U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401

K -- ENERGY SAVINGS AND PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR INSTALLATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) AND RELATED ENERGY SYSTEMS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES SOL DE-RP36-97GO10219 DUE 051297 POC Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer is Beth H. Peterman, Golden Field Office, (303) 275-4719 WEB: The Golden Field Office's Home Page, http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/. The Golden Field Office, in support of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy, plans to conduct a competitive, national solicitation, resulting in up to five awards of indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, with periods of performance of up to twenty-five (25) years, for Energy Savings Performance Contracting Services (ESPC). These types of services are procured by the Department of Energy in accordance with the contract procedures and methods codified in the Department of Energy Regulations at 10 CFR 436, and the requirement for these services is in response to the direction to all federal agencies provided in the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Order 12902 of March, 1994, to improve energy management in their facilities and operations. Basically, ESPC is a federal and private-sector partnership whereby the Energy Services Company (ESCO) pays the up-front cost of purchasing and installing new energy-efficient equipment and the Government repays the ESCO over the life of the ESPC contract. Awardees as a result of this solicitation will be solely eligible to compete for or otherwise receive delivery order awards against their contracts for specific projects within the scope of the awards, in the United States and its territories. The specific scope of work is for the installation of renewable energy systems comprised of some or all of the following components: Photovoltaic (PV) modules to generate electricity to meet a direct load, PV modules with battery storage, PV modules with battery storage and generator back-up (where the generator charges the batteries), controllers, engine generators and or controls for interfacing the PV system with a facility provided engine generator, inverters, and associated energy conservation technologies needed in order to reduce the energy load at the facility. The objective is to develop optimized energy systems,in terms of both energy supply and demand. The scope not only requires the contractor installation of these systems, which are required to meet identified performance specifications, but also contractor operation, maintenance, repair, inspection, and training on the installed measures during the period of performance of the specific projects. Further requirements are contractor involvement in measurement and verification efforts, to ensure that guaranteed savings are occurring, as well as total financing of the specific projects. This draft RFP is an initial draft of a formal RFP which is currently anticipated for release in June or July, 1997, with anticipated awards to occur in the first calendar year quarter, 1998. A draft RFP process is being employed to solicit comments in order to not only minimize the comments and questions that the RFP planned for issuance in June or July, 1997 would otherwise most probably generate, but also to validate the interest in the PV marketplace for providing these typesof services, as well as the scope of those services. The draft solicitation itself will provide all instructions for furnishing any and all comments, as well as the period for doing so. The draft solicitation will not be avaliable until AFTER 04/10/97. To obtain a copy, interested parties should access the GO Home Page after that date at http://www.eren.doe.gov/solicit.htm and then locate the draft solicitation number identified at Item 9 above. Those without access to the Internet should make their requests for a copy of the draft solicitation in writing by fax to (303) 275-4754, or to the address in Item 7 above, Attn: Beth H. Peterman and the draft solicitation number. These requests may be made at any time after this announcement. No telephone requests will be honored!! (0055)

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