUA and private fleets in the County and delivered to the site. MSW generated in the County is required to be delivered to the ACUA’s facilities pursuant to existing waste flow ordinances as described in more detail in the Atlantic County District Solid Waste Management Plan (February 28, 2012 Plan Amendment), which is available on the ACUA website. In add

Responses are due December 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST.

Questions must be submitted by November 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST.

Commodity categories: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Engineering Services; Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators; Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal; Materials Recovery Facilities.

Contact: Tom Ganard, Chief Engineer (tganard@acua.com, (609) 272-6912).

8 documents are attached to the notice: Historical Tonnages Data; Waste Characterization Study 2024; Specification for SJG Interconnection; Sludge Composition Study; Transfer Station Floor Plan; Recycling Center Floor Plan; Enviro Park Overview; 2024-ACUA-Final-Audit-Report.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/acua/projects/299471. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.

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