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S -- ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT TO INCLUDE WIND ENERGY SOL 03-3K06-97 DUE 062797 POC Contract Jennifer Friel, Contract Specialist or Brenda Wood, Contracting Officer on (301) 344-3125 The U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service intends to procure an energy savings performance project at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) in Plum Island, New York. The intent of the energy savings performance project is to provide a total integrated energy system with wind energy (turbines) as an element. The system should consist of, but is not limited to, the following: wind energy/thermal storage system; energy-efficient lighting replacement; energy-efficient motor replacement; optimizers for the boilers; augmenting existing refrigeration capacity with a chiller/ice making system (part of thermal storage); and replacing back-up generators with more efficient generators for PIADC. The contractor will be required to design, fabricate, furnish, deliver, receive, store during construction, move into and out of storage, care for during storage, erect, finance, own, start, commission, operate, maintain and repair the existing and new systems. The term of the contract shall not exceed twenty-five (25) years and is authorized by Public Law 99-272, Title VIII. Payment for services will be made from resulting energy costs savings. The facility is currently provided electricity from Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about April 28, 1997, and proposals received on or about June 27, 1997. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by ARS. Interested offerors should submit a written request for a copy of the solicitation. Contract award shall be made to a firm on the U.S. Department of Energy's "Qualified List of Energy Service Companies." A firm-fixed price type contract is anticipated. The Base Period shall consist of the Total Integrated Energy System as well as the Architectural and Engineering for the Wind Energy. Option I shall be the Wind Energy project consisting of construciton of turbines and the operations and maintenance for the life of the contract. The Standard Industrial Classification Code applicable to this procurement is 8999. For the purpose of this solicitation, any concern whose annual receipts over the past three (3)years do not exeed an average of $3.5 million is considered a small business. (0083)

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