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8 <br /> <br />The selected firm and the County will negotiate a contract. It is intended that the function <br />of the contract negotiations is to reach agreement on a contract based on the scope of <br />services contained in this RFP and on the information contained in the proposal submitted <br />by selected Proposer. Selection committee will submit recommendations to the Board of <br />Orange County Commissioners on the selected Contractor and Contract. Contractor must <br />sign the contract agreement within twenty (20) days after notification of the Board of <br />Orange County Commissioners approval of said recommendations. If, after approval by <br />the Board of Orange County Commissioners, a contract is not signed within a twenty (20) <br />day period, the County reserves the right to terminate all negotiations and select one of <br />the other finalists or issue a new RFP. <br /> <br />1.12.2 Right to Reject <br />Issuance of the "Request for Proposal" does not commit the County to award a contract, to <br />pay any costs incurred in preparation of a proposal to this request, or to procure or contract <br />for service or supplies. The County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and <br />to re-advertise. The County may at its option, perform some or all of the services. <br /> <br />1.12.3 Contract Payment <br />Payment will be made by the County to the Contractor within thirty (30) days after the <br />receipt by the County of a complete and accurate invoice for work done which is reasonable <br />and allocable to the Contract and has been performed to the satisfaction of the County. <br />Amounts on invoices shall not include amounts allocated to tasks on which no work has <br />been done. <br /> <br />1.12.4 Adjustments for Change in Scope <br />The County may order changes to the contract within the general scope of services <br />consisting of additions, deletions or other revisions. No claim may be made by the <br />Contractor that the scope of work or that the Contractor’s services have been changed <br />requiring adjustments to the amount of compensation due to the Contractor unless such <br />adjustments have been made by a written amendment to the Contract signed by the <br />County and the Contractor. If the Contractor believes any particular work is not within the <br />scope of the contract, is a material change, or will otherwise call for more compensation <br />to the Contractor, the Contractor must immediately notify the County via electronic mail. <br />The Contractor must provide the amount of additional compensation requested, together <br />with the basis and documentation supporting the claimed amount. <br />1.13 PURPOSE OF SOLICITATION <br />The purpose of this request for proposals is to obtain a highly qualified Recycling Processor to <br />receive, process and market Recyclables. Service will include receiving recyclables from Orange <br />County Solid Waste (“OCSW”) and to additionally contract for the disposal of waste. The waste <br />disposal bid may be included with any entity proposing to serve as the County’s recycling processor <br />or an entity may submit solely on the waste disposal. Waste Disposal is intended to establish a <br />tipping fee for the County to bring MSW for ultimate disposal and management by the bidder <br />2. SCOPE OF WORK FOR RECYCLING PROCESSING <br /> <br />2.1 GENERAL INFORMATION <br />OCSW is seeking qualified Responders to provide all facilities, equipment, labor and services <br />required for the processing and marketing of all Single Stream Recyclables and selected other <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 3C46D4D9-4262-4835-B314-9FEB472CCC00