Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10000 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141

F -- CONSOLIDATED SHARED ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM SOL RFQ 541-168-97 DUE 080697 POC Danny Freeman, Contracting Officer, (216) 838-6091 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brecksville, Ohio, intends to issue a competitive solicitation, on behalf of VISN 10, for consolidated Energy Savings Performance Contract Services (ESPC), which shall include the VA Medical Center's, Brecksville/Cleveland, Chillicothe and Dayton, Ohio. The anticipated period of performance under an awarded contract shall not exceed twenty-five (25) years. This service is procured by the Department of Veterans Affairs in accordance with the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Order 12902 of March, 1994, which requires all federal agencies to improve energy efficiency management in their facilities and operations by the year 2005. Under the terms of an awarded contract, the contractor shall be required to pay all up front cost for the analytical study of current systems, design, development and implementation of new energy efficient systems, which shall include purchase and installation of new energy efficient equipment. The Scope of Work shall include the installation of renewable energy systems comprised of some or all of the following components: Boiler improvements, chiller improvements, building automation system, energy management control system, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, lighting improvements, building envelope modifications, chilled water and chilled water piping systems, hot water and steam distribution systems, electric motors and drives, refrigeration, electrical or cogeneration systems, renewable energy systems, electric distribution systems, water and sewer conservation systems, rate reduction and auditing services. Contractor shall also be required to meet all performance standards in accordance with performance specifications, and shall provide operations, maintenance, repair, inspection and training on the implemented measures during the period of performance. Contractor shall provide and assist in all measurement and verification efforts, to ensure that guaranteed savings are occurring. The contractor receiving award shall be required to provide for the total financing of the specific projects. Offerors will only be accepted from firms which are currently on the Department of Energy's qualified contractor list for ESPC's, dated April 29, 1997. Requests for proposals must be in writing to the address mentioned above. Proposals may be requested by fax at (216) 838-6052. Proposals will be available o/a 7-7-97. (0169)

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