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Request for Proposal To Provide Urban Curbside Recycling Services Orange County, North Carolina RFP #5199 Introduction W The objective of this RFP is to solicit Proposals that will enable Orange County, North Carolina ( "County ") to determine which municipal curbside recycling collection service provider will best meet the County's needs. The purpose and intent of this RFP is to establish a Contract with a qualified Company (hereinafter "Provider ") who shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, tools, insurance, supervision and all other items necessary to deliver residential curbside recycling service to the incorporated limits of the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. Maps of each service area are attached (Attachment B). The projected start date of the contract shall be no later than June 30, 2014. II. Definitions Additional Recyclables: Recyclable Material that may be added to the curbside program that are not currently accepted. This could include non - bottle plastics such as flower pots, cups, five gallon buckets, clamshell containers, spiral cans and any other material as negotiated by County and Provider. Bi- Weekly: Refers to every other week Bottles and Cans: the subset of Recyclable Materials including glass bottles and jars, aluminum beverage cans, steel food cans, empty aerosol cans and plastic bottles #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7 where a bottle is a container with a neck smaller than the base. Collection Schedule: Refers to the defined days of Residential Recycling Collection Services as authorized by the Orange County Department of Solid Waste Management. County: "County" shall mean Orange County, NC who is the administrator of this recycling program managed by the Orange County Department of Solid Waste Management. Designated Non - Residential Location: Refers to a non - residential location specified by the County in the Contract Area that receives Residential Recycling Collection Services by the Company. Each Designated Non - residential Location shall be counted as one (1) Unit. Designated Processing Facility: Refers to the facilities to which all Recyclables collected under the Contract must be delivered. Evaluation Committee: Refers to a committee, as appointed by the County, responsible for determining the best Service Provider for the Services described in this RFP. Fiber: the subset of Recyclable Materials including newspapers and their inserts, glossy magazines, junk mail, office paper, paper board, aseptic containers, gable topped cartons, and phonebooks. Fiber also includes Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC) and Mixed Paper (OMP). Fiscal Year (FY): shall refer to the time period beginning July 1St of any year and ending June 30th of the following year. County budget cycle and curbside recycling program planning shall be based on this time period. Handicap / Disabled: shall refer to residents of the Towns who will receive recycling service at their back door or someplace other than curbside. County staff will make the determination as to which citizens are eligible for Handicap collection. Said determination will be based upon citizen need, as judged by County staff, and shall generally be based upon the citizen being eligible to receive a handicap parking permit from the NC Division of Motor Vehicles. Additionally, Handicap / Disabled services shall generally not be granted to Residences with able- bodied adults in the household. RFP #5199 Page 4 of 26