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Implementation Plan Proposals would be requested, ranked, and scheduled for implementation, Projects that Reclamation studied will be included in the ranking, but private alternatives based on these projects may also be submitted under t'\) the RFP process, .. c;m, A preliminary schedule for the first RFP is shown on the following page in ~ figure 1. Projects will be scheduled for implementation several years in advance so that project sponsors and cooperating agencies may adequately coordinate and fund their portion of the project, Some projects may require Reclamation, USDA, one or more states, and local water districts to closely coordinate their activities, The RFP's will include and require proposals to address the ranking criteria, Proposals will be ranked by a composite score in at least two main categories: · Cost effectiveness - cost per ton of salt removal · Performance risk factors - both cost and effectiveness in removing tons Cost effectiveness will be computed on a cost-per-ton basis and includes all potential costs paid by the basinwide program, Cost sharing by other entities for mutual benefit is encouraged where it reduces the cost paid by the basinwide program, Cost sharing directly improves a proposal's ranking by lowering its cost and improving the project's cost effectiveness, Risk factors will evaluate monetary risks and uncertainties of the project's salt load reduction potential. In addition to these criteria, all proposals will have to fit within the budget constraints imposed by Congress and Reclamation, The proposals will be ranked by a ranking committee, Committee members will be selected to avoid any conflict of interest that would bias their choices, The ranking committee members will individually and collectively evaluate and rank the technical proposals. The ranking committee will be made up of representatives from Reclamation and the Colorado River Basin States (Basin States) (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona), Cost Effectiveness Cost effectiveness (the cost to control each ton of salt) is the salinity control program's primary criteria for ranking its implementation priorities, In implementing its new basinwide program, Reclamation will adjust the ranking (not cost effectiveness) to consider a variety of risk factors, These will include the uncertainty in the project's actual performance. 10