National Park Service, IMFA Colorado Plateau SSO, Administration 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228

S -- ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) SOL RFP 1270-96-010. POC Shirley J. Norton, 303-969-2748, Contract Specialist, James D. Clark, 303-969-2755, Contracting Officer. The National Park Service (NPS) plans to enter into an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) as authorized by 42U.S.C. 8287 and 10CFR436. The NPS plans to issue an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for renewable energy and energy conservation services for NPS facilities located in the Intermountain Field Area (IMFA) and the Pacific West Field Area which includes 150 parks in the 15 Western states including Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii. However; it will not include Golden Gate NRS in San Francisco California, which also includes, the Presidio, Alcatraz, and the San Francisco Maritime NHP. NPS is interested in the energy conservation measures (ECM) in at least the technology categories listed: 1. Renewable Energy Systems; 2. Energy Management Control Systems (EMCS); 3. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning; 4. Lighting Improvements. 5. Building Envelope Modifications; 6. Hot Water Distribution Systems; 7. Electric Motor Replacement. The NPS has many facilities with several small buildings, scattered throughout the fifteen state area. We are interested in a method to combine many small projects, and still provide a large enough capital investment and fast enough payback to make the overall contract financially attractive to private industry. We do not have many large buildings located in close proximity, such as the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Postal Service. We are aware that the past success stories in the ESPC Program have been with large facilities in the Department of Defense and U.S. Postal Service. Although we do have primarily smaller facilities, we do have some large facilities with older buildings, such as Grand Canyon N.P., Yellowstone N.P., Rocky Mountain N.P, and Yosemite N.P. We would like to combine these large park areas with smaller park areas under the one IDIQ contract. We are asking for comments from private industry and specifically Energy Savings Contractors (ESCO's) on suggestions to make this a workable contract for both industry and the government. Please forward your written comments to Jim Clark, Contracting Officer, IMFA-CP-A National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228.(074)

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