K -- ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR REDUCED ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND/OR ENERGY COSTS BY UTILIZING BIOMASS AND ALTERNATE METHANE FUELS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

Notice Date

January 11, 2001

Contracting Office

DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-107, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940

ZIP Code

15236-0940

Solicitation Number

DE-RP26-01NT40626

Response Due

March 27, 2001

Point of Contact

John Columbia, Contract Specialist, (412) 386-6144, James W. Huemmrich, Contracting Officer, (412) 386-6597

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via (columbia@netl.doe.gov)

Description

This publication is to announce that the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) issued the subject Technology Specific Super Energy Savings Performance Contract RFP on December 22, 2000. Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) is a federal and private-sector partnership whereby the Energy Service Company (ESCO) pays the up-front costs of purchasing and installing new energy-efficient equipment and the government repays the ESCO over the life of the ESPC contract from the energy cost savings resulting from the project. Only successful contractor(s) will be eligible to compete for or otherwise receive delivery order awards against the contracts. The scope of work is to acquire ESPC services to reduce energy consumption and/or energy costs (including related operations and maintenance costs) at Federal facilities in the United States, its territories, and internationally by utilizing biomass and alternate methane fuels (BAMF) in a variety of applications such as steam boilers, hot-water heaters, engines, turbines, vehicles, etc. BAMF projects may modify or replace existing equipment so that a Federally-owned facility can supplant or supplement their conventional fuel supply with a biomass or alternate methane fuel. BAMF projects may also install equipment that uses these fuels to accomplish something new at a Federally-owned facility, such as on-site power generation. Biomass fuels include any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis (excluding old-growth timber), such as dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crop residues, aquatic plants, wood and wood residues, animal wastes, and other waste materials. Alternate methane fuels include landfill methane, wastewater treatment digester gas and coalbed methane. The BAMF resource may be owned by the Federal government, the Contractor, or a third party and may require transport to the end-use equipment, which must be located at a Federally-owned facility. Although the primary component of any project under this ESPC must feature the use of a biomass or alternate methane fuel, all projects are also expected to employ a variety of traditional conservation measures, such as retrofits to lighting, motors and HVACsystems, to reduce energy costs. Contractors must provide full project financing. Project work includes installation, operation, maintenance, repair, inspection, training, and measurement and verification of savings. Offerors must identify a Federal facility as a basis for their proposal and gather all the necessary information from the proposed site for proposal submission. The RFP is available on the National Energy Technology Laboratory's World Wide Web Server Internet System at http:www.netl.doe.gov/solicit

Web Link

Click here to be directed to the NETL solicitation (http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicit)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010116/KSOL001.HTM (W-011 SN50A745)