Food Scraps Program Customer Support Contact Center

Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy is seeking a customer support contact center to assist residents with its food scraps programs, including 24/7 multilingual support, participant registration and orders, call handling, and performance reporting.

Ramsey County > Washington County > Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy


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Dec 04, 2026 10:00 PM
Nov 03, 2026 10:54 AM
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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jredmond@recyclingandenergy.org
100 Red Rock Road, Newport, MN, USA
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Description

Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy seeks a contractor to provide tier 1 customer support for its Food Scraps Pickup Program and food scraps drop-off program. Services include answering questions, assisting with participant registration and food scrap bag orders, resolving basic order and delivery issues, escalating complex matters to the buyer’s tier 2 team, and providing phone, email, chat, and text support. The contractor must provide 24/7/365 coverage, support English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Oromo, and Karen speakers, and accommodate additional languages. The contractor is asked to propose how it will provide non-English support; automated interpretation is not preferred. The contractor must provide contact-center systems and processes for ticketing, call recording, knowledge-base management, surveys, escalations, agent onboarding and training, and regular service and performance reporting. The solicitation specifies service-level objectives for call response, wait times, first-call resolution, abandoned calls, and customer satisfaction. It also requires data security, business continuity, and compliance with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Proposals must include a cover letter, qualifications and experience, a fee schedule, three similar-client references, a signed Attachment A, and a conflict-of-interest disclosure. The proposal must be submitted as one document in at least 11-point font.

Classification Codes
NAICS561422Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers
PSCD321IT AND TELECOM- HELP DESK
Smart Codes
customer support contact centermultilingual call center servicescontact center software and reporting
Specifications
Service Only
Timeline
Nov 2, 2026-RFP Release Date
Nov 13, 2026-Questions Due
Nov 19, 2026-Addendum Release Date
Dec 04, 2026 10:00 PM-Proposals Due
Dec 31, 2026-Notification of Award
Requirements
Required
  • Cyber Liability — $5,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability — $1,500,000.00
  • Professional Liability — $2,000,000.00
  • Automobile Liability — $1,500,000.00
  • Workers' Compensation
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
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