Notice of Intent to proceed with steps award a contract, sole sourcing to Gulf Power Company, Pensacola, FL for a Utility Energy Service Contract.

NOTICE OF INTENTSynopsis:

THE 2007 NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROCUREMENT: 221 UTILITIES

THIS IS NOT A REQEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, PWD Pensacola, FL, intends to award a contract to one source (Gulf Power Company, the local franchised electric utility provider) under the authority of 10 U.S.C 2913 which allows the Navy to enter into agreements with gas or electric utilities to design and implement cost-effective demand and conservation incentive programs (including energy management services, facilities alterations, and the installation and maintenance of energy savings devices and technologies by the utilities) to address the requirement and circumstances of the installation. This contract is referred to as Utility Energy Services Contract (UESC).

The UESC award is for various Energy Conservation Measures in specified facilities at Naval Air Station Pensacola as a result of a no-cost preliminary energy audit. The process requires that the responsible Utility must have the ability to provide or obtain financing on terms offered to its most favored customers in a comparable service class, or with a comparable risk profile. Therefore, contractor will not receive compensation until completion of the implementation project, and payments will be based on a long-term (11 year) amortization schedule.

Interested utilities may identify their interest and ability to meet the requirements stated herein may submit their corporate capabilities for consideration. The submission must include the utility company's NAICS code and Cage Code. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Responses to this posting must be submitted to alice.oberhausen@navy.mil in PDF format no later than 26 February 2010.

Point of Contact : Alice Oberhausen, Contract Specialist, Phone (850) 452-3131 ext 3079.