S -- Synopsis for McConnell Air Force Base

DESC: The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), in conjunction with the Office of the Air Force plans to offer the privatization of the existing Natural Gas utility system located at McConnell Air Force Base (ARB), Kansas. 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, a firm will be selected to assume ownership of the above-mentioned utility system. The successful firm 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 resulting contract, if awarded, will require the Contractor to furnish all facilities, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain, and operate, the utility system. The Contractor shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area. The Contractor shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the utility system 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-Way (ROW) as an attachment to the RFP. The utility system will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract. The Contractor proposal 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 Systems being privatized are described as follows: Installation: McConnell Air Force Base (AFB) Location: Wichita, Kansas Installation Description: McConnell Air Force Base (AFB) is located southeast of Wichita, KS. McConnell AFB occupies 2853 acres and contains approximately 653 buildings. The west side is mostly devoted to the Kansas Air National Guard. Utility system to be privatized: The following is provided only to give an approximation of the size, scope and general description of the system. Any numbers should only be used for estimating purposes. The following system parameters are approximations. a. Natural Gas: McConnell AFB: Natural Gas is supplied through an 18 high-pressure line (320 psig) and enters a metering station. This metering and regulating station serves the entire base at 50 psig. Williams Natural Gas owns the 18 inch supply line, metering station, and regulator; McConnell AFB owns the 4 steel line from the odorizer onward. The distribution system consists of approximately 160,349 linear feet of underground piping and associated valves, meters and regulators. Most of the piping is les than 10 years old. Approximately 99 percent of the system piping is polyethylene; the remaining 1 percent is wrapped carbon steel. Kansas Air National Guard Base: Kansas Air National Guard Base's supply of natural gas is through K,G,&E by way of two lines. The majority of natural gas supplied to Kansas Air National Guard Base is supplied from a 4 steel line at 20 psig that enters the base at a metering and regulating station. This metering and regulating station serves 95% of the Guard Base at 10 psig. Natural gas enters at a second point to the west of building 80 through a 3 polyethylene line and serves only Building 65 at 10 psig. K,G,&E owns the regulators and meters at the two metering stations. Kansas Air National Guard owns the piping after the meters. The Kansas Air National Guard portion of the Air Force owned distribution system consists of approximately 14, 021 linear feet of underground piping and associated valves, meters and regulators. The piping ranges in age from 20 years to 23 years. Approximately 37 percent of the system piping is polyethylene and the remaining 63 percent is wrapped carbon steel. 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 Mily Le at contact@example.gov to be added to our bidder mailing list. A copy of the solicitation will be available after issuance, on the Internet at the below listed URL. The solicitation will be available on or after January 16, 2004. LINKURL: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246; LINKDESC: http://www.desc.dla.mil. EMAILADD: contact@example.gov or contact@example.gov for additional information or clarification.