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S -- WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CAPE CANAVERAL AS FL SOL n/a DUE 091898 POC Linda Greaves, Contracting Officer Sources are sought for the privatization of and provision of long-term utility service for the water distribution system for Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). The primary mission of CCAS is to provide access to space through the use of unmanned expendable launch vehicles. The CCAS water system is classified as a consecutive, non-community, non-transient public water supply, and must be operated in accordance with Chapters 62-550, 62-555, and 62-560 of the Florida code. The system was constructed from 1956 to 1965, and very few modifications or improvements have been made since that time. Privatization will transfer to the private sector the responsibility for the ownership, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Government-owned potable water distribution system in compliance with applicable State and Federal laws and regulations. CCAS uses water for drinking and consumption purposes, industrial-type activities, fire suppression, and for deluge systems during launch activities. The Air Force currently purchases its water from the City of Cocoa, and owns and operates the entire water distribution network on base. The City of Cocoa currently delivers water from its Dyall Water Treatment Plant (purchased under a DoD supply contract) to a primary delivery point, a 10-inch turbine flow meter on the south end of CCAS that is owned and maintained by the City. Two additional interconnections with NASA's Kennedy Space Center are available for emergency purposes. The downstream, Government-owned and operated system consists of approximately 103 miles of ductile iron (15%), cast iron (3%), steel (4%), asbestos cement (62%), and PVC pipe (16%), varying in size from 6 to 36 inches in diameter. There are 567 offline and mainline distribution valves; 435 hydrants; 6 booster pump stations; 5 re-pump stations; 2.65 million gallons of storage capacity (including two elevated tanks and numerous ground storage tanks), and 3 free chlorination stations. The typical system pressure is approximately 60 psi, but water delivered to launch complexes through the re-pump stations for water deluge purposes can be between 130 and 200 psi. The average daily demand, based on a 120-month period, is approximately 670,000 gallons per day (or 0.67 MGD). The observed maximum daily demand is 3.1 MGD. Deluge systems for the various launch complexes are designed to provide up to 13,000 gpm through a series of spray nozzles; a typical launch can consume up to 250,000 gallons. Water quality, as delivered to CCAS, meets all primary and secondary drinking water standards. However, due to the age and condition of the distribution system, violations of these standards have been identified with the distribution system. In 1994, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) identified 16 noncompliance items. In response, the Air Force commissioned CH2M-Hill, Inc. to prepare a comprehensive study, and has been resolving deficient items as funding and priorities allow. Violations include the inability to sustain the minimum chlorine residual atvarious locations in the distribution system and the detection of lead and total trihalomethane concentrations that exceed published maximum contaminant levels, as defined in the Safe Drinking Water Act and state standards. CCAS has identified the need to provide additional isolation and back-flow prevention, and the need to install additional looped piping systems at numerous locations to preclude water line stagnation. The government estimate to bring the subject system into compliance is $6.7 Million. Interested sources should provide a written statement of interest on company letterhead to include the following: a general description of capability to own, operate, and maintain the system; a description of experience in owning, operating, and maintaining similar systems; a clear description of the source's ability and legal right to own, operate, and maintain the system in compliance with applicable State and Federal laws and regulations; and, a description of the financial capability to own, operate and execute necessary mission and regulatory improvements. Responses to this Request for Information are due to the Contracting Officer within 30 days of publication of this notice and may be faxed to (407) 494-6193 or mailed to Linda Greaves at the address listed above. Posted 08/19/98 (W-SN238896). (0231)

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