To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE execution of the 2025 On-Call Debris Removal Services Contract with Ground Zero Transport & Debris Services Inc and Sharjo, LLC dba ServiceMaster Restoration Services, for debris removal services.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute individual contracts with Ground Zero Transport & Debris Services Inc and Sharjo, LLC (dba ServiceMaster Restoration Services) in the amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for each contract, to provide debris removal services at various County and Flood Control and Water Conservation District rights-of-way and properties, for the period of September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Local Road and Flood Control District Funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Public Works Department maintains over 650 miles of roads, 79 miles of creeks and channels, and 29 detention basins and dams throughout Contra Costa County.
On April 24, 2025, the County issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) F-CONTR-0000000060 for debris removal services. Two vendors responded: Ground Zero Transport & Debris Services Inc (“Ground Zero”) and Sharjo, LLC dba ServiceMaster Restoration Services (“ServiceMaster”). The County reviewed the proposals for both vendors, and both were selected to provide the requested services.
The County will use the contract to provide debris removal services on an as-needed basis, to supplement the County Maintenance crew’s routine and emergency work when they are busy with other activities, and to perform work that is typically time-sensitive and may require specialized equipment and/or skills. In situations where biohazardous materials are encountered, County Maintenance crews are not certified to remove and dispose of material of that nature; this debris removal services contract will be used in those instances.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve these debris removal services contracts will prevent the Public Works Department from completing routine and emergency road and flood control maintenance work in a timely manner.