Utility Privatization of Electric Distribution System at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Added: April 12, 2004
DESC: The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the United States Air Force, plans to offer the privatization of the electric, natural gas, and water distribution systems, and wastewater collection system at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 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.
Wright-Patterson AFB, located 10 miles eastnortheast of Dayton in Greene County, Ohio, is headquarters for the Air Force Material Command (AFMC). The mission of the AFMC is to research, develop, test, deliver, and logistically support every Air Force weapon system. Wright-Patterson AFB occupies 8,145 acres with approximately 1,600 facilities on base plus 2,354 units of family housing.
Electrical: Dayton Power and Light (DP&L) provides power to Wright-Patterson via a 69kV line. A secondary emergency delivery point is limited to 30 MVA. The on-base distribution system was installed in the late 1950s. The 69-kV transmission system delivers power to nine substations consisting of 69-kV circuit breakers, transformers, and secondary switchgear. The overhead and underground distribution systems are in good condition, and the overhead system has generous excess capacity.
Natural Gas: Gas is supplied to the base by DP&L at 11 metering stations at a maximum pressure of 45 psig. The on-base distribution system consists of approximately 131,000 linear feet of underground piping with numerous service regulators reducing line pressure at each building. The piping consists of approximately 68% polypropylene, 28% steel, and 2% cast iron. The entire distribution system has a weighted average age of 20 years. Wright-Patterson currently uses approximately 20% of the total system capacity.
Potable Water: Water is obtained entirely from wells drilled into the aquifer underlying the base. The base is divided into three areas with each area having separate well, treatment facilities, and distribution systems. Volatile organic chemical (VOC) contamination has been detected in almost all of the drinking water wells; the treatment process, therefore, includes VOC removal (through air stripping units), scaling control, chlorination, and for housing areas, fluoridation. Potable water is stored in both ground level and elevated reservoirs in each area of the base; each area has electric pumps to transfer water to elevated storage, as well as diesel pumps for emergency purposes. Excess capacity exists in all areas, with areas A, B, and C having excess capacities of 3.6 mgpd, 2.28 mgpd, and 7.7 mgpd respectfully.
Sanitary Wastewater: The wastewater collection system centralizes all waste at one point, where it is pumped by a non-base pumping station via a 20-inch main to its ultimate discharge into the City of Dayton collection system. The collection system consists of approximately 70% vitreous clay pipe and 30% sewer drainpipe; the average age of the collection system is 35 years. Approximately 0.8 mgpd excess capacity exists in this system.
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 after April 27, 2004. LINKURL: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246 LINKDESC: http://www.desc.dla.mil EMAILADD: Laurie.Carlson@dla.mil
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SP0600-04-R-0069 Defense Logistics Agency Energy
4/12/04, 12:00 AM