SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Privatization of Natural Gas and Wastewater Systems at Dover Air Force Base, DE
- Notice Date
- 11/3/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Operations, Defense Energy Support Center, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060-6222
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6222
- Solicitation Number
- SP0600-04-R-0004
- Point of Contact
- Mily Le, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-767-2387, Fax 703-767-2382, - Terri Workman, Contract Specialist, Phone 703 767-8453, Fax 703 767-8757,
- E-Mail Address
-
mily.le@dla.mil, Terri.Workman@dla.mil
- Description
- The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the United States Air Force plans to offer the privatization of the natural gas and wastewater infrastructure systems at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership and responsibility for the operations, maintenance, repair, future upgrades, and future utility system replacements. As a result of this solicitation, the firm will be selected to assume ownership of the above-mentioned utility system(s). The successful firm will be required to provide expansions to the system(s) to meet future needs of the government. The resulting contract, if awarded, will require the Contractor to furnish all facilities, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain, and operate the utility system(s). The Contractor(s) shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system(s) to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area. The Contractor(s) shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the utility system(s) in a safe, reliable condition and to meet the requirements listed in the contract. Real property interests will be conveyed in the form of a Right-of-Way (ROW) as an attachment to the RFP. The utility system(s) will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract. The Contractor(s) proposals and plans may become a part of the contract upon the decision to award. Past performance information from potential Offerors shall be submitted as directed in the RFP. No Offeror will be denied the opportunity to submit a proposal in response to the RFP. The utility systems being privatized are described as follows: Installation: Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. System Descriptions: Natural Gas and Wastewater. Dover Air Force Base is an active military installation located adjacent to Dover, Delaware. The base is located on 21,802 acres of Air Force owned land. It has approximately 229 nonresidential buildings totaling 3.6 million square feet and approximately 850 military family housing units. Natural Gas System: Natural gas is supplied to Dover AFB by Chesapeake Utilities Corp via steel pipelines routed through the base. Several taps from these pipelines feed meter/regulating stations. Air Force owned HDPE distribution piping supplies the Base from the meter/regulating stations. Pressure in the steel pipeline is approximately 40 psig. Pressure in the HDPE piping is approximately 5 psig. The natural gas distribution system consists of approximately 25,000 linear feet of distribution piping. Sanitary Wastewater System: Wastewater treatment is provided by Kent County, Delaware. Wastewater collection mains total approximately 49,214 linear feet. Piping materials include vitrified clay, cast iron, ductile iron, polyvinyl chloride, asbestos cement, and concrete. The wastewater system also includes approximately 241 manholes and 14 sewage lift stations. Wastewater flows average approximately 0.85 million gallons per day. This requirement is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. Large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan with their offer. Interested sources should contact Mily Le at mily.le@dla.mil to be added to our bidder mailing list. A copy of the solicitation will be available after issuance, on the Internet at the below listed URL. The solicitation will be available on or around November 17, 2003. LINKURL: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246 LINKDESC: http://www.desc.dla.mil EMAILADD: mily.le@dla.mil
- Place of Performance
- Address: Dover AFB. DE
- Zip Code: 19902
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 19902
- Record
- SN00463617-W 20031105/031103213034 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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