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Section 2 Methodology

showing the highest potential for success. We believe such incentives could be structured in any number of ways and would like to work with Contract Manager to identify the best approach that satisfies established contracting policies and requirements. As described in Sections 4 and 5 below, our Project Team includes the expertise and capabilities envisioned to meet the needs of participating manufacturers. However, the more specialized the product or if there is already a relationship between the manufacturer and a potential service provider, or they have specialized tests that only one or two labs can perform, than we would ask for authorization from the Contract Manager, to add the additional service provider as a subcontractor to the list provided by DK Enterprises. Our expertise also understands that it is not always in the control of the Project Manager and/or service provider when the manufacturer may not perform to what they committed. Manufacturers produce products. Sometimes there is a delay in receiving the other types of raw material; or the certification or testing takes longer than expected; or the manufacturer lost their customer who requested the product; and other reasons. The Contract Manager would be kept updated in these types of scenarios and request advise on the appropriate actions. Objectives: Secure agreement with Contract Manager on Activity Plans, budgets and priorities to be implemented, amend the contract accordingly, and secure written, signed commitments from participating manufacturers Once the complete set of draft activity plans is complete, the Project Team will prepare a summary report for consideration by CalRecycle that includes recommendations for prioritizing assistance and provides a high-level summary of proposed Activity Plans, budgets, companies, products and projected sales and crumb rubber use. As discussed above, and subject to approval by the Contract Manager, we will also identify how incentives to stay on track can be built into the Activity Plans. The Project Manager will then facilitate a meeting with the Contract Manager to review the proposed plan and agree on any adjustments, issues and needs for additional information or revisions. We will then work with each firm to agree on edits to their Activity Plan to align them with the Contract Manager’s approval. Our budget assumes that we will work with the Contract Manager one time to formally amend our contract and work plan prior to initiating services under Tasks 3 and 4. Subject to discussion with the Contract Manager, we will seek to structure the contract amendment in such a way as to provide flexibility to CalRecycle in adjusting allocated budgets by firm and/or waiting to allocate some budget until it becomes clear which firms are making the most progress and are most likely to show tangible results. We propose to require that each participating firm’s authorized owner or manager sign their Activity Plan to pledge their commitment to adhere to the plan and to collaborate with the Technical Assistance team. DK Enterprises will offer to sign a confidentiality agreement with each firm and will require that Task 2C Deliverables: • Draft Activity Plans approved via email by each firm and ready for consideration by CalRecycle 2D. Prepare Summary Report and Amend Contract

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