2019-085-E Solid Waste - Kessler Consulting Recycling comp study

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DocuSign Envelope ID:60890E67-6F1D-48BF-9BD4-7E57F52CDE30 �1 ORANGE COUNTY Department of Solid Waste Management 1. 1.4 Will the county accept a commitment from proposers to obtain a North Carolina business Iicenseupon selection as satisfying thee I igibilityrequirements?(i.e.,we are not currently I ice nsed in North Carolina,but would be happy to obtain a license forthis work if we are selected.) WE HAVE QUICK START DATE.AND WOULD HAVE TO BE CONVINCED THAT LICENE COULD BE OBTAINED IN TIME TO MEET CONSTRAINTS 2. 2.2.1 as ks f or"stati sti ca I I y re I eva nt"sa m p I ing ta rgets. The term"statisticaIlyreIevant'requiresajudgment call. Can the Countyprovide a more precise basisforsettingsamplingtargets? If not,can the County indicate if it is satisfied with the statistical relevance of the 2017, 2010 and 2005 waste characterization studies posted on itswebsite? WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THOSE AS THE STANDARD 3. 2.2.1identifies8separate mate rial streams that aretobeanalyzed. Table1 shows 11 mate rial streams tobe analyzed. Please clarify the numberof individual material streams(8or11) that are to be separatelysampled and analyzed as part of this study. Also,is the County seeking a statistically relevant composition estimate for each of these 8 or 11 streams individually,orjust a statistically relevant combined average composition?TABLE 1 shows 8 streams from Orange County programs and 3 from UNC programs—all are to be sampled..Show statistically relevant both ways—for composite and per program. 4. Does the County have a recyclables processing agreement orothercontractualdocumentthatrequires recyclables contamination and composition data? If so,does this contract coverall of the recyclingsubstreams targeted in this project,or just a subset? Generally we would assume that the"statistical relevance"is more important for recycling streams that are managed undera processing agreement,and are trying to understand which sort results are to support contract and which results are just for informational purposes. We do not now have a contract but are preparing one and wish to have data to show how the recycl i ng stream from Orange County maybe less(or more?)contaminated than the average as a whole.All our recyclables will go to one processor,so that will be a single contamination numberthat all may find useful in contract negotiation. But the per program data are to show us how we can bettertarget specific messages to specific programs—if residential has more bagged material where commercial has more food waste then we have to know thatfor internal purposes. 5. As an alternative to answeringthe previous questions,please provide the County's budgetforthis study. Ifthe vendors know the budget,they can more reasonably determine the maximum sampling effort the County can afford,and allocate samples to the targeted material streams accordingly. NTE$30,000 6. 1.2.4Deliverables: Should our baseline budget include an on-site presentation delivered bythe consultant at a Commissioners meeting? Cost of presentation should not be included in the budget,just materials suitable for presentation.You may show a cost for presentation as a separate item. 7. Can we assume for budgeting purposes that the County wilI supply one sorterforthe duration of the fieldwork? The County will supply one on-site person to help direct the various loads and act as on-site representative for the County to assist with QC.Sorting personnel should all be assumed to be provided bythe contractor.If the County is able to provide any sorting personnel,then this will be negotiated on a daily basis by8am of the DAY BEFORE the specificsort,so that if the contractor is using local temp.labor,they can reduce that by that one to two persons each day County staff are available. Orange County,200 S.Cameron Street,Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 Page 2