SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Utility Privatization of the Potable Water Utility System at Fort Knox, KY
- Notice Date
- 4/7/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 221310
— Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- sp0600-08-r-0803
- Response Due
- 4/23/2008 5:00:00 PM
- Description
- The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the United States Army, plans to offer the privatization of the water treatment and distribution system at the United States Army Garrison – Fort Knox, Kentucky. Privatization is defined as the conveyance of a utility system to a municipal, private, regional, district, or cooperative utility company or other entity. The conveyance may consist of all right, title, and interest of the United States in the utility system. In conjunction with the conveyance of the systems, the Contractor will be required to provide utility services, including improvements, upgrades, repairs, expansions, investments, and plant replacement, as well as continued operation and maintenance of the utility systems. Additionally, the Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, management, supervision, permits, equipment, supplies, materials, transportation, and any other incidental services for the conveyed system. Utility Privatization (UP) will be accomplished in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2688 – Utility Systems: Conveyance Authority. The Contractor shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the utility system in a safe, reliable condition and to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area, and satisfy the requirements of the contract. Real property interests will be conveyed in the form of an Easement as an attachment to the resultant contract. The utility system will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract. Past performance information from potential offerors shall be submitted as directed in the solicitation. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit an offer. All “other than small” businesses shall submit a subcontracting plan with their offer. Installation Description: Fort Knox is a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command installation with the primary mission of training soldiers for the Armor Force. The Armor School is the rock on which the Armor Center mission is built. Its staff sections, directorates, and units provide the personnel, equipment, and guidance needed to train in the development of its doctrine. It is also home to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command and the 2nd Region ROTC and Readiness Group Knox. The most well-known landmark at Fort Knox is the U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as the Gold Vault. Fort Knox is a certified Kentucky city, covering 109,054 acres or about 170.4 square miles. It is the seventh largest urban community in the Commonwealth, with a day-time population of about 33,000. Fort Knox is adjacent to the city of Radcliff, 15 miles north of Elizabethtown, and approximately 45 miles south of Louisville. Additional installation information can be located at: http://www.knox.army.mil/ Utility System to be privatized: The following is provided only to give an approximation of the size, scope, and general description of the system. Any numbers should only be used for estimating purposes. The following system parameters are approximations: Water Treatment and Distribution System Fort Knox’s potable water utility system currently includes 13 groundwater wells, two surface impoundment structures, a low-lift pumping station, two water treatment plant (WTP) facilities, three clear wells, two high lift pump stations, one booster pump station (BPS), eight elevated storage tanks, and a potable water distribution system containing roughly 156 miles of potable water distribution pipe. Please note: The current system inventory reflects roughly 156 miles of potable water distribution pipe. The Government is currently in the process of updating the system inventory and will provide this information as an amendment to the solicitation. The Government estimates that the updated inventory may include as much as 214 miles of potable water distribution line. For purposes of this synopsis, Fort Knox’s potable water system has been divided into the following three components: (1) Raw Water Supply Sources, (2) Water Treatment Facilities, and (3) Potable Water Distribution and Storage: 1. Raw Water Supply Sources The raw water is currently taken from four primary sources: Otter Creek, McCracken Spring, 13 Army-owned ground water wells and 3 leased ground water wells. The Otter Creek and McCracken Spring facilities, located southwest of the main cantonment area, are the primary sources of water to the Central WTP. Raw water from the West Point well field located north of the main cantonment area along the Ohio River can also be pumped to the Muldraugh WTP via a 24-inch cast iron line or a 14-inch ductile iron line leased by the Army from Hardin County Water District No. 1 (HCWD No. 1) to the Central WTP. The Army’s 13 ground water wells and the 3 leased wells are the primary sources of raw water to the Muldraugh WTP. A small impoundment and concrete dam structure below McCracken Spring provides surface water to the Otter Creek pumping station (OCPS, Facility No. 9213) via a gravity feed 16-inch cast iron line. A small impoundment and concrete dam structure on Otter Creek also provides surface water to the OCPS. The small impoundment and dam structures were constructed in the late 1930’s and have been dredged periodically over the subsequent years. The OCPS, constructed in 1937, pumps the surface water withdrawn from McCracken Spring and Otter Creek to the Central WTP. The OCPS includes an intake structure with mechanical screens, pump controls and telemetry, one 1,200 gpm (1.728 MGD) 150 HP, pump and two 2,100 gpm (3.024 MGD) pumps (one pump is 230 HP pump whereas the second pump is 250 HP), and a 550 kilowatt (kW) diesel emergency / standby generator. The raw water lines from McCracken Spring to the OCPS and from the OCPS to the Central WTP are over 75 years old. The Government’s 13 ground water wells and the 3 ground water wells leased by Fort Knox from HCWD No.1 are located in the West Point well field, north of the main cantonment area along the Ohio River, on land either owned by or leased by the Army. The well field is a naturally formed alluvial aquifer bounded by the Ohio River, the Salt River and the inland hills. The raw water wells utilized either vertical turbine pumps on top of the wells or submersible pumps located with the well. 12 wells have pumps rated at 750 gpm (1.080 MGD), 125 HP and one of wells is rated at 500 gpm (0.720 MGD), 75 HP. The 24-inch raw water line from the West Point well field to the Muldraugh WTP is over 75 years and may need to be considered for replacement in the next few years. The Army has notified HCWD No. 1 that, in the event that the Installation’s potable water utility system is privatized, the Army may be terminating the lease of the three wells and the 14-inch raw line. Upon termination of the lease, the three wells and 14-inch line will revert back to HCWD No.1. As a result, these system components will not be included in the privatization action. 2. Water Treatment Facilities Fort Knox has two water treatment facilities: the Central WTP facility and the Muldraugh WTP facility. As the name indicates, the Central WTP is located in the central area of the main cantonment area. The Muldraugh WTP is located on the northwestern side of the Installation, near the Town of Muldraugh, Kentucky. The Central WTP facility (Facility No. 1205) was initially constructed in 1937, and has been partially upgraded numerous times over the years. The primary source of raw water to the 3.5 MGD Central WTP is the surface water from the Otter Creek and McCracken Spring facilities, located southwest of the main cantonment area. When surface water is not desirable for treatment, the ground water is pumped from the West Point well field to the main cantonment area on to the Central WTP via the leased 14-inch ductile iron line. The Central WTP facility is a combination water softening and WTP facility. The facility continues to produce a good quality finished-water. Although the Central WTP is staffed over a period of 16 hours, the WTP facility is only operated roughly 6-12 hours per day. The Central WTP is currently operated to produce finished water with chlorine residual reading in the range of 1.8 to 2.9 TAP, pH reading in the range of 8.4 to 8.8 TAP, hardness reading in the range of 100 to 110 parts per million (ppm) and fluoride in the range of 1.0 to 1.2 ppm. Should the potable water utility system be privatized, the UP Contractor will be required to operate the Central WTP in a manner that the finished water meets these levels. The Muldraugh WTP facility (Facility No. 3009) was initially constructed in 1941, and has been partially upgraded numerous times over the years. The primary source of raw water to the 7.0 MGD Muldraugh WTP is the ground water pumped from the Army’s 13 wells and the three leased wells in the West Point well field, located north along the Ohio River. The ground water from the wells is pumped roughly 3 miles to the Muldraugh WTP via a 24-inch cast iron line. The Muldraugh WTP facility is also a combination water softening and WTP. The facility continues to produce a good quality finished-water, in spite of the deteriorating equipment and facility. This is likely due to the fact that the Muldraugh WTP is generally operated at roughly 2.5 MGD, or 36 percent of the WTP’s design capacity of 7.0 MGD. Although the Muldraugh WTP operates around the clock, 24 hours per day / 365 days per year, the WTP facility is only staffed roughly 16 hours per day. The Muldraugh WTP is also currently operated to produce finished water with chlorine residual reading in the range of 1.8 to 2.9 TAP, pH reading in the range of 8.4 to 8.8 TAP, hardness reading in the range of 100 to 110 ppm and fluoride in the range of 1.0 to 1.2 ppm. Should the potable water utility system be privatized and the Muldraugh WTP still be in operation, the UP Contractor will be required to operate the WTP facility in a manner that the finished water meets these levels. 3. Potable Water Distribution and Storage The water distribution system transports the finished water from the two WTP facilities to the various facilities located throughout the Installation. The system provides domestic, industrial and fire protection throughout the Installation. The distribution system consists of pipes, valves, meters, fire hydrants, water storage tanks and the BPS. The distribution system piping includes mains, service lines and fire lines with known sizes ranging from less than 6-inches to 24-inches in diameter. The distribution pipe includes polyvinyl chloride, cast iron, ductile iron, and asbestos concrete. The majority of the water distribution pipe was installed prior to 1950. Fort Knox’s potable water utility system includes one BPS located in the Van Voorhis Housing area, which was constructed in 1995. The Van Voorhis BPS (Facility No. 5898) includes three 175 gpm, 10 HP pumps and one diesel driven 2,000 gpm, 125 HP fire protection pump. Eight elevated storage tanks support Fort Knox’s potable water distribution system. The combined capacity of the storage tanks is approximately 3.550 million gallons. Interested sources shall contact Brian Koessel at Brian.Koessel@dla.mil to be added to our mass bidders E-mail list. A copy of the solicitation will be available after issuance on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) and the DESC webpage at: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246. The Contracting Officer for this procurement is Angela Mattox. She may be contacted by phone at 703-767-1348 or by E-mail at: Angela.Mattox@dla.mil
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