Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

F -- ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT (ESPC) SOL RFP 541-82-98 DUE 021198 POC Danny O. Freeman (440) 838-6091 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brecksville, Ohio, intends to issue a competitive solicitation, on behalf of VISN 10, for a Consolidated Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC), which will include the VA Medical Center's, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Brecksville/Cleveland, and Dayton, Ohio. The anticipated period of performance under an awarded contract shall not exceed twenty-five (25) years. This service is procured by the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Order 12902 of March, 1994, which requires all federal agencies to improve energy efficiency management in their facilities and operations by the year 2005. Under the terms of an awarded contract, the contractor shall be required, at no capital cost to the Government, provide all labor, material, tools, parts, equipment, transportation, supervision and management necessary to effect energy (gas, electric, oil) and/or water consumption reductions in VISN 10. Contractor shall conduct analytical studies of current systems, design, perform development and implementation of new energy efficient systems, which shall include purchase and installation and may include operations and maintenance of new energy efficient equipment/systems. Contractor shall also be required to meet all performance standards in accordance with performance specifications, and shall provide operations, maintenance, repair, inspection and training on the implemented measures during the period of performance. Contractor shall provide and assist in all measurement and verification efforts, to ensure that guaranteed savings are occurring. The contractor receiving award shall be required to provide for the total financing of the specific projects. Offerors will only be accepted from firms which are currently on the Department of Energy's qualified contractor list for ESPC's. Requests for proposals must be in writing to the address mentioned above. Proposals may be requested by fax at (216) 838-6052. Proposals will be available o/a 12-1-97. (0308)

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