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Dalton Green Committee Recommends Consultant for Action Plan
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The Green Committee overwhelmingly recommended having Blue Strike Environmental as the town's consultant for its Climate Action Plan during its meeting on Monday.
The town issued a request for proposals on March 27 and received two responses: one from Blue Strike Environmental, a Monterey, Calif., company, and the other from Capsus, an international firm based in Mexico.
The committee wants to develop a climate action plan to achieve net zero by 2050 by seeking strategies to decrease the town's dependence on fossil fuels for homes, businesses, municipal facilities, and vehicles.
The plan should be detailed enough, so the town knows what it needs to do and the timing to complete each subproject on time, the request for proposals said.
During the meeting, committee members numerically rated the consulting firms based on the following categories: relevant experience, staffing plan and methodology, ability to complete projects on time, and proposed plan evaluation. Bluestrike's rating was four times higher across all criteria.
Now that the committee has rated the second part of the bidding process, the bidders will submit the estimated cost of the project.
The contract will be awarded to the firm offering the most "advantageous proposal" that takes into consideration all evaluation criteria and price.
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