A. The Department of the Treasury may provide a treasury loan of up to $10,269,000 to the Department of General Services to pay for the cost of this project. Such loan shall bear interest and shall be repaid in equal annual installments.

B. The Department of General Services shall issue a "Request for Proposal" to consider alternative delivery systems for services currently provided by the Central Distribution Warehouse. No expenditures shall be made for the construction of a new Central Distribution Warehouse until such time as the Department reviews and reports to the Governor, the Commonwealth Competition Council, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees its findings on 1) the study of distribution services prepared by the COMPETE Center of the College of William and Mary, and 2) any proposals received in response to the "Request for Proposal".