SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- San Francisco UESC (VA-22-00036518)
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2022 7:20:37 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 221122
— Electric Power Distribution
- Contracting Office
- PCAC NATIONAL ENERGY BUSINESS CENTER (36E776) INDEPENDENCE OH 44131 USA
- ZIP Code
- 44131
- Solicitation Number
- 36C77622Q0253
- Response Due
- 4/8/2022 10:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 06/07/2022
- Point of Contact
- Danielle Mills, Contracting Specialist, Phone: 216-447-8300
- E-Mail Address
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Danielle.Mills@va.gov
(Danielle.Mills@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- NAICS Code: 221122 Electric Power Distribution 221210 Natural Gas Distribution 221310 Water Supply and Irrigation Systems 1. Contract Information: The primary purpose of the proposed acquisition is to acquire the design, implementation, and operation of a Utility Energy Services Contract (UESC) energy management project for the US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) at the following location(s): San Francisco Health Care 4150 Clement Street San Francisco, CA 94121 2. Background: 42 USC 8256 provides information relating to utility incentive programs. Four key elements of this section are highlighted below. - Agencies are authorized and encouraged to participate in programs to increase energy efficiency and water conservation or manage electricity demand conducted by gas, water, or electric utilities and generally available to customers of such utilities. - Each agency may accept any financial incentive, goods, or services generally available from any such utility, to increase energy efficiency or to conserve water or manage electricity demand. - Each agency is encouraged to enter into negotiations with electric, water, and gas utilities to design cost-effective demand management and conservation incentive programs to address the unique needs of facilities utilized by such agency. - If an agency satisfies the criteria that generally apply to other customers of a utility incentive program, such agency may not be denied collection of rebates or other incentives. 3. Description of the Requirement: A UESC is a contracting vehicle that allows agencies to accomplish energy savings projects for their facilities without up-front capital costs and without special Congressional appropriations to pay for the improvements. Under a UESC contract, the selected UESC utility provider (Utility) will provide their own funding, provide financed funding, or a combination of their own and financed funding, for an energy conservation project that will be repaid from utility bill savings. The Utility will conduct a comprehensive energy audit to identify improvements that will result in energy savings. With coordination and approval of the Government, the Utility will design and construct an energy savings project and provide assurance that the improvements will result in savings sufficient to pay for the project. The Utility will also develop a savings assurance plan and arrange project financing. The project energy savings will be measured over the course of the financing period. 4. Project Information: The requirement at VAMCs listed above under section 1, is for the contractor to design, engineer, construct, commission and third-party finance if necessary VA site identified ECMs (Wish List) includes: Chiller Plant Improvements, Building Automation Systems/Energy Management Control Systems, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Lighting Improvements, Building Envelope Modifications, Chilled Water, Hot Water, Electric Motors/Drives, Steam Distribution Systems, Water and Sewer Conservation Systems, EnergyUtility Distribution Systems, Energy Cost Reduction through Rate Adjustments, Energy Related Process Improvements, Commissioning Measures (RCx), and Advanced Metering Systems. 5. Submission Requirements: The Government does not intend to rank submittals or reply to interested companies/firms. This synopsis is for Market Research purposes only and is not a request for proposal (RFP) or request for quote (RFQ). The Government will NOT reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Your firm's response is requested no later than 1:00PM EDT, Friday, April 8, 2022. Send responses by email to Danielle Mills at Danielle.Mills@va.gov. Responses should be limited to a maximum of 5 pages and should include the following Sources Sought Questionnaire. No hard copy or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Cover letters and extraneous materials such as brochures will not be considered. Personal visits or requests for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be considered, scheduled, nor will replies be sent. Sources Sought Questionnaire 1. Is your business currently a utility provider to the following VAMC? San Francisco Health Care 4150 Clement Street San Francisco, CA 94121 2. Is your business currently authorized by the State of California to provide utility services to any of the aforementioned VAMCs? 3. What is the name and address of your business? 4. Identify a responsible point of contact who can be contacted regarding your response, their phone number, and email address. 5. Does your company have a GSA Area-wide Agreement? If yes, provide the GSA Contract Number. 6. Provide no more than three (3) examples of financed energy conservation projects for which you were the prime contractor, a joint venture partner, or a first-tier subcontractor responsible for developing, financing, and/or managing the design, construction and/or post construction effort. Identify the scope of your contractual responsibilities, location, client, and size of the project in terms of construction cost and total financed amount. 7. Has your company performed a UESC in accordance with DOE/FEMP Guidelines? If yes, provide the project location and size of project based on dollars.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: San Francisco Health Care 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Zip Code: 94121
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 94121
- Record
- SN06286819-F 20220402/220331230114 (samdaily.us)
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