SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Synopsis for Robins AFB
- Notice Date
- 1/2/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Operations, Defense Energy Support Center, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060-6222
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6222
- Solicitation Number
- SP0600-04-R-0029
- Point of Contact
- Brad Backus, Contracting Officer, Phone 703 767-8131, Fax 703 767-2382, - Helene Horrell, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 767-8671, Fax (703) 767-2382,
- E-Mail Address
-
brad.backus@dla.mil, helene.horrell@dla.mil
- Description
- DESC: The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the Office of the Air Force plans to offer the privatization of the existing Electric, Natural Gas, Water and Wastewater utility systems located at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. 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, a firm will be selected to assume ownership of the above-mentioned utility systems. The successful firm will be required to purchase the existing system from the Government and may be required to provide expansions to the system 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. The Contractor shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area. The Contractor shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the utility system 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 will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract. The Contractor proposal 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. Utility Systems being privatized are described as follows: Installation: Robins Air Force Base (AFB) Location: Warner Robins, Georgia Installation Description: Robins Air Force Base (AFB) is located in Houston County, east of the City of Warner Robins, approximately 16 miles south of Macon, Georgia. Robins AFB comprises approximately 8,855 acres and is comprised of approximately l,500 buildings. Utility systems to be privatized: The following is provided only to give an approximation of the size, scope and general description of the systems. Any numbers should only be used for estimating purposes. The following system parameters are approximations. a. Electric: Electric power is supplied from GPC through three ll5-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines that feed into the GPC switching station, which then supplies power to the bases two substations. 115 kV power, received from GPC, is reduced to useable 12.47 kV by two 20-megavolt ampere (MVA) GPC power transformers located at each substation. The on-Base power distribution system is monitored by a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. The SCADA system will not be transferred under this contract. At the D Street Substation, the power is distributed to the base through sixteen l5 kV, 1,200 amp General Electric vacuum circuit breakers. The distribution feeders travel from the substation as underground circuits consisting primarily of 500 MCM copper conductors in concrete encased duct banks, with final load taps being made up with predominantly #2 copper conductors. At the 9th Street Substation, the power is distributed to the Base through either l5 kV, 1,200 amp General Electric vacuum circuit breakers. The distribution feeders travel from the substation as underground and overhead circuits. The underground consists primarily of 500 MCM copper conductors in concrete encased duct banks and final load taps being made up with predominantly #2 copper conductors. The overhead circuits consist of both aluminum and copper conductors. The underground circuits on base equate to an approximate three-phase, four-wire circuit equivalence of 223,814 linear feet. The overhead circuits on base equate to an approximate three-phase, four-wire circuit equivalence of 62,650 linear feet. b. Natural Gas: The natural gas system at Robins Air Force Base is connected to two high-pressure sources of natural gas. One is a connection to a gas pipeline owned by Atlanta Gas and Light and the other is a connection to a local distribution company, the City of Warner Robins gas system. Interruptible gas supply is purchased competitively on short-term contracts. Firm gas is purchase under a long-term contract with the City. Natural gas is received from the supplier and reduced to approximately 55 to 60 pounds per square inch gauge (psid). The City has meters in the distribution system on base for distinguishing between firm and interruptible gas sales. The base can purchase interruptible gas rather than firm gas because of the completion of a propane/air peaking system. ERI Services constructed, owns, operates, and maintains the propane air system on the base. The system is designed to provide 400 MMBTU/hour at peak. There are six 60,000-gallon propane storage tanks designed to operate at an 80 percent load factor. The first sections of the gas system were constructed in the l950s. The original gas system piping consisted of black iron and steel pipe. Portions of these pipes were abandoned in place and replaced with polyethylene (PE) pipe. New construction is generally PE pipe. The distribution system is looped so that in nearly all locations buildings can be fed from at least two different paths. There are approximately ll9 buildings and 763 housing units connected to the base gas system. The distribution system has 217,000 linear feet of pipe that is a mixture of coated and wrapped steel, black iron, cast iron, and PE piping. PE pipe comprises approximately 55 percent of the system. Steel mains range in size from ? inch to 8 inches in diameter. PE mains range in size from 1 to 8 inches in diameter. Service lines range from ? inch to 3 inches in diameter. The steel piping systems are protected from external corrosion by an impressed current cathodic protection system. A total of 18 rectifiers are installed throughout the base to protect the gas lines. These protection systems were installed between l977 and l980. There are eight ?district? regulator stations located on the system. Seen of these regulator stations reduce the pressure to ~ 35 psig to serve the housing areas. One station at the northeast corner of the base reduces the pressure to ~ 25 psig. The stations are typically above grade and protected by concrete block walls or fencing. The regulator stations have redundant regulators and bypass loops for protection and to allow for continued operation in the event of a regulator failure. The base ass 65 gas meters for measuring gas use as a basis for charging for reimbursable accounts or for new buildings and energy management purposes. The City of Warner Robins currently has a high-pressure pipeline that crosses the base, Atlanta Gas Pipeline has a pipeline that crosses the runway and terminates in the central part of the base. c. Potable Water: The base water distribution system supplies water for residential and industrial on the Main base. Construction of the water distribution system infrastructure began in the early 1940s. The water distribution system consists of approximately 96 miles of distribution pipe ranging from ? inch to 30 inches in diameter. Most of the pipe is in the 8 to 12 inch range. Total water storage capacity is 2.7 million gallons. The water supply is drawn from seven on-base water wells. An eighth well exists as part of the Robins West housing development, which is not included in the purchase of this utility. Water is being drawn from the Bluffton Aquifer and requires minimal, if any, treatment to meet drinking water standards. Treatment that does occur consists of chlorine injection, fluoridation, lime injection and polyphosphate. The extraction of groundwater is permitted by the State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division as required by the Groundwater Use Act. The Air Force will retain its Bluffton Aquifer water rights. The contractor is purchasing the distribution system only. The water distribution system is comprised of several piping materials, including cast iron, ductile iron, polyvinyl chloride and asbestos cement. There are 21 water supply booster pump stations. These booster pumps are assumed dedicated to a facility and therefore not included in the purchase of this utility. There are also four pump stations associated with the fire protection system, which also are not included in the purchase of this utility. The water distribution system contains four tanks with a total capacity of 2.5 MG of storage. The system consists of storage for housing and base facilities. All elevated storage tanks have cathodic protection. No cathodic protection exists on any of the distribution lines. d. Wastewater: The sanitary system consists of 1 operating treatment plant and approximately 60 miles of collection pipe, ranging in size from 2 to 30 inches in diameter. Most of the pipe is in the 4 to 10 inch diameter ranges. The sanitary collection system is comprised of several different piping materials, including cast iron, asbestos cement, reinforced concrete, vitrified clay, ductile iron, and polyvinyl chloride. The majority of the collection piping material (approximately 70 percent) is vitrified clay. Robins AFB is nearing completion of a five year collection pipe improvement program to clean, inspect, and repair the sanitary sewer lines. Approximately 30 miles of the estimated 43 miles of aging pipe have been cleaned and inspected through this program. Approximately 180 point repairs have been completed along these sections of pipe. The repairs were noted as point repairs and also include some repairs made for pipe breaks, independent of the program. The sanitary sewer treatment facility included in the purchase of the utility has a capacity of 3.3 million gallons per day (mdg). The treatment facility discharges to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitted Outfall No. 10, which is then combined with other discharges at a pump station and flows to the Ocmulgee River via a C900, 18 inch diameter pipeline. This pump station and the sanitary sewer treatment facility serve as a final polishing treatment for the effluent from the Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1. 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 January 23, 2004. LINKURL: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246; LINKDESC: http://www.desc.dla.mil. EMAILADD: helene.horrell@dla.mil or brad.backus@dla.mil for additional information or clarification.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia
- Zip Code: 31098
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00497897-W 20040104/040102235635 (fbodaily.com)
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