|
City of Sunny Isles Beach
<br /> RFP 18-04-02 Disaster Debris Management and Disposal Services
<br /> Ceres uses local "teaming partners" as well as strategically placed owned equipment staging and office
<br /> locations in Sarasota, FL; Houston, TX; and Brooklyn Park, MN. Ceres can provide significant equipment4110
<br /> and staffing within 24 hours of storm subsidence.
<br /> Experienced Project Management
<br /> The company has more than 60 full-time professional and managerial staff with disaster experience, many
<br /> of whom hold degrees in areas such as: Business Administration, Structural and Civil Engineering, Forestry,
<br /> Geology, Science and Accounting. As part of the Company's dedication to quality and safety, many of
<br /> Ceres' management staff are U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-certified in Construction Quality Management;
<br /> certified in Emergency Management by FEPA; have been certified by FEMA in NIMS; are Red Cross
<br /> certified in first aid; and have completed OSHA's 40-hour safety training course. Ceres' management is
<br /> also experienced in a wide variety of geographic conditions. Their work histories include all U.S. states,
<br /> Puerto Rico, Thule, Greenland, Ascension Island, Haiti and New Zealand.
<br /> Ceres' management has demonstrated its ability to respond to large-scale events. In 2011 after the
<br /> string of tornadoes that hit Alabama and surrounding states, Ceres activated a contract with Jefferson
<br /> County. Using Ceres-owned equipment allowed the company to get to work quickly, eventually employing
<br /> 27 local and small business subcontractors and vendors to assist the removal and hauling of debris. During
<br /> the contract, the scope of work changed as cities within the county requested services under the County
<br /> contract. Ceres cleared debris from right-of-ways in Jefferson County, Vestavia Hills, Warrior, Mountain
<br /> Brook, and Pleasant Grove, reducing and hauling over one (1) million cubic yards of debris.
<br /> Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded
<br /> Ceres a $1 billion contract for disaster response, including: loading, hauling, reducing, and disposing of
<br /> debris and white goods; trimming and removal of hazardous trees; demolition of storm damaged buildings;
<br /> collection of household garbage; environmental sampling and monitoring of disposal sites; and life support
<br /> services. This contract covered 11 Louisiana Parishes and required the operation of 54 reduction/disposal
<br /> sites. Ceres achieved a record-setting mobilization, hauling more than 45,000 cubic yards of debris in its
<br /> first day on the job (from Jefferson Parish, LA). Ceres rapidly achieved large-scale capacity, reaching a
<br /> maximum production of 194,584 cubic yards per day and eventually hauling, reducing, and disposing over4110
<br /> 13.4 million cubic yards of debris, over 315,000 units of white goods, while trimming or removing over
<br /> 165,000 hazardous trees. •
<br /> Ceres has the resources and experience to handle multiple events and locations. In 2016, Ceres was
<br /> already working in Louisiana following heavy rains and flooding when Hurricanes Hermine and Matthew hit
<br /> the U.S. coast within a month of each other. Ceres responded to several counties in Florida and Georgia
<br /> after Hurricane Hermine and then to an additional 14 jurisdictions in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and
<br /> North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew.
<br /> Following Winter Storm Cara in November 2015, Ceres responded to the Oklahoma Environmental
<br /> Management Authority (OEMA) and began to mobilize staff and equipment within 24 hours of the Notice to
<br /> Proceed, finishing the first pass in the first two days of operations. When Winter Storm Goliath hit Texas
<br /> and Oklahoma just one month later in December, Ceres already had staff and equipment positioned to
<br /> respond in Oklahoma. As more debris piled up following Goliath, Ceres extended its services to the City of
<br /> Warr Acres, plus Canadian County and four other cities under the OEMA.
<br /> Ceres responded to the spring tornadoes that devastated the South, the spring floods in North Dakota,
<br /> Hurricane Irene in North Carolina and Virginia, and Winter Storm Alfred in the Northeast all in 2011. Ceres
<br /> accomplished eight separate contracts while fulfilling all contractual obligations:During the summer of 2008,
<br /> Hurricanes Dolly, Gustav and Ike all impacted the Gulf Coast. When Dolly hit the Texas coast Ceres was
<br /> ready,with people, subcontractors and equipment already on the ground in Cameron County,TX.As Ceres'
<br /> response to Dolly was wrapping up, Gustav hit Louisiana, and two weeks later Ike hit the Houston, TX area.
<br /> Ceres responded quickly to both new storms, performing in 11 different locations covered by separate
<br /> debris removal contracts in Texas and Louisiana.
<br /> Following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005, Ceres performed several other emergency response
<br /> contracts—often at the same time—including: Katrina debris removal for the City of Biloxi; Hurricane Wilma
<br /> debris removal for the City of Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Katrina debris removal for the Parish of Terrebonne,
<br /> CF
<br /> Tab 5 Qualifications and Requirements
<br /> Ju Section 1 Capabilities and Experience
<br /> ENVIRONMENTAL Page 5.1-2
<br />
|