SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- Privatization of Electric, Water, and Wastewater at Hill AFB, UT
- Notice Date
- 2/26/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 221122
— Electric Power Distribution
- Contracting Office
- Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, Defense Energy Support Center, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060-6222
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6222
- Solicitation Number
- SP0600-09-R-0819
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Goins-Berntsen,, Phone: 703-767-7543, Dale G. Stephens,, Phone: 703-767-9466
- E-Mail Address
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lisa.goinsberntsen@dla.mil, dale.stephens@dla.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) seeks to identify and obtain information from responsible sources in connection with the privatization of the electric distribution (NAICS 221122) water distribution (NAICS 221310), and wastewater collection (NAICS 221320) utility systems at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah. Privatization is defined as the conveyance of a utility system to a municipal, private, regional, district, or cooperative utility company or other entity. The conveyance may consist of all right, title, and interest of the United States in the utility system. Utility Privatization (UP) will be accomplished in accordance with 10 U.S.C. §2688 – Utility Systems: Conveyance Authority. Contractor will be required to assume ownership of the electrical, water, and wastewater utility systems at Hill AFB, Utah, and as the new owner, shall operate and maintain the systems and provide utility services to the Government. Contractor shall 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 these utility systems, including operation, maintenance, repair, upgrades, and improvements to the utility systems. This Sources Sought Notice (hereinafter “Notice”) is an essential step in determining market interest and feasibility. Responses received will be used to develop marketing strategies for the potential privatization of utilities at this installation. Should interest be determined sufficient, a formal solicitation may be forthcoming. Interested parties should provide a statement of interest on company letterhead by no later than 3:00 pm EST on Friday, March 27, 2009. Responses are preferred via e-mail, but hard copies and facsimiles will also be accepted. At a minimum, the statement of interest shall address: (1) capability and experience in utility privatization or owning and operating utility systems; (2) financial capability to justify potential award of such a contract; (3) a primary point of contact, including phone number and e-mail address; and (4) an indication of the size of the business (large, small, or any sub-category of small business). The potential opportunity for set-asides for small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses will be considered on the basis of the responses received. This Notice is solely for the Government’s use as a market research tool. As such, the issuance of a competitive solicitation is not guaranteed. If determined appropriate, then both a synopsis and a solicitation may be anticipated in the May 2009 timeframe. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a response to this Notice. All information received will be considered. Failure to respond to this Notice does not preclude a firm from offering on any resultant solicitation; however, a lack of interest in this requirement may keep this effort from moving forward competitively. This announcement shall not be construed as a commitment or authorization to incur costs in anticipation of an award. The Government is not bound to make any awards under this Notice. If you are interested in this project, please provide the information requested above to the DESC Contracting Office. Installation Description The electric distribution system being privatized is described as follows: Located in the Salt Lake Valley west of the Wasatch Mountains and overlooking the Great Salt Lake to the west, Hill Air Force Base (AFB) is 7 miles south of Ogden, Utah, and 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. The Main Base occupies approximately 6,689 acres – 6,641 fee and 48 leased (primarily railroad). Outlying installations include the Little Mountain Test Annex (approximately 26 miles northwest of the Base) and the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR; approximately 50 miles due west of Hill AFB). In addition, Hill AFB supports five smaller satellite areas within approximately 200 miles of Hill AFB. The Main Base has 827 buildings occupying 12.6 million square feet of floor space, not including the privatized housing. The Base has a 13,500-foot runway that handles more than 40,000 takeoffs and landings annually. It also has 228 miles of roadway and 28 miles of railroad. Electrical power for the Main Base is supplied by two Rocky Mountain Power (RMP)-owned 46-kilovolt (kV) transmission feeders and one RMP-owned 138-kV transmission feeder. The Air Force owns the entire Hill AFB electrical distribution system downstream of these three RMP delivery points. The Air Force system consists of one 46-kV switching station and approximately 6.8 miles of overhead 46-kV transmission line supplying four 46-12.47-kV distribution substations, one 138-12.47-kV distribution substation, and approximately 132 miles of 12.47 kV primary distribution line. There are approximately 6.8 miles of 12.47-kV primary distribution line under-built on the transmission towers that support the 46-kV transmission line. The distribution system is a 12.47/7.2-kV, 4-wire configuration throughout Hill AFB. The primary distribution system consists of a total of twenty-nine 12.47-kV circuits. It is composed of overhead, pole-line construction (conventional, cross arm/pin insulator, open wire construction practices) with pole-mounted transformer banks, and underground construction (utilizing duct-type construction practices) with both outdoor pad-mounted transformers and indoor primary unit substations. The overhead primary system is principally composed of bare ACSR conductors of various sizes, with #6, #4, #2, and 4/0 being the most common. The underground primary system is principally composed of shielded copper conductors of various sizes, with #2, #1, and 4/0 the most common. It is further noted that more than 90 percent of the #1 conductors are lead-sheathed. The majority of the distribution circuits are configured with loop tie switches to neighboring circuits. The pad-mounted transformers are principally conventional, dead-front units. All polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated transformers were replaced around 1992. Electrical power for Little Mountain Test Annex is supplied by a RMP-owned 46-kV transmission feeder that is routed to the Air Force-owned Little Mountain Substation, where it terminates on the Air Force-owned structure. The Air Force owns the entire Little Mountain electrical distribution system downstream of this RMP delivery point. It consists of one 46-4.16-kV distribution substation, one emergency generator, and approximately 1.2 miles of 4.16-kV primary distribution line. The distribution system is a 4.16-kV, 3-wire (with static ground) configuration throughout the Little Mountain Test Annex. The primary distribution system is composed of overhead, pole-line construction (conventional, cross arm/pin insulator, open wire construction practices) with pole-mounted transformer banks, and underground construction (utilizing duct-type construction practices) with pad-mounted transformers. Electrical power for Utah Test and Training Range is supplied by a RMP-owned 46-kV transmission feeder that is routed to the Air Force-owned UTTR Substation, where it terminates on the Air Force-owned structure. The Air Force owns the entire UTTR electrical distribution system downstream of this RMP delivery point. It consists of one 46-12.47-kV distribution substation, one emergency generator, and approximately 76.5 miles of 12.47-kV primary distribution line. The distribution system is a 12.47 kV, 3-wire (with static ground) configuration throughout the UTTR. The primary distribution system is composed of overhead, pole-line construction (conventional, cross arm/pin insulator, open wire construction but incorporating special raptor protection features) with pole-mounted transformer banks, and underground construction (utilizing both duct-type and direct burial construction practices) with pad-mounted transformers. The water distribution system being privatized is described as follows: Located in the Salt Lake Valley west of the Wasatch Mountains and overlooking the Great Salt Lake to the west, Hill Air Force Base (AFB) is 7 miles south of Ogden, Utah, and 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. The Main Base occupies approximately 6,689 acres – 6,641 fee and 48 leased (primarily railroad). Outlying installations include the Little Mountain Test Annex (approximately 26 miles northwest of the Base) and the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR; approximately 50 miles due west of Hill AFB). In addition, Hill AFB supports five smaller satellite areas within approximately 200 miles of Hill AFB. Hill AFB has 827 buildings occupying 12.6 million square feet of floor space, not including the privatized housing. The Base has a 13,500-foot runway that handles more than 40,000 takeoffs and landings annually. It also has 228 miles of roadway and 28 miles of railroad. Hill AFB receives water from two sources: on-Base deep wells and from the off-Base Weber Basin Conservancy District (WBCD). The Delta aquifer is the major source of water for Hill AFB. The principal water-bearing zone varies from 50 to 150 feet in thickness at a depth ranging from 480 to 520 feet below ground surface. Although acceptable for consumption, water tends to be “hard” and contains iron, calcium, sodium, and magnesium. Nine deep wells, depth ranging from 627 to 1,500 feet, provide potable water for the Installation. Wells 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are supplied backup power from emergency generators or diesel engine drives. Some of the emergency generators are interconnected to one or more water wells or pump stations. Water treatment at the Base consists of chlorination, fluoridation, and phosphate added to the water at the well site with unmanned injection systems. Wells 4 and 8 are not currently operated. Well 4 is not currently used for potable water production because of its extremely high iron content. Well 8 is not currently used for potable water production because of its arsenic content; it is currently disconnected from the water distribution system. Wells 4 and 8 require re-drilling before they can be fully integrated into the potable water system. Hill AFB is permitted to pump a maximum of 7,820,434 gallons per day from deep wells on the Main Base. The supplemental water source (WBCD) supplies treated water to the Base at a single point near the South Gate entrance. A contract between Hill AFB and WBCD, dated 12 December 1952, requires WBCD to provide 1,018.79 acre-feet per year (approximately 333 million gallons). The contract also requires that WBCD have available 2,500 gallons per minute (gpm) at the point of delivery and that not less than 1.5 million gallons per day (gpd) be available. The WBCD water allocation is a very important resource and must be used every year. If the allocation is not used, WBCD water may be reallocated to other users in this water-starved region. The WBCD allocation is used primarily between mid-May and December (peak usage months) to reduce the demand for well water. Historically, WBCD provided approximately one-third of the potable water used in the Main Base area. A vital feature of the WBCD water allocation is related to total annual consumption and the longstanding, very favorable sales rate. If the allocation quantity were to be exceeded for three consecutive years, then WBCD would have the right to renegotiate the “grandfathered” sales rates. Hill AFB manually operates the valves that control the use of WBCD water. If the water system is privatized through this solicitation, the UP Contractor is expected to support Hill AFB to ensure Hill AFB’s continued compliance with their 1952 Contract with WBCD. In the older areas of the Base, water pipe material is mostly cast-iron pipe with leaded joints or asbestos cement. Water lines installed after the mid-1980s have been polyvinyl chloride (PVC) class C-900 with tracer wire and warning tape. Average depth of burial of water mains is approximately 8 feet. Water is stored in six reservoirs with total capacity of 8.3 million gallons; the three steel tanks each have a cathodic protection system. A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system is used to monitor water levels in the various tanks, and is used to control well pumps, booster pumps, and treatment processes in either automatic or manual modes. The SCADA system is included in the Utilities Privatization solicitation of the water distribution system. A separate fire-protection system (not included in the Utilities Privatization solicitation) is operated to furnish water to large buildings requiring fire flows greater than can be provided by the potable water system. The water system at Little Mountain Test Annex is supplied with potable water from WBCD through a 16-inch (WBCD-owned) supply line. The enormous size of this water main is related to a long-past mission requirement.) Water purchased from WBCD is piped and distributed under pressure directly into the Little Mountain system. The water used at Little Mountain is included in the total water allotment from WBCD. An Air Force-owned chlorination station, also located at the annex entrance, maintains chlorine residuals. The Air Force-owned distribution system is comprised of 8-inch and 6-inch PVC pipe (C-900) mains and smaller building service lines. The distribution system is approximately 12 to 13 years old and is in very good condition. All potable water for Utah Test and Training Range is supplied by two wells located in the Oasis cantonment area. Well 1 produces water at the rate of 300 gpm, with Well 2 producing water at the rate of 160 gpm. A relatively new PVC pipeline moves raw water from the wells to a reverse-osmosis treatment plant, rated at 6,000 gallons per hour. Because of the inferior quality of the water in Well 1, normally only Well 2 is used for potable water while Well 1 water is used primarily for dust control. (Well 1 water could be treated and used for potable water but it would require frequent recalibration of the treatment processes.) Treated water is pumped to two 500,000-gallon water-storage tanks situated on a hill overlooking the complex; the tanks are cathodically protected. The water distribution system, with the recent doubling of water storage capacity and the replacement of some of the major transite mains, is in very good condition. The wastewater collection system being privatized is described as follows: Located in the Salt Lake Valley west of the Wasatch Mountains and overlooking the Great Salt Lake to the west, Hill Air Force Base (AFB) is 7 miles south of Ogden, Utah, and 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. The Main Base occupies approximately 6,689 acres –6,641 fee and 48 leased (primarily railroad). Outlying installations include the Little Mountain Test Annex (approximately 26 miles northwest of the Base) and the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR; approximately 50 miles due west of Hill AFB). In addition, Hill AFB supports five smaller satellite areas within approximately 200 miles of Hill AFB. Hill AFB has 827 buildings occupying 12.6 million square feet of floor space, not including the privatized housing. The Base has a 13,500-foot runway that handles more than 40,000 takeoffs and landings annually. It also has 228 miles of roadway and 28 miles of railroad. The Main Base area wastewater system west of the runway consists of collection lines and lift stations. The wastewater system east of the runway consists of relatively small collection systems mostly from individual buildings. Some of the buildings have been connected to the main system via a line across the south end of the runway. However, the majority of facilities east of the runway are connected to septic tanks and drain fields or to one of five holding tanks. In the case of the five holding tanks, the UP Contractor is responsible for periodically transferring that wastewater from the holding tanks to a manhole on the Base collection system. With the exception of the sewage that flows to the septic tanks, all other sanitary sewage generated on Hill AFB is transported to the North Davis Sewer District (NDSD) for treatment. There are approximately 15 sanitary wastewater lift stations with associated force mains located throughout the Main Base area. None of the lift stations have installed emergency generators. All are equipped with high-water alarms (local flashing red lights; no remote annunciation). The Hill AFB wastewater collection system consists of approximately 258,620 feet of wastewater collection lines, varying in size from 3 to 15 inches, and approximately 662 manholes. The wastewater collection system dates back to the 1940s. In the older areas of the Base, the wastewater lines are vitrified clay pipes and the manholes are constructed of brick. Since the 1990s, as lines were replaced and new lines added, the replacement piping has been PVC and the new manholes have been constructed of pre-cast concrete. Depth of burial for wastewater collections mains ranges from 6 to 30 feet. Average depth of building service laterals is approximately 6 feet. Base technicians advise that Hill AFB does not experience significant infiltration and inflow (I/I) problems, nor are there recurring problems with overflows. The wastewater system at the Little Mountain Test Annex consists of a gravity collection system where flows move to a septic tank and drain field for treatment. The septic tank and drain field are not included in the Utilities Privatization solicitation; the point of demarcation is the septic tank inlet. The original system was installed in 1960, and contains approximately 3,000 feet of wastewater lines. The collection mains are primarily 6- and 8-inch PVC pipe, while service laterals are older cast-iron pipe. The original septic tank, installed in 1960, has been abandoned; the new tank and drain field was installed in 1987 at a different location. The new system is very large and includes a 27,000–gallon tank, sized for approximately 300 people. With a daylight population of only 80 people and only three persons remaining on site round-the-clock, the system has more than enough capacity for any foreseeable growth. Long-range plans for Little Mountain call for replacing the septic tank and drain field with a package treatment plant. The wastewater system at Utah Test and Training Range consists of two lift stations, which move flows to wastewater lagoons for treatment. The piping systems that feed and leave the lift stations are approximately the same age as the lift stations. Twelve manholes are shown on the utility map. Treatment lagoons are an integral part of the system and are included in the Utilities Privatization solicitation. The lagoon treatment system is a zero discharge treatment system consisting of two main ponds and three overflow ponds. All ponds are lined. In the spring of 2000, the sewer lagoons were upgraded and enlarged as well as being modified to act as a mini-wetlands area. Other remote facilities on UTTR with septic tanks and drain fields are excluded from this solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Hill AFB, UT, Hill, Utah, 84056, United States
- Zip Code: 84056
- Zip Code: 84056
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