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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 27,1998 PSA#2209Commanding Officer, Southern Division,Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, 2155 Eagle Drive, P. O. Box 190010, North Charleston, SC
29419-9010 Y -- PRIVATIZATION UNDER 10 USC 2688, "UTILITY SYSTEMS: CONVEYANCE
AUTHORITY" AT NAVY TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER (NTTC) CORRY STATION,
NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL CENTER
(NETPDTC) SAUFLEY FIELD, AND NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS) PENSACOLA,
FLORIDA DUE 120898 POC Point of Contact -- Catherine Wilber, Contract
Specialist, 843-820-5698 PURPOSE: The Navy seeks to identify
responsible sources and obtain information in regard to privatization
of utility systems in accordance with 10 USC 2688, "Utility Systems:
Conveyance Authority". NTTC Corry Station, NETPDTC Saufley Field, and
NAS Pensacola, Florida are seeking interest and information
specifically for the privatization of natural gas utility systems. The
resulting privatization will include assumption of ownership,
operation and maintenance, and obligation to continue the service for
an indefinite and ongoing period. OBJECTIVE: Should privatization
result, the ownership of the entire utility plant and/or distribution
system, including all operating responsibility shall transfer to a
regional or municipal utility or to a private company. All
responsibility for maintaining reliable service, including such items
as environmental compliance, maintenance costs, major system
renovations construction, equipment, manpower, and overhead costs shall
become the utility provider's responsibility. It is intended that
privatization will reduce the Navy's life cycle costs. SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION: The following is provided only to give an approximation of
the size and general description of the systems. Any numbers may only
be estimates for the purpose. NETPDTC SAUFLEY FIELD, WATER: NETPDTC
Saufley Field purchases water from Escambia County Utility Authority.
The distribution system consists of 4 to 12 inch lines, a 150,000
gallon elevated storage tank, and a 50,000 gallon ground storage
reservoir. The system does maintain water treatment capability on an
as-needed basis to maintain an adequate chlorine residual of 0.2 mg/l.
NETPDTC SAUFLEY FIELD, WASTEWATER: NETPDTC Saufley Field's wastewater
system consists of a small lift station located on the southeast
corner of the facility, gravity flow collection and a force main
system.. The gravity collection system is approximately 7,500 feet and
is composed mainly of 8 to 12 inch diameter piping. This system flows
to a newly constructed pumping station near theold trickling filter
treatment plant. Flows are pumped through a new 6 inch PVC force main
that transports the wastewater to the Escambia County Utilities
Authority (ECUA) municipal collection system for treatment. The force
main connects to the ECUA system at the intersection of Saufley Field
Road and Blue Angel Parkway. The recently abandoned wastewater
treatment will be closed out with the direction of the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection. NAS PENSACOLA, WATER: NAS
Pensacola receives water from the potable water treatment plant at NTTC
Corry Station via two low pressure transmission mains, 16 inch and 24
inch. . Two wells are located at NAS for emergency purposes only. There
are four elevated storage tanks with 1.45 million gallon capacity and
four ground level storage tanks with 4.8 million gallon capacity. The
water distribution system consists of 4 inch to 20 inch diameter mains
and two pump stations to transfer the water from the ground level
storage to the distribution system and the elevated storage tanks. The
water and transmission mains are made of cast iron, transite (asbestos
cement) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) materials. NAS PENSACOLA,
WASTEWATER: The wastewater treatment at NAS Pensacola is designed to
treat the domestic wastewaters from NAS Pensacola and NTTC Corry
Station and oily wastewater collected from the bildges of ships and
other Naval vessels visiting the base . Separate facilities are used to
pretreat the domestic and bilgewater wastes prior to mixing for the
combined treatment in the activated sludge process with aerobic sludge
digestion. Domestic sludge is landspread at Sherman Field. The
activated sludge system is followed by effluent chlorination,
filtration and dechlorination prior to discharge into Pensacola Bay.
The treatment plant has a permitted capacity of 4.0 MGD. The domestic
wastewater collection system consists of three primary lift stations
and fourteen secondary lift stations. The bildgewater pretreatment
system consists of a load equalization tank, skimming of floating oil
from the surface, removal of sludge from the tank bottom, containment
of waste material and transfer of the tank effluent to the treatment
plant. PROCEDURES: This request for interested parties is for gathering
information and is one required compoonent of a complete and systematic
process to evaluate interested parties under the Department of the
Navy's utilities privatization program. In order to minimize costs both
to potentially interested parties and the government, this notice is
being issued to determine the interest and feasibility of proceeding
with a formal request for proposals. Should insufficient credible
interest be identified for a privatization action, it is hightly likely
that no formal solicitation will be issued. SHOULD INTEREST BE
DETERMINED SUFFICIENT, A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS MAY BE
FORTHCOMING. Interested parties should provide a statement of interest
on company letterhead (not to exceed 20 pages in length). The
statement shall include as a minimum the following criteria: (1)
capability and experience in the ownership, operation and maintenance
of similar systems; (2) financial capacity to purchase, expand, and
operate a utility system; (3) a statement showing its understanding of
an obligation to provide continuous utility service; (4) understanding
of any applicable state or local utility law or franchise requirements,
and capability of complying with such requirements; (5) understanding
of the federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations and
its familiarity and experience with environmental compliance
procedures and regulations for the state of Florida and US
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV. Elaborate proposals or
pricing information is neither required nor desired. Any innovative and
new conceptual ideas to achieve stated objectives are encouraged. It
should be noted that individual RFIs for different utility systems may
be issued in the same time frame. A separate response to each RFI is
required. SITE VISIT: A site visit will be held sometime in November
1998. Please contact David Morres at (850) 452-9440 not later than 13
November 1998 concerning the site visit. Posted 10/23/98 (W-SN264903).
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