S -- PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT OWNED WASTEWATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, UNDER 10 USC 2688 UTILITY SYSTEMS CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY AT DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UT

Notice Date

November 5, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Dugway Contracting Division, ATTN: AMSSB-ACO, 5330 Valdez Circle, Dugway, UT 84022-5000

ZIP Code

84022-5000

Solicitation Number

W67HY812634007 C

Response Due

December 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Rick Jaramillo, 435-831-2105, FAX 435-831-2085

E-Mail Address

US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Dugway Contracting (jaramilr@dugway-emh3.army.mil)

Description

The Robert Morris Acquisition Center seeks to identify responsible sources and obtain information in regard to privatization of a Government owned wastewater collection and treatment utility systems at the U.S. Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, in accorda nce with 10 U.S.C. 2688. The resulting privatization will include ownership, operation and maintenance, and obligation to continue the service for an indefinite and ongoing period. Should privatization result, the ownership of the entire utility plant and /or distribution system, including all operating responsibility shall transfer to a regional or municipal utility or to a private company. All responsibility for maintaining reliable service, such items as environmental compliance, maintenance costs, major system renovations, construction, equipment, manpower, and overhead costs shall become the utility provider s responsibility. It is intended that privatization will reduce the Army s life cycle costs. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION: The wastewater collection and trea tment systems at DPG consist of four independent systems. The first serves English Village; the second serves Ditto, Avery, and Michael Army Airfield; the third serves Baker Lab; and the fourth serves the Carr complex. In all areas, the collection systems are a combination of gravity and force mains with lift or pumping stations. Sizes of the collection mains range from 6 to 15 inches. Generally, all systems were installed between 1942 and the early 1950 s, though some upgrades have been completed. There ar e approximately 82,000 lineal feet of wastewater collection mains and 196 manholes within the English Village/Fries Park Complex. The most common pipe size is 8 inches, comprising nearly half of the collection system. DPG completed a new headworks and lago on system in 1996 to service the English Village and Fries Park area. The headworks consists of a weir, a 3 HP comminutor rated at 1 MGD, flow-measurement sensor, manual bar screen, and a 6-inch Partial flume. Three lagoon cells, each with a rating a 5 mil lion gallons, have a minimum detention of 12.5 days. Maximum sludge deposition is one foot, and water depth is six feet with a freeboard of three feet. Each cell is equipped with floating mechanical aerators. Cell 1 and 4 aerators (2 @ 20 HP and 2 @ 15 HP) . Cell 2 has 4 aerators @ 5 HP each. Cell 3 has 2 aerators @ 5 HP each. The chlorine scrubber, cathodic test port, and propane tank for the emergency generator are all located near the control building. The concrete chlorine contact basin is approximately 23-feet wide by 36-feet long and 10-feet deep. Final effluent from the chlorine contact basin is discharged into a drainage culvert running parallel to a main access dirt road. It then crosses the road and flows into an open, evaporative holding area. A ba ckup treatment process is also available in the form of an ultra-violet (UV) treatment facility. This system is built in parallel and enables treatment of the waste stream as it bypasses the chlorine contact basin. Ditto and Every Technical Centers/Michael Army Airfield. The Ditto wastewater collection and treatment system also serves the Avery Technical Center area and Michael Army Airfield. In outlying areas, some buildings are serviced by a septic tank and drain field system (not included in the study).T he maps show a new 8 vitrified clay main lane as well as four new manholes serving the Avery Facility. (Date of the upgrade was not discernable from available data.) The old system was abandoned in place. The collection system incorporates a series of pri marily 6- and 8-inch gravity lines flowing into a 10-inch vitrified clay main, which, in turns, flows to the lagoons. The system has approximately 16, 500 feet of wastewater collection mains and 64 manholes. A sewage lift station pumps effluent from Avery and Michael Army Airfield into the Ditto collection system via a 4-inch force main. A final lift station at the end of the main collection line pumps influent i nto the lagoon system. A new headworks and lagoon system was completed in 1992 to serve the Ditto wastewater systems. The new lagoon system is comprised of three cells with a holding capacity of one million gallons per cell. Lagoons have five floating mech anical aerators (2 in cells 1 and 2, and one in Cell 3). Effluent flows to an open, evaporative holding area. Carr Complex. The Carr Complex, located approximately four miles southeast of Ditto, is an independent system. In the past, Carr was totally servi ced by septic tank and drain field systems. In most instances, the septic tanks and drain fields were abandoned with new service lines into the collection system and new lagoon. Buildings that remain on septic systems are not included in this privatization study. The system includes approximately 2,500 feet of 4- and 10- inch collection lines, 1 lift station, 10 manholes, and a sort length of 4-inch force main to the lagoon. A new, 2.28 million gallon, single cell lagoon was constructed in 1990. It has no m echanical aeration. An emergency overflow channel drains into an open, evaporative area. Baker Complex. Wastewater from all building in Baker Complex is collected by gravity flow into 6-inch cast iron mains. The system has 24 manholes. The lift station is fed y two 6-inch influent pipes. The prefabricated concrete manhole is approximately ten feet deep and has two staged, float-activated pumps; each rated at 1.0 HP and 80 GPM. The lift station is equipped with an overflow sensor and alarm. An 8-inch PVC for ce main moves the influent to the lagoon. The 1.5 million gallon, single-cell lagoon is not aerated. PROCEDURES: This request for information is a required component of a complete and systematic process to evaluate interested parties under the U.S. Army Ce nter for Public Works utilities privatization program. In order to minimize cost both to potentially interested parties and the Government, this notice is being issued to determine the interest and feasibility of proceeding with a formal request for propos als. Should insufficient credible interest be identified for a privatization action, it is highly unlikely that a formal solicitation will be issued. Should interest be determined sufficient, a formal request for proposals may be forthcoming. Interested pa rties should provide a statement of interest on company letterhead (not to exceed 20 pages in length) to: U.S. Army, Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Attn: AMSSB-ACO (Rick Jaramillo), Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah 84022. The statement shall include as a minimum the following criteria: (1) capability and experience in the ownership, operation, and maintenance of similar water utility systems. (2) Financial capacity to purchase, expand, and operate a water utility system. (3) A statement showing an und erstanding of the obligation to provide continuous utility services. (4) Understanding of any applicable federal, state, and local utility laws, regulations or franchise requirements affecting utilities in the State of Utah and capability of complying with such requirements It should be noted that DPG is principally an area of concurrent State and Federal jurisdiction. (5) Understanding of federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations and familiarity and experience with environmental complian ce procedures and regulations for the Statement of Utah and US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8. Elaborate proposals or pricing information are neither required nor desired. Any innovative and new conceptual ideas to achieve the stated objective a re encouraged. No solicitation document existed for this request for Sources Sought . This notice is for informational purposes only; it is not a request for proposals nor should it be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not p ay for any effort expended into responding to this sources sought announcement. Responses must be submitted not later that 3:00 MST, 31 December 2001. In the ev ent the Army Single Face to Industry web site, http://acquisition.army.mil is not accessible, responses may be faxed at this number 435-831-2085. It should be noted that individual Sources Sought for different utility systems may be issued in the same t ime frame. A separate response to each Sources Sought is required. The point of contact concerning this sources sought action is Mr. Ricky J. Jaramillo at (435) 831-2105, or email jaramilr@dugway-emh3.army.mil.

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011107/SSOL015.HTM (D-309 SN512316)