MODIFICATION
S -- Privatization of Utility Systems for White Sands Missile Range, NM
- Notice Date
- 2/2/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 221122
— Electric Power Distribution
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, Logistics Operations, Defense Energy Support Center, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060-6222
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6222
- Solicitation Number
- SP0600-05-R-0016
- Response Due
- 9/1/2005
- Point of Contact
- Terri Workman, Contract Specialist, Phone 703 767-8453, Fax 703 767-8757, - Terri Workman, Contract Specialist, Phone 703 767-8453, Fax 703 767-8757,
- E-Mail Address
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Terri.Workman@dla.mil, Terri.Workman@dla.mil
- Description
- Privatization of Gas Distribution, Water and Wastewater Utility Systems at White Sands Missile Range, NM This acquisition is for the privatization of the natural gas, water and wastewater distribution systems at White Sands Missile Range, NM. Privatization is the complete divestiture and transfer of ownership of a U.S. Government-owned utility system to a non-Government entity. In conjunction with the purchase of the systems, the contractor will also be required to provide (as needed) improvements, upgrades; repairs; expansions; investments; and plant replacement, as well as continued operation and maintenance of the utility distribution systems. The following guidance has established the necessary requirements to accomplish Utility Privatization (UP): 10 U.S.C. 2688 (1997) and OSD UP Guidance (09 Oct 02). White Sands Missile Range Overview White Sands Missile Range (WSMR, White Sands or Installation) is a national test range designed to support research, development, testing, and evaluation for the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other approved U.S. government agencies and foreign governments. The range also plans and conducts development testing and evaluation of Army missiles, rockets, and materiel systems. WSMR is located in south-central New Mexico in a region known as the Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento Mountains to the east and the San Andres and Organ Mountains to the west. The Main Post /Headquarters Area is 20 miles east of Las Cruces, NM and 45 miles north of El Paso, TX. The range boundaries extend almost 100 miles north to south by 40 miles east to west. At almost 3,200 square miles the range is the largest military installation in the country. The range opened on 9 July 1945 as White Sands Proving Ground and later renamed to White Sands Missile Range. One week after it?s opening, the first atomic bomb was exploded on the range at an area known as Trinity Site. Missile testing began in September 1945 with Tiny Tim firings and ?took off? with captured German V-2 rockets in 1946. White Sands served as the landing site for the space shuttle Columbia on 30 March 1982, at the range?s Northrup Strip. White Sands has over 840 sets of family quarters. Temporary quarters are usually available for the new families. Civilian personnel are authorized on-base housing, on a space-available basis. Sixty-four units are available for unaccompanied military personnel as well. Today, WSMR is divided into five major areas: Main Post Area, Small Missile Range, MAR, Rhodes Canyon Camp, and Stallion. Wastewater Utility System Description The WSMR Sanitary Wastewater (wastewater) Collection System comprises all appurtenances physically connected to the system from the point in which the Government ownership currently starts to the point of demarcation defined by the real estate instruments. Generally, the point of demarcation will be the building footprint. The system includes, but is not limited to the treatment facilities, manholes, and the collection piping including service laterals. This description and inventory is included to provide the Offeror with a general understanding of the size and configuration of the collection system. The inventory is assumed to be approximately 90 percent complete. The Offeror shall base its proposal on site inspections, information in the technical library, other pertinent information, and, to a lesser degree, this description. Under no circumstances shall the Offeror be entitled to any rate or cost adjustments to the contract, based on the accuracy of the Government's description and inventory. The WSMR wastewater collection system is a conventional series of gravity flow laterals, mains, and manholes. There are three small can type lift stations at WSMR. All wastewater treatment is either by the main post treatment plant, a package unit at a remote site (DATTS East), or a septic tank system (Stallion Range Camp). The collection system comprises approximately 201,410 linear feet of vitrified clay, transite, and PVC piping with associated manholes. The average age is approximately 40 years, but all of the PVC piping has been installed in recent years. Pipe sizes range from 4 to 21 inches. Building services are predominantly four, six, and eight inches. The main post area is serviced by a 1 MGD trickling filter sanitary treatment plant constructed in 1958. The 21 inch inlet flows into the headworks with a mechanically cleaned bar screen and debris separator. Waste then enters a Parshall flume where it is split and directed to two 35-foot diameter primary clarifiers. The plant contains four splitter boxes, two 100-foot diameter trickling filters, two 35-foot diameter primary and secondary digesters, two pump houses, two 35-foot diameter secondary clarifiers, a sludge recirculation pump, and heat exchanger. There is a new, three-cell, reinforced polymer concrete drying bed system. The DATTS East area uses a package plant with effluent flowing to an approximately one-acre evaporative lagoon. The Stallion Range Camp sanitary system uses a septic tank and multicelled evaporative lagoon system approximately 1.8 acres in size. A separate evaporative lagoon approximately 0.25 acre in size receives waste water from the water treatment plant. Water Utility System Description Water is supplied exclusively from deep wells in the Tularosa and Hueco Basins in the Main Post Area and the Rio Grande Basin at the Stallion Range Camp. The universal problem of declining static water levels is a particular concern at WSMR because of the close proximity of salt water. The Stallion Range complex also uses well water, which is highly saline and must be treated prior to storage and distribution. Generally, it must be recognized that potable water, regardless of the quality, is a precious commodity in this water-starved region, especially in view of the burgeoning requirements of the El Paso/Juarez municipalities. The Army is vitally interested in protecting the existing water rights for the WSMR and Fort Bliss installations, and are therefore not included as part of the Scope of this privatization action. J02.2.1 Total Storage and Distribution System A total of 839,382 lineal feet of mains and lateral lines were scaled from utility maps provided by the Installation. Subsequent review of the draft inventory report by the WSMR indicated there were 1.3 million lineal feet of water lines. This disparity is due probably to incomplete and out-of-date utility maps. The system comprises various pipe sizes and material types, as well as valves, air relief valves, back flow preventers, post indicator valves, monitoring and warning systems, fire hydrants, and storage tanks. Though the average age of the system is approximately 30 years and some repairs are needed, the system is in relatively good condition. J02.2.2 Main Post Area/SMR/MAR The Main Post, located in the extreme southwest corner of WSMR, covers approximately 1,650 acres and accommodates housing, administrative, and technical facilities. There is a large distance between components in these areas. The small missile range and the MAR are included in the main post area description however they differ in the pressure located at each area. The SMR/MAR areas include a 10-inch water line from the Main Post supplies the Launch Complexes and Orogrande area from the two 400,000-gallon ground storage tanks to the 200,000-gallon elevated tank at LC-38. A booster station then pumps water through a 10-inch line to the Orogrande Range Camp and storage tanks on Elephant Mountain. The elevated storage structures are equipped with cathodic protection, depth indicators, warning systems, and altitude transmitters. The tanks have been recently overhauled and are in excellent condition. Eleven potable wells serve the Main Post Area and collectively produce approximately 600 to 700 million gallons of water per year. Wells 10A and 15A have emergency back up engines. Four potable wells and a booster station provide water from the Soledad Canyon region. The SMR area contains one submersible well rated at 80 gpm. The MAR area contains three wells that feed the Helstef region and one well used for fire protection as well as construction. Raw water is pumped through a 60,000-gallon sedimentation tank. The tank has 12-inch inlets and outlets that are separated from the settling zone by steel baffle plates. Sludge is drawn off into a concrete trench, collected in a 10-inch line and drained to a dry wash. The water is then chlorinated and fluoridated before entering the ground storage tanks. Water storage for the Main Post area is provided by two (each one million gallon elevated storage tanks), a 200,000-gallon elevated storage tank, two 400,000-gallon ground storage tanks, two 10,000-gallon ground storage tanks ,and a 200 gallon ground storage tank. The structures are equipped with cathodic protection, depth indicator and warning systems, and altitude transmitters. All tanks have been overhauled in recent years and are in excellent condition. J02.2.3 Rhodes Canyon Area Water is currently being supplied by truck to this area that presently does not have any active wells or treatment facilities. Water is stored in two ground storage tanks. Notwithstanding, the Government has identified a project to construct a well in this area at a future date. J02.2.4 Stallion Area Water is pumped from two wells. The wells are approximately 800 feet deep with submersible pumps set at 400 feet. One four-inch diameter well, currently out of service, produces about 90 GPM and the other well (six-inch diameter) produces approximately 150 GPM. Distribution is through 6- and 8-inch transite pipes, installed in the 1960s. Because of the high salt content, an ion-exchange plant treats the water at the Stallion Range to bring it to drinking quality. Plant capacity is 120,000 GPD and comprises three independent units. Two were installed in 1989 and the third in 1993. Well water is pumped to the surface and then flows by gravity into two 20,000-gallon raw water tanks. After treatment, the water is pumped from an underground 20,000-gallon tank to a 150,000-gallon above ground tank, from which it is boosted to a new 500,000-gallon above ground storage on a nearby hill. An unused 100,000-gallon elevated storage tank in the area will be demolished by the government and is not included in this inventory. Gas Utility System Description The WSMR natural gas distribution system consists of all appurtenances physically connected to the distribution system from the point in which the distribution system enters the Installation, and/or Government ownership currently starts, to the point of demarcation defined by the real estate instruments. Generally, the point of demarcation will be the building footprint. The system may include, but is not limited to, pipelines, valves, regulators, and meters. The following description and inventory is included to provide the Offeror with a general understanding of the size and configuration of the distribution system. The Offeror shall base the proposal on site inspections, information in the technical library, other pertinent information, and to a lesser degree the following description. Under no circumstances shall the Offeror be entitled to any rate adjustments based on the accuracy of the following description and inventory. Natural gas is supplied to WSMR by Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM). Gas is metered at four delivery points. These delivery points are the Main Post Area, NEL, NIKE, and CNG Station. Gas is supplied at the Main Post area through two (3?-inch and 2?-inch) high-pressure (300 psi), coated and wrapped steel (C&WS) lines. Downstream of the meter and regulator, where distribution pressure is reduced to 22? psi, all distribution components are owned and maintained by WSMR. The housing natural gas distribution system has been replaced in recent years, except for that portion of the housing complex scheduled for demolition. Areas to be demolished were not included in this inventory. There are approximately 224,000 lineal feet of distribution pipe. The most common pipe is 2-inch and 4-inch C&WS. The recently rehabilitated housing system is plastic pipe. Pressure is reduced from the 22?-psi distribution pressure by individual facility regulators. The system age/construction year varies up to 45 years old. With the exception of the housing area, minimal investment has been committed to system maintenance. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. Large businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan with their offer. The cascading preference source selection method will be used in the evaluation of firms for award under this solicitation. Offerors from small businesses will be considered first. In accordance with FAR Subpart 19.5, any award resulting from the solicitation will be made to an eligible small business concern provided that (1) at least two competitive offers are received from responsible small business concerns, and (2) award will be made at a fair market price. If conditions for an award to a small business are not met, award will be made on the basis of full and open competition considering all offers submitted by responsible business concerns. Interested sources shall contact Martha Gray at 703-767-9415 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 February 25, 2005. LINKURL: http://www.desc.dla.mil/DCM/DCMPage.asp?pageid=246 LINKDESC: http://www.desc.dla.mil EMAILADD: martha.gray@dla.mil Point of Contact Martha Gray, Contract Specialist, Phone 703-767-9415, Fax 703-767-2382, Email martha.gray@dla.mil Terri Workman, Contracting Officer, Phone 703-767-8130, Fax 703-767-2382, Email Terri.workman@dla.mil
- Place of Performance
- Address: White Sands Missile Range, NM
- Zip Code: 88002
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 88002
- Record
- SN00744218-W 20050204/050202211551 (fbodaily.com)
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