The city of Greensboro has received proposals from Advance Disposal, Cico, Herzog Environmental, MRR, Republic Services, Ulturnagen, Waste Connections, Waste Industries and Waste Management for in response to an RFP "for the design, finance, permitting, development and operations of a long-term solid waste management infrastructure system." The proposals are available for review here.
Some background on this process: Cico LLC, a company formed last year by former Greensboro city councilman Bob Mays, requested an RFP so that it could submit a proposal to run the White Street Landfill as a waste-to-energy facility. City Manager Rashad Young had planned to issue a Request For Qualifications, but then-Councilman MIke Barber insisted that it be an RFP during a late October briefing that pitted him against at-large Councilman Robbie Perkins in a raucous political battle.
Cico indicates its proposal is financially viable: "In response to the request for identification of the source of financial backing and demonstration of financial strength to ensure that our waste management/disposal option is financially secure during the terms of the intended contract, Cico has enclosed two confidential letters in the Confidential Information envelope demonstrating our financial ability. Upon proposal acceptance, Cico will, if requested, post a performance bond for the securitization of responsibility.”
UPDATE:
From Ulturnagen President and CEO Carl E. Lebby Jr.'s cover letter attached to submitted proposal: “Should the city of Greensboro choose to engage in contractual relations with Ulturnagen LLC, full disclosure of the board will be forthcoming....
“We offer the city of Greensboro a benefit of constructing a Waste to Energy Facility at no cost to the city and additionally we offer to complete approximately five miles of the eastern leg of the proposed ‘loop’ highway within the city of Greensboro, NC, complete the White Street extension to connect onto Cone Boulevard, construct the waste to energy facility in the proposed 200 acre, industrial zoned area, adjacent to a proposed eastern regional ‘loop’ for the city of Greensboro, to be known as the ‘Greensboro Energy Complex.’ The civil infrastructure upgrades proposed by Ulturnagen LLC will facilitate the transportation of waste to the facility as well as stimulate growth for businesses impacted by the ‘loop’ completion.
"Budgeted construction costs when and where applicable, shall be billed to the state of North Carolina and the same terms would be given to the city of Greensboro for the repayment of the White Street extension, which is ten years."
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