Commanding Officer, Southern Division,Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 2155 Eagle Drive, P. O. Box 190010, North Charleston, SC 29419-9010

M -- PRIVATIZATION UNDER 10 USC 2699, "UTILITY SYSTEMS: CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY" AT NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE (NSB), KINGS BAY, GEORGIA DUE 120898 POC Point of contact -- Catherine Wilber, contract specialist, 843-820-5698 PURPOSE: The Navy seeks to identify responsible sources and obtain information in regard to privatization of utility systems in accordance with 10 USC 2688, "Utility Systems: Conveyance Authority". NSB Kings Bay, Georgia is seeking interest and information specifically for the privatization of their water and wastewater utility systems. The resulting privatization will include assumption of ownership, operation and maintenance, and obligation to continue the service for an indefinite and ongoing period. OBJECTIVE: Should privatization result, the ownership of the entire utility plant and/or distribution system, including all operating responsibility, shall transfer to a regional or municipal utility or to a private company. All responsibility for maintaining reliable service, including such items as environmental compliance, maintenance costs, major system renovations, construction, equipment, manpower and overhead costs shall become the utility provider's responsibility. It is intended that privatization will reduce the Navy's life cycle costs. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION: The following is provided only to give an approximation of the size and general description of the system. Any numbers may only be estimates for this purpose. WATER: The NSB Kings Bay's potable water system consists of 3 water supply wells, water treatment and water storage and distribution. The distribution system consists of a grided and looped system with 4 to 16 inch lines. Most of the pipe is ductile iron with slip joints. The distribution system operates within three zones of pressure which are interconnected. The low pressure zone serves the housing area and the Navy Lodge at an operating pressure of 65 pounds per square inch (psi). The middle pressure zone serves the remainder of the upper base at an operating pressure of 75 psi. The high pressure zone serves the waterfront at an operating pressure of 145 psi. There are four storage tanks, having capacities of 0.4, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0 million gallon. The NSB Kings Bay has a water treatment plant (WTP). The WTP has two trains, one with a capacity of 1 million gallons per day (mgd) which was constructed in 1979 and the other with a capacity of 2.6 million gallons per day (mgd) which was constructed in 1987. The plant is permitted for 2.9 mgd. The WTP consists of aeration, softening, clarification, recarbonation and filtration. Polymer, soda ash and lime are added to reduce hardness and alkalinity. Tripolyphosphate is added for stabilization/corrosion control and chlorine for disinfection. WASTEWATER: The NSB Kings Bay's wastewater collection system consists of approximately 89,200 linear feet of gravity sewer lines and 65,000 linear feet of force mains. The gravity sewer lines are constructed mainly of 4 to 18 inch polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe and vitrified clay pipe (VCP), which is laid out to serve most of the existing service areas that has been developed. The force mains are typically 2 to 18 inch ductile iron pipe. There are about 52 sewage pump stations. The NSB Kings Bay also has an industrial wastewater collection system, which consists of gravity sewer lines and force mains. The gravity sewer lines are constructed mainly of 4 to 18 inch vitrified clay pipe (VCP), which is laid out to serve most of the existing service areas that has been developed. The force mains is typically 10 inch cast iron pipe. The gravity sewer also includes cast iron, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and concrete pipe. There are two major pump stations. The NSB Kings Bay has two domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), three industrial wastewater treatment plants (IWTP)and two oily waste treatment systems. The following provides information on each plant: The waterfront WWTP has a permitted discharge flow of 0.5 mgd average daily and 0.75 mgd maximum daily. The WWTP was built in 1978, upgraded in 1988 and 1997. The WWTP consists of an influent pump station, communitor/bar screen, dual aerated grit chambers, two (2) aerated pretreatment (equalization) lagoons, three activated sludge basins, one digestor, four secondaryclarifiers, a chlorine contact chamber, two sand filters, an aerobic digester, two belt filter presses for sludge processing and a plant/office laboratory. This plant also receives the effluent from the IWTP, several wastewater collection tanks, all submarine and ship connections, and the Site 6 Oily waste treatment facility. The upper base WWTP consists of an influent channel, a mechanical bar screen, dual aerated grit chambers, two cell aerated lagoon, a storage pond, two sand filters, chlorine contact chamber, and a effluent land application system. The drydock washdown IWTP consists of an equalization basin a pH adjustment tank and two clarifiers. The effluent is discharged to the waterfront WWTP. The acids, caustics, organics and metal bearing wastes IWTP consists of a reduction/oxidation tank, a pH adjustment tank and a clarifier. The effluent is routed to the continuous flow process. The ships offload discharge wastes IWTP consists of a oil/water separator system, which include gravity separation and a polyethylene rope skimmer processes. The effluent is routed to the continuous flow process. Two oily water treatment plants and collection systems exist, one for the pier at Site 6 and one for Explosive handling Wharfs. The effluent discharges to the Waterfront Wastewater Treatment Plant and the oil is recycled. PROCEDURES: This request for interested parties is for gathering information and is one required component of a complete and systematic process to evaluate interested parties under the Department of the Navy's utilities privatization program. In order to minimize costs both to potentially interested parties and the government, this notice is being issued to determine the interest and feasibility of proceeding with a formal request for proposals. Should insufficient credible interest be identified for a privatization action, it is highly likely that no formal solicitation will be issued. SHOULD INTEREST BE DETERMINED SUFFICIENT, A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS MAY BE FORTHCOMING. Interested parties should provide a statement of interest on company letterhead (not to exceed 20 pages in length). The statement shall include as a minimum the following criteria: (1) capability and experience in the ownership, operation and maintenance of similar systems; (2) financial capacity to purchase, expand and operate a utility system; (3) a statement showing its understanding of an obligation to provide continuous utility service; (4) understanding of any applicable state or local utility law or franchise requirements, and capability of complying with such requirements; (5) understanding of the federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations and its familiarity and experience with environmental compliance procedures and regulations for the state of Georgia and US Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV. Elaborate proposals or pricing information is neither required nor desired. Any innovative and new conceptual ideas to achieve stated objectives are encouraged. It should be noted that individual RFIs fordifferent utility systems may be issued in the same time frame. A separate response to each RFI is required. SITE VISIT: A site visit will be held on 18 November 1998 at 9:00 a.m. The point of contact concerning the site visit is Tommy Sailor, (912) 673-2001 extension 8869. Posted 10/26/98 (W-SN265321). (0299)

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