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is While these time requirements may appear conservative, they are based on Olver's recent experience in Wake County, which issued an RFP for remote disposal services in June 2004 and is still in the contract negotiation phase of this procurement 14 months later. As Figure I indicates, the County would not have to initiate the procurement process for remote disposal services until early 2008, Procurement of Hauling Services As with disposal services, the procurement of long-distance waste hauling services will involve the development and issuance of a "Request Por Proposals (RFP)", the development of proposals by waste haulers in response to the RFP, the evaluation of proposals, the selection of a preferred contractor, and the negotiation of a waste hauling agreement. The procurement of waste hauling services should be more straightforward than disposal services procurement, requiring a maximum of I S months to complete as follows: • RFP Development and Issuance - 3 months • Development of Proposals -.3 months • Evaluation ofProposals -.3 months • Contractor Selection and Connact Negotiation- 6 months Therefore, this process would not have to be initiated until early 2009- Should the County decide to provide dtis service, the timeframe for procurement of equipment would be shortened. In this regard, County staff have indicated that the County would be willing fo provide hauling services for haul distances similar to those involved in hauling to Alamance County (i e, about 17 miles one-way); for longer distances, the County would contract for hauling services Preliminary Analysis of Alamance County Option The County bas the option of utilizing disposal services from Alamance County prior to the closure of the Eubanks Road Landfill in 2010. The pursuit of this option would involve bout benefits and drawbacks to the County, which are listed in Table I. TABLE 1 Utilization of Alamance County Landfill Before Closure of Eubanks Landfill in 2010 -Pros and Cons Pros '.Cons Would enable the County to "bank" a maximum of Would Require The Simultaneous Operation of 2,5 years of landfill disposal capacity at the Transfer Station and Landfill Eubanks Road landfill Could lead to a public partnership for MSW Would likely eliminate surplus tip fee revenues disposal that would enable the County to retain currently used for 3-R Program funding control over long term MSW disposal pricing and Would require the County to incur additional costs capacity availability. for the permitting, construction and operation of a temporary transfer station. Would delay the incurring of closure costs at the Questionable value of banked disposal capacity County Landfill with respect to the County Difficulty of implementing afast-track construction project in Orange County. Orange County Page 4 of 6 09/22/05