With the finalization of Ontario’s Blue Box regulation (O. Reg. 391/21) on June 3, 2021 under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, this non-binding Request for Proposal (the “RFP”) is an invitation by The Regional Municipality of Niagara (“Niagara Region”) to prospective proponents to submit proposals to:

1. Either purchase or lease its Material Recycling Facility (MRF) (the “Real Estate Transaction”); and 
2. Provide for the Provisioning of Recycling Processing Services (the “Deliverables”), as further described in Section A of the RFP Particulars (Appendix B). 

Niagara Region is interested in exploring the viability of divesting of its MRF via a Real Estate Transaction, which would require a proponent to acquire the MRF (via a purchase or lease transaction) and be responsible for processing and marketing of the Niagara Region’s Collected Material, until Niagara Region transitions from the provincial Blue Box Program.