Q. What is the significance of fca for communities that bond out all of their solid waste management services?
Unless a community is completely out of the business of solid waste management-that is, individual citizens simply subscribe straight with a private hauler for service-local government is still going to have costs allied with the contract. The city will have monitoring costs, various overhead costs, and education costs, depending on the role the government really plays. Communities require knowing what they are paying out of pocket for the contract as well as the other overhead, monitoring, and contract-management costs. FCA can help communities know and track these costs. This information becomes critical when contracts are up for renewal or new vendors offer services. In fact, any competitive-contracting choice would require knowledge of these costs in front of time.