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Section 2 1 Experience/Background • Provide preliminary and final designs for a permanent HHW collection facility that included receiving, product exchange, material handling and bulking, and materials storage; • Work with the MPCA on the permit and design issues associated with the permanent HHW facility; • Coordinate the bid process for selection of a contractor for construction of the HHW facility; and • Provide oversight of the contractor's construction of the facility, including coordination with local building and fire officials. Specifically, McLeod County offers one of the leading HHW programs in Greater Minnesota. The County needed a larger facility to accommodate its program needs. The County chose to purchase a building compatible for this use and retrofit the building into an HHW facility. SAIC assisted the McLeod County Solid Waste Department throughout this process. The HHW facility became operational in September 2000. Recycling Technical Assistance Ramsey County, Minnesota Acting as lead consultant, SAIC provided recycling technical assistance to St. Paul — Ramsey County Department of Public Health, Ramsey County municipalities, and other public entities from 2000 to 2011. A majority of the consulting needs focused on assisting municipalities with the procurement of residential curbside recycling collection and processing services. Tasks have included: • Developing requests for proposals (RFPs); • Assisting cities with responses to vendor questions; • Analyzing proposed collection costs and revenue sharing arrangements; • Evaluating proposals; and • Attending meetings with municipal staff, environmental committees, and city councils. In addition to assisting municipalities, SAIC provided technical assistance to County staff by conducting workshops for municipal recycling coordinators; benchmarking recycling practices at large facilities/venues in the Twin Cities metropolitan area; providing staff with recyclable materials market index pricing; conducting research on strategies to increase residential recycling; researching options for recycling expanded polystyrene trays from cafeterias; and research of mandatory recycling ordinances. Other key projects have included: • Analysis of Internal Recycling Operations in Ramsey County -Owned and Leased Facilities — SAIC conducted site visits to various County buildings to assess the recycling system and gather anecdotal information about program performance and staff practices. Recommendations were provided for recycling program enhancements. The report served as a baseline of in-house recycling practices and was a starting point for management -level discussions about next steps to improve recycling at County facilities. • Ramsey County Buildings Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Procurement — SAIC assisted County staff with developing a request for bids to establish a contract with a single vendor to provide solid waste and recycling collection services to County buildings. SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LLC 1 2-7