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<br />RFP for Residential Recycling Services <br /> <br />9.5 Proposal Content <br /> <br />Qualified proposals must iuclude at least the following elements: <br /> <br />. Statement of Contractor qualifications, including at least three references (contact names <br />and phone numbers) of other municipal clients in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) <br />metropolitauregion receiving similar services, <br /> <br />. List of Principal Officers' names, addresses and contact numbers (telephone, e-mail, fax), <br /> <br />. List of materials proposed to be collected (if different from Section 3.22) and a discussion <br />and rationale for any proposed changes to the City's standard list of recyclable materials. <br /> <br />. Completed price worksheets (see Attachment C), <br /> <br />. Statement as to any litigation in the past five years within the State of Minnesota and the <br />current status of that litigation, <br /> <br />. Copy of an education tag as described in Section 4,9. <br /> <br />. Copy of monthly report forms as described in Section 4.22, <br /> <br />. Description of operations at materials processing facility where recyclable materials will be <br />taken including location, hours of operation and capacity. <br /> <br />9.6 Curbside Dual-Stream Every Week Collection Proposal Scenario <br /> <br />The City's current dual-stream collection and processing systems comprise the base proposal <br />scenario for purposes of this RFP, If prospective Contractors propose under the dual-stream <br />scenario, they should assume materials would be both collected and processed in a dual-stream <br />mode. Under this dual-stream scenario, residents will be instructed to separate recyclable <br />materials into two groups of materials: (I) all paper fiber products including: old newspaper <br />(ONP), old magazines (OMG) including catalogs, old corrugated containers (OCC), mixed mail, <br />old boxboard (OBB), phone books, pop and beer carriers/cartons; and (2) all rigid containers <br />including: glass food and beverage containers, plastic bottles with a neck, steel and tin cans, <br />aluminum foil and aluminum cans, Under this dual-stream scenario, processing shall also be by <br />the categories as collected: paper separated from containers, It is not acceptable to propose to <br />collect materials in a dual-stream mode and then process them in a single-stream mode. <br /> <br />If the City awards a new dual-stream service contract under this scenario, the new Contractor <br />shall not make any changes to either of these dual-stream collection or processing systems <br />without written approval of the City. Other design and operating details of the current collection, <br />processing and public education systems are assumed within this dual-stream scenario, <br />Contractors may propose variations to this scenario, <br /> <br /> <br />9.7 Single-Stream Proposal Scenario <br /> <br />Prospective Contractors may propose a new single-stream collection (weekly and/or every other <br />week) and processing system as an alternate to the City's current dual-stream system. Proposers <br />should propose under this single-stream scenario to collect and process the residential curbside <br />material within the form of a single-stream system whereby residents will be instructed to <br />commingle all groups of recyclable materials. If prospective Contractors propose under this <br /> <br />23 <br />