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Toter November 24, 2025 Ms. Hillary Horvath Clerk Department of Public Works City of South Bend 215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 400 South Bend, IN 46601 RE: Cover Letter for Bid for "Six Thousand (6,000) More or Less Universal/Nestable Refuse and Yard Waste Containers" Due: November 25, 2025, at 9 a.m. To Ms. Horvath, Toter, LLC, is pleased to provide a Bid for 96 Gallon and 48 Gallon Carts to the City of South Bend. As a Wastequip brand, Toter is a manufacturer and marketer of high -quality plastic containers and related products, solely dedicated to the waste industry for residential, hauler, industrial, commercial, and retail accounts. Toter introduced the automated curbside cart system in North America during the late 1960's. We have been in continuous operation for 60+ years and are the largest plastic roll out cart rotational molder in North America. It is important to note that while Toter is bidding direct to the City, we have an exclusive dealer nearby to the City, Best Equipment, also ready to assist with your cart related needs. We've earned our reputation as the market leader. Toter is focused solely on creating and producing products for the waste industry. Our history spans six decades of cart manufacturing, and our team includes a cadre of industry veterans who know refuse and recycling carts, and who have been working with the City all or many years of the current contract. Through the support of a seasoned management team with deep professional and industry experience, Toter ensures that we deliver on customer commitments day in and day out for a successful rollout and beyond. We're laser -focused on quality products, service, and continued innovation. As the only rotational molded cart manufacturer, Toter can help customers reduce the total cost of its collection services through carts that are flexible and impact resistant. "Built for Extremes" is more than just a tagline because our carts have decades of proven performance withstanding the daily abuse of curbside waste collection. Why Toter is the best value. ✓ Toter's 12 Year Cart Body Warranty is 2 years longer than any other cart warranty. 2 additional years of coverage reduces potential cart replacement cost in years 11 and 12 of ownership by $7 to $9/cart. Nothing prevents another cart company from offering a 12-year warranty other than the knowledge that its carts are not durable. ✓ Our proven 15 to 20+ year service life is many years longer than the service life claimed by the leading injection molded cart manufacturer (only 10 years). ✓ Toter roll carts are different from others in the industry. In 1994, Toter introduced its patented ADVANCED ROTATIONAL MOLDINGT"' process which revolutionized both the rotational molding and