Alise Certa

Alise Certa serves as a procurement specialist within the Chittenden Solid Waste District, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver sustainable, compliant, and efficient solid waste management solutions. In this role, Certa manages the acquisition lifecycle for critical services that enhance operational resilience and environmental stewardship, with a primary focus on advertising and public outreach initiatives. Her work ensures that the district’s waste diversion programs, recycling campaigns, and community education efforts are effectively communicated through strategic media and display solutions. Certa’s procurement activities are tightly aligned with regulatory requirements and public engagement goals, emphasizing transparency and measurable impact in all contracted services. Certa maintains collaborative relationships with a broad range of vendors specializing in environmental communications, signage, and digital display technologies. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with expertise in sustainable messaging, materials recovery branding, and public infrastructure signage. Her contracting approach prioritizes responsiveness, creative execution, and alignment with environmental messaging standards, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors who demonstrate technical proficiency in waste education campaigns and community outreach design. Certa’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of procurements classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on technical merit and service quality over socioeconomic preferences, though her evaluations still consider vendor capacity, past performance, and alignment with the district’s sustainability values. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, her process remains accessible to all qualified vendors, ensuring equitable opportunity within a merit-based framework. The district’s procurement activity is exclusively concentrated under NAICS 541850—Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising. Certa specializes in acquiring services related to public education signage, landfill compliance messaging, recycling bin labeling, digital kiosks, and environmental campaign materials. Her domain expertise lies in translating complex waste management objectives into visually compelling, regulatory-compliant public communications, making her a key liaison between environmental policy and community engagement.