Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

S -- OPERATION & MAINTENANCE (O & M) OF THE NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD POC Edward M. Rutherford, 410-962-0190/Contracting Officer, James K. Hershey, 410-962-0174 This office intends to award a GSA Schedule Areawide Utilities Contract, GS-OOP-93-BSD-0010 under FSC S111, to Baltimore Gas and Electric Company for privatization and service of the Natural Gas distribution system at Ft. George G. Meade, MD. Ft. George G. Meade conducted a study which showed that the privatization of it's natural gas distribution maybe cost effective. Ft. George G. Meade, in compliance with Department of the Army policy, is pursuing the acquisition of natural gas service concurrent with the privatization (sale) of its natural gas system. Privatization is the transfer (sale) of government-owned utility systems to private, cooperative, municipal or regional utility systems in situations where the privatization of the utility systems may be cost-effective without jeopardizing the reliability of service or the security of the mission. The contract period for gas service will not exceed 10 years. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) for this procurement is 4939 with a size standard of $5,000,000. All responses sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered. Responses to this shall be in writing and no telephone or telefaxed requests will be accepted. (0351)

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