The Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP), USA, has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of the Connecticut Solid Waste System Project (CSWSP).

Following the selection of a final proposal, CTDEEP will direct the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) to enter into agreements with the selected developer to execute the project.

The CSWSP is composed of the following six facilities:

• the Connecticut Solid Waste System Resource Recovery Facility (CSWS RRF) in Hartford, CT;
• the MIRA CSWS Recycling Facility in Hartford, CT;
• a transfer station in Watertown, CT;
• a transfer station in Torrington, CT;
• a transfer station in Essex, CT (site owned by Town of Essex, leased to MIRA); and
• a transfer station in Ellington, CT (not currently in operation).

The preferred bidder will be responsible for the financing, design, building, operation, and maintenance of the solid waste management project, as well as the marketing of recoverable materials, products and/or energy recovered therefrom.

Interested parties had to submit their proposals on or before March 1, 2016. See RPF:

http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/waste_management_and_disposal/solid_waste/mira_rfp/CSWSP_RFP.pdf