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S -- GAS TRANSPIRATION SERVICES TO THE DOE KANSAS CITY PLANT SOL DE-RP04-98ALGASTRANS POC Point of Contact: Michael G. Loera 505-845-4302. Contracting Officer: Michael G. Loera 505-845-4302. The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking an Expression of Interest (EOI) from contractors who may wish to compete for award of a long-term contract to provide gas transportation service to the DOE's Kansas City Plant located in Kansas City, Missouri. Currently DOE purchases gas transportation services for the Kansas City Plant from Missouri Gas & Electric under the terms and conditions of tariffs approved by the Missouri Public Service Commission. An opportunity exists for DOE to enter into a new purchase agreement for gas transportation to the Kansas City Plant. This request is to provide the DOE with preliminary information related to how the required services might be provided for a ten-year term and enable DOE to determine whether there are other qualified sources capable of meeting this requirement for the ten-year term commencing in approximately March 1998. The DOE currently purchases the Kansas City Plant gas supply from Westar Gas Marketing Incorporated under a contract awarded and administered by the Defense Fuel Supply Center. Prospective gas transporters must agree to provide firm service of up to 2,000 MMBtu per day and approximately 800,000 MMBtu per year. DOE anticipates that the new gas transportation contract will be for ten years and will include a schedule of rates that will be fixed at the time of contract execution. Prospective contractors are being asked to submit EOIs that (1) identify the prospective contractor (business name, business size (large/small/8a), point of contact, address and telephone number; (2) describe the prospective contractor's facilities or planned facilities and capabilities to provide the service for the ten-year term commencing March 1998; (3) generally describe any delivery arrangements and/or new transmission facilities the prospective contractor contemplates; (4) the approximate date at which the prospective contractor could commence service, and (5) describe whether the service would be subject to the jurisdiction of the Missouri Public Service Commission. The DOE may set aside this requirement for small businesses based on responses received hereto. EOIs should be submitted to Michael Loera, Contracting Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 5400, Contracts and Procurement Division, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87l85-5400. Submissions are requested on or before January 20, 1997. (0005)

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