DOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

S -- ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT SOL DTRS57-96-R-00022 DUE 102896 POC Kathleen Foley, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-2824, Donna Brickley, Contracting Officer, (617) 494-3661. The Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) intends to award a firm-fixed-priced energy savings performance contract for its facility located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This proposed energy savings performance contract will provide for retrofit or replacement of existing fluorescent fixtures with electronic ballasts, T8 lamps and specular reflectors, replacement of specified pump, fan and elevator motors rated 7.5HP or greater with high efficiency motors, conversion of specified interior air handlers to variable air volume operation, conversion of a portion of the existing chillwater system to a drycooling system and the replacement of the existing Honeywell System 6 energy management and control system with a Direct Digital Control & Energy Management System. The contractor shall design, fabricate, furnish, deliver, receive, store during construction, move into and out of storage, care for during storage, erect, finance, own, start, commission, operate, maintain and repair all newly installed systems for the life of the contract. The term of this proposed contract is limited to twenty (20) years and is authorized by Public Law 99-272, Title VIII. Payment for services will be made from the resulting contractor guaranteed energy cost savings. The facility is provided electricity and steam from Commonwealth Electric Company. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about September 13, 1996 and proposals received on or about October 28, 1996. All responsible sources must be qualified by the Federal Department of Energy under the Federal Energy Management Program. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Volpe Center. Interested offerors shall submit a written request for a copy of the solicitation. Telephone requests will not be honored. The Standard Industrial Code applicable to this procurement is 8999. For Minority, Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short-term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, please call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. (0228)

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