General Information Contracting Office Address Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Room 3830, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-6222. Description The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the United States Air Force, plans to offer the privatization of the natural gas, water, and wastewater distribution systems at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership and responsibility for the operations, maintenance, repair, future upgrades, and future utility system replacements. As a result of this solicitation, the firm will be selected to assume ownership of the above-mentioned utility system(s). The successful firm will be required to provide expansions to the system(s) to meet future needs of the government. The resulting contract, if awarded, will require the Contractor to furnish all necessary labor, management, supervision, permits, equipment, supplies, materials, transportation, and any other incidental items or services required for the complete ownership of and provision of utility services via the utility system(s), including operation, maintenance, repair, upgrade, and improvement of the systems.. 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 a Right-of-Access. 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. MacDill AFB is located approximately eight miles south of downtown Tampa on the tip of the Interbay Peninsula in Hillsborough County, Florida. The base is surrounded by Tampa Bay on the south and west; by Hillsborough Bay on the east, and by the city of Tampa on the north. The base covers about 5,630 acres of land and has an approximate population of 5,322 active duty and 1,077 civilian personnel. Based upon present real estate records, MacDill AFB provides operations and maintenance support for approximately 480 separate facilities, excluding Military Family Housing. This includes approximately 67 administration facilities, 16 dormitories, and 10 Temporary Lodging Facilities. The remaining facilities are considered commercial or industrial use facilities and range from small shop spaces to large maintenance hangars. Natural Gas: TECO Peoples Gas supplies natural gas to the base. A single eight-inch pipeline provides gas service for the entire base. Service is provided to the base at a pressure of 10 pounds per square inch guage. All equipment downstream of the manifold is owned, operated and maintained by MacDill AFB personnel. The on-base distribution system consists of approximately 78,350 linear feet of underground piping; 65% PE and 35% steel, with 99% of it being installed in the 1970's. There are approximately 445 valves ranging in size from 0.75 to 8 inches; 33 meters ranging in size from 1.25 to 8 inches; and 239, 1.25 inch regulators. The majority of the pipe and valves were installed in the 1970's and the meters and regulators were installed in 1941. Potable Water: MacDill AFB purchases all its potable water from the City of Tampa. The City's Hillsborough River Water Treatment Plant, a surface water plant that utilizes the Hillsborough River as its primary source, provides about 75% to 90% of the water supply for the Tampa area. The remaining 10% to 25% is supplied by the City's Morris Bridge Water Treatment Plant, which utilizes water from a well field of 20 wells in the Floridan Aquifer, and is located about 10 miles northeast of the Hillsborough River Plant. MacDill has three City-owned, metered connections to the City system. In the past two years, peak-month usage averaged about 1.3 to 1.4 MGD. Delivered water pressure by the City is about 50 to 60 psig. MacDill constructed a booster chloramine disinfection system in 2002. Potable water is stored in two ground level and 2 elevated storage tanks. Three of the tanks are 1941 vintage and one is 1956 vintage. There are approximately 405,659 linear feet of pipe ranging in size from 0.75 to 20 inches. Approximately 88% of the pipe was installed prior to 1960. There are approximately 501 valves ranging from 2 to 20 inches; 85% installed prior to 1960. There are approximately 290 hydrants, 39 meters, and 63 backflow preventers. Wastewater: MacDill AFB owns, operates, and maintains the sewage collection and treatment system that serves the Base. The average daily flow for the only wastewater treatment plant (installed in 1953) is 0.50 to 0.60 mgd with maximum daily flows of up to 2.0 mgd during wet weather. The treatment plant permitted capacity is 1.2 mgd. There are approximately 981,558 linear feet of pipe ranging from 0.5 to 24 inches. Approximately 18% of the pipe was installed prior to 1960. There are 61 lift stations, 32 installed prior to 1980. There are 5 emergency generators, 274 brick manholes (1940 vintage), and 9 concrete manholes (2001 vintage). This requirement is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. Large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan with their offer. Interested sources should contact Aleseia Saunders at aleseia.saunders@dla.mil to be added to our bidder mailing list. A copy of the solicitation will be available after issuance, on the Internet at Federal Business Opportunity and the below listed URL. The solicitation will be available on or after March 24, 2008. LINKURL: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246 Original Point of Contact Aleseia Saunders, Contract Specialist, Phone: 703.767.9411, Fax: 703.767.2382, E-mail: aleseia.saunders@dla.mil Place of Contract Performance MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
