Dir of Contracting, SIOLE-KO, CDRLEAD, 1 Overcash Ave, Chambersburg, PA 17201-4152

Z -- UTILITIES DUE 081996 POC Ruth C. Massey, Directorate of Contracting, 717-267-5318 x269/Brenda Earnest, Contracting Officer, 717-267-5318 x260. Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, PA, is seeking expressions of interest in the assumption of ownership, operation, and maintenance of utilities systems including electrical distribution; water storage, treatment, and distribution; industrial and sanitary waste water collection and treatment; and central steam generating plant at Building 349. General system descriptions follow: Water Supply/Distribution: 330-million-gallon reservoir; treatment plant with 1.0 mgd capacity; 1,200-gpm main pumping station; 10-mile 16''-diameter raw water supply line form reservoir to installation; and 43 miles of distribution piping, 2''- thru 12''-diameter. Plant operates as an approved public water supply system under Chapter 109, Article II of the PA Department of Environmental Protection rules and regulations. Sewage Collection/Treatment: 5500,000-mgd-capacity secondary treatment plant, activated oxygen type; 8,000-gpd package plant at a remote operating building; 15 pumping stations; 14 miles of 4''- to 8''-diameter collection piping; and numerous septic and holding tanks and leaching fields. Plant operates under existing NPDES permit. Industrial Waste Collection/Treatment: 216,000-gpd-capacity treatment plant; sludge filter press facility, 1.0 mgd capacity; 4 pumping stations; 4 miles of 2''- thru 8''-diameter collection piping. Plant operates under existing NPDES permit. Electrical Service/Distribution: 7,200- and 12,470-volt switch stations and distribution networks fed from utility-owned transformers; 60 miles of aerial distribution, with approx. 25 miles of distribution at 12,470 volts and 35 miles of distribution at 7,200 volts; and 5 miles of underground distribution. Electrical service is accepted at 12/16/20-MVA main transformer owned by West Penn Power Co. Steam Generating Plant, Building 349: Two 1,200-horsepower boilers and one 350-horsepower boiler in an oil-fired, high-pressure (120 psig) central plant serving three major buildings (over 550,000 sqaure feet of area). Also includes steam supply and condensate return piping from the plant to the buildings served with 2,700-linear-foot buried conduit system and 250-linear-foot concrete trench system. Interested sources should have the capital, resources, and background/experience to own, maintain, and operate one or more of these systems. No formal acquisition/contracting actions are immediately forthcoming. This determination of interest is one component required to complete a systematic evaluation of these systems for potential privitization under the Department of Army's Utilities Privatization Program. Interested sources should provide a statement of interest on company letterhead, along with a general statement of their capabilities and experience in the ownership, operation, and maintenance of similar systems, and their familiarity with compliance procedures and regulations of the PA Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III. (0213)

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