LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR A COMPUTER-BASED TOOL AND DATABASE FOR EVALUATING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL OPTIONS The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) intends to negotiate a license with a party, or parties, that demonstrates a satisfactory capability to finance, develop, market, distribute, and maintain commercial versions of computer tools. These tools include a computer-based decision support tool and database designed to assist state and local governments in evaluating the cost and environmental tradeoffs associated with different integrated municipal solid waste (MSW) management strategies. These state-of-the-art tools represent the most comprehensive attempt to date to take an overall systems approach to MSW management and have created much enthusiasm and support from local government and other project stakeholders. Our primary goal and interest is to see the tool and database successfully commercialized and made widely available at a reasonable cost to State and local solid waste planners and other potential users. The decision support tool and database are products of research being conducted by RTI in cooperation with, and through funding from, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE). The goal of the research project is to provide information and tools to support state and local governments in evaluatiang the costs and environmental tradeoffs associated with alternative integrated MSW management strategies. Interested parties should prepare a business plan detailing the development, marketing, distribution, and maintenance of the database and/or the decision support tool. The business plan must be received by RTI no later than 6/15/99. The requirements for the business plan are available from RTI. Information packages are also available upon request. Demonstrations of the database and tool will be provided upon request and conducted on an appointment basis with interested parties. Each party responding to this notice shall bear their own expenses associated with their submission of a business plan. Neither RTI, EPA nor DOE will reimburse any such costs. Contact KeithWeitz at RTI on (919) 541-6973 with any questions. WEB: Not Applicable. No RFP., http://www.rti.org/units/ese/p2/lca.cfm#life. E-MAIL: Not Applicable., kaw@rti.org. Posted 04/22/99 (W-SN323502).

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