Electric power supply for various Federal Accounts in Washington, DC and Maryland and behind PJM

The General Services Administration is requesting proposals from electric generation suppliers to provide electric power supply to Federal accounts in Washington, DC and Maryland in PJM.  Approximately 60% of the requirement is behind PEPCO and the remaining 40% behind Potomac Edison.  The Government has divided its electric requirement into two (2) fixed price pricing groups.  The fixed price groups will have a term of thirty-six (36) months.  The successful offeror will supply all electricity components for the respective pricing groups.  Deliveries will begin with the December 2012 meter read date for Pricing Group 1 and with the September 2012 meter read date for Pricing Group 2 unless otherwise specified. A six (6) month extension period is included in the contract. The approximate total annual electric requirement is 56,000 MWhs MWhs for the fixed price groups.  The price offered will apply to all accounts in the pricing group and that price will remain fixed for the contract term.  Capacity and transmission will be treated as pass-through pricing items.  This procurement is being conducted on an unrestricted 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 that offers the lowest evaluated price and meets the solicitation's technical requirements. Multiple awards will be considered.  Supplier technical responses to the solicitation are due no later than 2:00 p.m. on July 10, 2012 via email to the Contracting Officer (see solicitation instructions).  Pricing will be submitted in accordance with the solicitation on July 17, 2012 via email to the contracting officer (see solicitation instructions).  Contact Mr. Ken Shutika on (202) 260-9713 (ken.shutika@gsa.gov) if you have any questions.  Suppliers interested in obtaining authorization to pull account data from the local utility should contact Mr. Shutika.