Electric power supply for various Federal Accounts in New England

The General Services Administration is requesting proposals from electric generation suppliers to provide electric power supply to Federal accounts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Government's electric requirements are comprised of eight (8) pricing groups. The successful offeror(s) will supply all electricity components for the respective pricing groups. Deliveries will begin with the March 2017 meter read date for all accounts unless otherwise specified on Exhibit 1. The contract term will be forty-eight (48) months. A six (6) month extension period is included in the contract. The approximate total annual electric requirement is 337,697 MWhs. All pricing groups except pricing groups #3 and #7 will have a renewable power content requirement of 20% (see solicitation details). The price offered will apply to all accounts in each pricing group and that price will remain fixed for the contract term. Multiple awards will be considered. Offerors are not required to offer pricing on all pricing groups. Three pricing groups will request a firm fixed price. One pricing group will request index pricing. Four (4) pricing groups will request index plus a percent of load hedged pricing product. The percent of load hedged pricing product will fix 85% of the on peak and 80% of the off peak usage for the months of January, February, July, August and December for the four (4) applicable pricing groups. Evaluation procedures for the index and percent of load hedged pricing product is provided in Section D of the solicitation. All pricing groups are available on a full and open competition basis. The procurement method will be a competitive negotiated Request for Proposal (RFP) conducted in accordance with Part 12 (Commercial Item) of the FAR. This announcement constitutes the presolicitation notice and the synopsis. The Government intends to award a contract(s) to the offeror(s) that offers the best value as defined in the solicitation and meets the solicitation's technical requirements. A pre-bid conference call is scheduled for October 28, 2016 at 11 a.m. Supplier technical responses to the solicitation are due no later than 2:00 p.m. on November 8, 2016 via email to the Contracting Officer (see solicitation instructions). Pricing will be submitted in accordance with the solicitation on November 16, 2016 via an online reverse auction process. Contact Mr. Ken Shutika on (202) 329-1826 (ken.shutika@gsa.gov) if you have any questions (email preferred). Suppliers interested in obtaining authorization to pull account data from the local utility should contact Mr. Shutika.

Contracting Office Address:
1800 F Street, NW, Room 3039
Washington, District of Columbia 20405

Primary Point of Contact.:
Ken M. Shutika,
Contracting Officer
ken.shutika@gsa.gov
Phone: (202) 329-1826