Professional Services for Regional Service Delivery Waste Management

The vendor is required to provide professional services for include:
1. Background research
• Conduct a baseline assessment of current waste management service delivery, including operational capacity, lifespan, policies, procedures, and financial data for each member community and the regional commission.
• Review existing shared waste management services, funding agreements, and intermunicipal collaborations.
• Conduct a literature review of comparative shared service models in northeast state and beyond
2. Consultation with municipal service providers
• Conduct interviews with technical staff from all member communities and the commission to gather insights on current waste management activities and challenges.
• Facilitate a stakeholder workshop to identify shared waste management needs, challenges, and opportunities for improved service delivery.
3. Analysis and prioritization of findings
• Conduct a gap analysis to identify inefficiencies, challenges, and opportunities for shared service delivery.
• Compile interim findings into a report summarizing research, consultations, and preliminary analysis.
4. Draft regional waste management service delivery model for review
• Assess different service delivery models based on efficiency, cost-effectiveness, environmental impact, service levels, revenue potential, and governance considerations.
• Establish guiding principles and selection criteria through stakeholder engagement.
• Rank potential models and develop a draft implementation strategy.
• Present preliminary findings in a stakeholder workshop for feedback.
5. Final regional waste management service delivery strategy and communication tools
• The process: outline methodology and agreed-upon steps for project execution.
• Key players: summarize stakeholder participation, consultation methods, and engagement process.
• Key findings:
o Analysis of regional and provincial waste management trends, strengths, challenges, and service gaps.
o Identification of areas for improvement, duplication, and unmet needs.
• Conclusion and strategy: develop a strategic framework with recommended actions.
• Recommendations & next steps: provide a roadmap for implementation and future considerations.
• Marketing tool: develop a communication strategy to share results with stakeholders
- The project will focus on an in-depth evaluation of:
1. Efficient utilization of capital and labor assets while identifying opportunities for revenue generation.
2. Efficient service delivery, including but not limited to:
• Collection methods: curbside, depot, roll-off, and front load.
• Transportation logistics and optimization.
3. Investigation of various regional service delivery models, including:
• Municipal controlled corporations (MCCS)
• Commissions
• Private-public partnerships (p3s)
• Municipal direct delivery models
4. Environmental and service improvements, focusing on:
• Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
• Increased waste diversion.
• Enhancement of overall waste management services.
• Understanding the extended producer responsibility (EPR) program and how it functions with the member municipalities from a recycling perspective.
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: April 22, 2025