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City of Arden Hills, Recycling RFP October 2014 Page 9 4.4 Recycling Containers Proposals shall be submitted for options in which the Contractor owns the carts and in which the City owns the carts. Please see Attachment B. The standard cart shall be a 64 gallon cart, but opportunities for residents to use smaller or larger recycling carts should be provided. If Contractor-owned, carts shall be consistent in colors and design with a recycling symbol that is at least 4” tall on two sides and on the lid, so as to be easily identified by the resident/customer and the driver as the container for recyclable materials collection. Respondents must clearly specify their proposed cart or container manufacturer(s). The City shall approve the cart, color and labeling prior to manufacture if the option of a Contractor-provided cart is chosen. If City-owned, the Contractor will work with the City to procure carts for use in the recycling collection program. The carts will become the property of the City of Arden Hills at the end of the contract period for use in the next contract cycle. The Contractor will maintain a sufficient new and replacement cart inventory that will be purchased by the City. The Contractor shall service and repair carts to meet supply and demand needs for the entire term of the contract. The Contractor shall ship, assemble, deliver, store/inventory, maintain and distribute the recycling carts. Ongoing cart distribution shall be done on a weekly basis. For either the City or Contractor owned cart option, the Contractor shall be responsible for preparing a comprehensive cart management plan and schedule for the initial cart distribution, working with the City to create the educational material for distribution to customers. At a minimum, the cart management plan will include the following items: 1. Single stream system instructional brochure for customers (which must be approved by the City before printing). 2. Single stream system instructions (text and images) for the City’s website and newsletters. 3. Final cart, label and logo specifications (including details of cart color, lid color, and draft content of any label instructions) to be proposed by the Contractor and approved by the City. 4. Cart order quantity (including mutually agreed-upon overage to have in stock as excess inventory). 5. Plan for cart roll-out to customers, including start and end dates and communication plan for informing residents. Cart rollout shall be completed February 19, 2015. The selected Contractor shall provide initial distribution of single stream carts to customers, whether carts are owned by the City or the Contractor.