S -- PRIVATIZATION OF THE ELECTRIC, WATER, AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEMS AT MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL SUNNY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

Notice Date

August 30, 2001

Contracting Office

Defense Energy Support Center, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Suite 4950, Ft Belvoir, VA 22060-6222

ZIP Code

22060-6222

Solicitation Number

SP0600-01-R-0130

Response Due

March 13, 2002

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist, Sherry Anderson at (703) 767-8127 or Contracting Officer, Verna L. Velez at (703) 767-9405

E-Mail Address

For additional information or clarification and to (sanderson@desc.dla.mil)

Description

DESC: The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the US Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) and Sunny Point, plans to offer the privatization of the electrical, water, and wastewater distribution system at Sunny Point, North Carolina. Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership and responsibility for the operation, maintenance, repair, future upgrades, and future utility system replacements. As a result of this solicitation, firm(s) will be selected to assume ownership of the electrical, water, and wastewater distribution system. The successful firm(s) will be required to purchase the existing system from the Government and may be required to provide expansions to the system to meet future needs of the Government. The successful contractor may or may not be the supplier of the commodity procured by the Government. The resulting contract(s), if awarded, will require the Contractor(s) to furnish all facilities, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain and operate the utility system(s). The Contractor(s) shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system(s) to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area. The Contractor(s) shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the utility system(s) in a safe, reliable condition and to meet the requirements listed in the contract. Real property interests will be conveyed in the form of an Easement as an attachment to the RFP. The utility system(s) will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract. The Contractor(s) proposals and plans may become a part of the contract upon the decision to award. Past Performance information from potential offerors shall be submitted as directed in the RFP. No offeror will be denied the opportunity to submit a proposal in response to the RFP. Utility System being privatized are described as follows: INSTALLATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS DESCRIPTIONS: THE MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL SUNNY POINT (MOTSU) GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) is located in Sunny Point, North Carolina, on the Cape Fear River within Brunswick County, and due south of Wilmington on the North Carolina coast. The primary mission of MOTSU is the distribution of ordnance for United States Military operations throughout the world. The facility is located along the Cape Fear River, approximately 5 miles north of Southport, North Carolina. The terminal has grown over the years; currently it is comprised of 8,573 fenced acres, 5,050 unfenced acres on permanent easement, 2,115 acres that form an explosive safety buffer zone on the east side of the Cape Fear River in New Hanover County; a 652-acre rail holding yard northwest in Leland, North Carolina; and 6 acres in the city of Southport, North Carolina, on Fort Johnston. The mission of MOTSU is to plan, coordinate, and accomplish movement of ammunition and other dangerous cargo through MOTSU to support the Department of Defense. The terminal is a transshipment point for ammunition and other equipment required by U.S. military personnel and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DESCRIPTION: MOTSU electrical distribution system includes; approximately 176,050 circuit feet of overhead conductor; 4,150 linear feet of underground conductor; 173 transformers; 1,200 utility poles; 7 generators; a 27 kV, 3-pole, gang operated, air break switch; and a 27 kV automatic recloser switch. The electrical distribution components vary in age from 1967 to 2001. The electrical distribution system components to be transferred includes transformers, overhead and underground circuits, protective devices, lightning protection, utility and street and site lighting poles, switches, street and site lighting fixtures, emergency generator sets, and other ancillary equipment. Specifically excluded from the electrical system privatization are: outdoor lighting mounted on buildings, electrical facilities located on the load side of demarcation points, lightning protection devices mounted on buildings and poles not associated with the electrical distribution system or street or site lighting. Electric power is provided to MOTSU by Carolina Power and Light Company (CP&L), and is primary metered at 22.8 kV on the incoming utility service pole adjacent to the MOTSU switching station. Power is distributed inside the facility at 13.2/22.8 kV, and transformed to user voltages at each point of consumption. WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DESCRIPTION: MOTSU water distribution system includes; approximately 118,385 linear feet of piping; 149 gate valves; 169 hydrants; two each water wells at 12,000 gallons per hour, one booster station; one water treatment plant, and one 500,000 gallon water storage tank. The general age of the system is 31 years, but a main water supply line from the County water lines was installed in 1989 by MOTSU. Potable water at MOTSU is supplied by the Brunswick County Water Treatment Plant, which is located 15 miles to the north of the Installation. MOTSU is connected to the County distribution system. The Brunswick County water treatment plant is contracted to supply 100,000 gallons per day. In addition to the water system, including the water treatment facility, there are two ground water wells, each with the capability of supplying 12,000 gallons per hour. The wells are used only as backup to maintain pressure and flow during fire fighting activities, as well as to keep the 500,000-gallon storage tank at a proper level. Additional water mains have been installed since 1989 to loop most of the mains within the facility. WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM DESCRIPTION: MOTSU wastewater collection system is comprised of approximately 25,000 linear feet of pipe; 11 sewage pumping stations; one septic tank sump pump; 12 septic systems; and three wastewater lagoons. The general age of the system is 34 years. The septic tanks and associated drain fields are used as the primary means of wastewater disposal on the Installation. Lagoons are used to treat the sewage from the smoking rooms and latrines at each of the three wharves. The lagoon for the center wharves also has a ship-to-shore transfer system, but it is no longer in use. There is a possibility Brunswick County wastewater system may allow connection at some future date. The existing on-post system is composed of 3-inch to 8-inch sewage lines. The majority of these lines are PVC, though there is some cast iron pipe in the system, and vitrified clay pipe is located in the drain fields. MOTSU wastewater systems have a combined design capacity of 0.1 MGD. Treatment is carried out through 12 septic tanks, 12 drain fields, and three (3) treatment lagoons. The wharf wastewater, after entering the lagoons and being chlorinated in a tablet chlorination chamber, is discharged to a drainage ditch, which drains to the Cape Fear River.

Web Link

Click here to review or download the solicitation when (http://www.desc.dla.mil/main/a/priv/priv.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010904/SSOL009.HTM (W-242 SN50W4K3)