On behalf of its funding source the Washington Department of Commerce (“Commerce”), the Clallam County Economic Development Council (“Clallam EDC”) is soliciting proposals from experienced individuals or firms (“Proposer” or “Proposers”) interested in providing a comprehensive assessment of the current availability and cost of forest fiber and residuals feedstocks from private and public sources to support wood product manufacturing, green energy production and carbon emissions abatement in Port Angeles, Washington. The assessment will estimate available feedstock quantities and costs from (1) trucking to Port Angeles from the North Olympic Peninsula and (2) barging to Port Angeles from sites in British Columbia (BC) and the US west coast, including LaPush, WA.

Scope of Work

Produce an assessment of the availability by volume and species and cost of forest fiber and residuals feedstocks (saw logs, chip-and-saw logs, pulpwood, sawdust, hog fuel, and forest residuals) that could be transported via truck within 100 miles or barge with trucking no more than 75 miles and delivered to two sites within Port Angeles: The Port of Port Angeles Terminal and the Port Angeles Eclipse Industrial Park. Data on truck-miles hauled will be included for each source for purposes of carbon accounting.

The Scope of Work will include:

1. Identification of sites on the North Olympic Peninsula, British Columbia and on the US west coast from Oregon to Alaska, with access to forest fiber and residuals and to barge loading infrastructure and capacity.
2. Assessment of economic costs, by feedstock type and location, including feedstock mobilization and purchase, trucking, and barge loading and unloading costs.
3. Relevant information gained on specific transport routes and barge loading/unloading infrastructure that could impact future availability and pricing of feedstocks.

Final Deliverable: Provide a final report presenting the above information, including tables for comparison purposes. Include assumptions used that reflect realistic market rates for hauling costs, biomass mobilization costs and load and unload costs. The report shall include a supply curve chart, with curve width representing available volume and curve height representing economic cost of delivered feedstock.

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