Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Porterville (“City”) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants to conduct a comprehensive solid waste rate study, to perform related tasks intended to satisfy the requirements of Proposition 218 rate setting as applied to municipal solid waste service rates, to produce a final report upon which City may legally approve its solid waste rate structures for five future fiscal years, and to provide detailed reports and information that the City may use to help financially manage the funds. The study will involve independently assessing and evaluating the City’s existing solid waste rates; computing and defining a fair and reasonable rate structure that provides cash flow needed to adequately fund operating, capital improvement and regulatory compliance cost needs. Ancillary services will include assistance with the required protest ballot mailings, in both English and Spanish, to impacted customers and may include forensic support with respect to defending the rate methodology employed if the rates or rate structure are challenged legally.