S -- WATER DISTRIBUTION AND WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS, UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION AT CANYON LAKE RECREATION AREA, TEXAS.

Notice Date

September 6, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, Fort Worth -- Military, PO Box 17300/819 Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

ZIP Code

76102-0300

Solicitation Number

DACA63-01-R-0026

Response Due

October 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Sharon Hair, 817/978-3194

E-Mail Address

US Army Engineer District, Fort Worth -- Military (sharon.l.hair@swf02.usace.army.mil)

Description

The Water and Wastewater Collection Systems at Canyon Lake Recreation Area, Texas, are being privatized in accordance with the Defense Reform Initiative Directive (DRID) #49. Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership, esponsibilities, investme nts, upgrade, plant replacement, continued operation and maintenance of Army-owned facilities to the non-Federal sector. Fort Sam Houston, Texas, (FSH) seeks a company or companies, (Owner) to own, operate, maintain, renew and expand pprivatize), the pota ble water pumping, treatment, storage and distribution systems (Water System), the wastewater collection and treatment systems (Wastewater System), and to contract with that Owner to distribute potable water and collect waste water at Canyon Lake Recreatio n Area, Texas, (CLRA). CLRA produces, treats, stores and distributes all of their potable water requirements. The CLRA Water System includes a water supply well capable of 90 thousand gallons per day (KGD), with an average daily production rate of 3.2 to 8 .4 KGD, that pumps from the Glen Rose Aquifer, through an ion exchanger and chlorine/fluoride/corrosion inhibitor injector treatment facility. CLRA treated water is stored in a 20 thousand gallon in ground storage tank, and distributed through approximately 7,000 linear feet of mains. CLRA also collects all of its wastewater. CLRA collects wastewater through approximately 5,00 0 feet of mains and disposes of it through its own wastewater treatment plant. The CLRA wastewater treatment plant is an aeration plant permitted for 0.0125 MGD with a pretreatment holding tank for daily discharges in excess of permitted capacity, with an average treatment rate of 0.010 MGD. Offerors will be required to prepare a proposal identifying their proposed sustainable system quality standards, the cost of remediation to achieve those standards, the offered system purchase price, and the proposed di stribution and/or collection charges for each. Net system purchase credits or debits will be amortized over an offered period. Potential offerors are not required to be a regulated utility. The Owner must meet and/or conform to all applicable Federal, Stat e, and local, laws, codes, rules and regulations. Award will be made based on comparison between our estimated cost of continued ownership and the best acceptable offeror's proposal for economic savings. If it is determined there are not economic savings t o the Government, the Government may retain ownership and operation of the individual Water and Wastewater Systems. The contract will be for a period of fifty (50) years. This requirement is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer, whic h shall be considered by the agency. The solicitation will issue on or about 28 September 2001 with proposals due on or about 31 October 2001. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Codes applicable to this project are 221310 (Water Distribution) and 221320 (Sewage Treatment Facilities), which corresponds with SIC codes of 4941 and 4952, respectively. The small business size standard for each code is $5.0 million. Offerors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendmen ts from the Internet at the following address: https://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil/ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp This solicitation will be issued Internet only; therefore, no Compact Disks (CD-ROM) or paper copies will be provided. Notification of amendment s will be made through either 3.5 diskette, CD-ROM, and/or the Internet; however, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. It is therefore, the contractor s responsibility to check th e Internet address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. All offerors are encouraged to visit the Army s Single Face to Industry website at http://acquisition.army.mil to view other business opportunities across the Army.

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010910/SSOL020.HTM (D-249 SN50W9Q5)