S -- PRIVATIZATION OF U.S. ARMY OWNED PRIMARY ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS The Government is pursuing the privatization of the U.S. Army owned primary electrical distribution systems which provide electrical utility service on military installations located on the Islands of Oahu and Hawaii, State of Hawaii. The scope of this initiative involves the purchase, ownership, maintenance and operation of the entire high voltage electrical distribution systems (this includes all electrical services over 600 volts up to, but not including, the service disconnects) which provides utility service to the various military installations. The electrical utility system consists of many separate and distinct systems. These are Schofield Barracks (15 mva demand, approximately 4000 possible metering points), Wheeler Army Airfield (5 mva demand, approximately 500 possible metering points), Fort Shafter (6 mva demand, approximately 1200 metering points), Tripler Army Medical Center (6 mva demand), Aliamanu Military Reservation (5 mva demand), Fort DeRussy (5mva demand), Schofield Waste Water Treatment Plant (approximately 3mva demand) Helemano Military Reservation (2mva demand), Wheeler Housing (2mva demand, approximately 500 metering points), Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station (2mva demand), and the following loads with demands approximately less than 2mva, Waianae Army Rest Camp, Kilauea Military Camp, Pohakuloa Training Area, Dillingham Military Reservation, Mauna Kapu, Makua Military Reserve, Kawaihae Harbor, Maui Reserve Center, Hilo Reserve Center, Kahuku Training Area, Fort Ruger. The total electrical capacity of the Schofield Barracks Electrical system, consisting of the Castner and Menoher Substations (44kv to 7.2kv stepdowns) which serve Schofield Barracks, is 30MVA. The substations nominal demand during the peak summer months is approximately 15 MVA. Approximately 5 MVA of this load was shifted to Wheeler Army Airfield's new Hawaiian Electric Company substation. In April, 1996, 1MW demand from the East Range Deepwell pumps were transferred to the Wheeler Army Airfield substation There are approximately 770 stepdown transformers of which approximately 200 are pad-mounted. Most require replacement. There are a total of approximately 400 miles of overhead and underground lines on Schofield Barracks. This procurement will be issued on a sole source basis to Hawaiian Electric Company, Incorporated, 900 Richards Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Potential firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement or their desire to submit proposals by contacting the address below by February 18, 1998. See Numbered Note 22. U.S. Army Garrison, Hawaii, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: APVG-GKC, Mr. Charles Jaber, Building 520, Basement Level, Pierce Street, Fort Shafter, HI 96858-5025, Fax Number: (808) 438-6563. In the Commerce Business Daily, Note 22 sates: "The proposed contact action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interestand capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement."

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