Federal Bureau of Prisons, Construction Contracting Section, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534

S -- GAS UTILITY SERVICES SOL RFP X00-0393 DUE 010500 POC Eric Claud (202)307-0954 The Federal Bureau of Prisons has a future requirement for natural gas service at a proposed United States Penitentiary to be located in Martin County, KY. The facility will house approximatly 1,500 inmates, warehouse space and other generic institutional elements. The natural gas service is presently estimated to be required by October 1, 2002. Permanent service connection shall be completed by April 1, 2002 for testing purposes. The contractor shall operate and maintain facilities necessary to provide the correctional facility an estimate annual volume of 50,000 MCF, including transmission and distribution to the burner tip. Actual usage requirements may not be determined until after the first year of full capacity operation. The estimates provided are for the contractors benefit and are not meant as a guarantee of revenue or use. The provider shall deliver the required natural gas service at an estimatd maximum of 44,862 cubic feet(cf)/hour(hr) at an estimated 15 psi, to support the design of the United States Penitentiary. The provider shall deliver the required natural gas service through a gas regulator(s) and main gas meter(s) of a type to record the quantity of all natural gas consumed by the facility. The provider shall provide and install the meter at the point of connection which will be shown in the solicitation document. The solicitation is estimated to be available on or about December 16, 1999. The bid opening is tentatively scheduled for January 18, 2000. Please fax written request for the solicitation document to (202) 616-6055. No telephone requests will be accepted. You may mail your written request to the following address: Construction Contracting Section, Procurement and Property Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street NW Room 500-6, Waahingtion DC 20534. ATTN.: Eric D. Claud, Contracting Officer. Posted 11/10/99 (W-SN400077). (0314)

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