UTILITY PRIVATIZATION FOR MARINE CORPS BASE, CAMP PENDLETON & MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, BRIDGEPORT, CA REQUEST FOR INTEREST MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON PURPOSE: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (MCBCP) intends to study specific utility system operations to determine if any should be privatized. Therefore, MCBCP seeks to identify responsible parties capable of providing utility services and owning utility systems. Specifically, expressions of interest are being sought for the privatization of electric, natural gas, water or wastewater utility systems located at MCBCP and its tenant command at Bridgeport, California. Elaborate proposals or pricing information is neither required nor desired, as the intent is to identify credible interest before federal or nonfederal resources are committed to expensive studies or proposals. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this Request For Interest (RFI) is to determine if there is credible interest to privatize the electric, gas, water or wastewater systems. If credible interest is found, that system(s) will be analyzed to determine if it is economically advantageous to the Government to privatize the system(s). Privatization refers here to the transfer of ownership or a long term lease of a utility system to a local government agency or private company. It is envisioned that this transfer would include all responsibility for operation and maintenance (including all equipment, manpower, and overhead), repair and replacement, capital improvements to the system, obligation to provide adequate service, and related environmental compliance. BACKGROUND: Camp Pendleton owns and operates most of its own utility systems to provide all necessary water production and distribution, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, and gas and electrical distribution throughout the Base. Camp Pendleton houses a population of active duty service members and families of approximately 35,000, and supports a daytime population of approximately 50,000. The Base comprises 196 square miles along 17 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline. The Base currently purchases gas and electricity, produces it own water, and disposes of its sewerage on Base. The Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) and its supporting housing complex, Coleville Housing Complex (CHC) are located near Bridgeport, California. MCMWTC and CHC are located near the Antelope Valley in the Sierra Nevada near the towns of Bridgeport and Coleville. MCMWTC has approximately 300 permanent residents with up to an additional 1,000 personnel intermittently, and CHC has approximately 500 year round residents. MCMWTC owns and operates most of its own utility systems to provide all necessary water production and distribution, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, and electrical distribution throughout the Base. CHC owns most of its own utility systems to provide all necessary water production and distribution, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, and electrical distribution. Operation and maintenance are performed by a private contractor. SYSTEMS DESCRIPTIONS: An inventory and description have been generated foreach utility system and its components. The inventory and description were based on available information in a short time period. No survey was done. Information includes work location, extent of the systems, condition, age, capacity and types (operation and/or treatment) of systems. The inventory and description will be available at the site visit for all interested parties. APPROACH: The purpose of this RFI is to determine if there is credible interest in the ownership and operation of four (4) of Camp Pendletons' utility systems and six (6) systems located at MCMWTC and CHC. It is also to be used to gather information concerning the market for such utility systems and their components. The RFI is the first component of a process in the Department of the Navy's Utilities Privatization Plan (May 1998) intended to evaluate if it is economically advantageous to the Base to privatize utility systems. Should insufficient credible interest be identified for a privatization action, it is anticipated that no formal solicitation for proposals will be issued. If interest is found to be sufficient and credible, a format request for proposals (RFP) may be forthcoming, although under no circumstances will MCBCP be obligated to issue such an RFP. SUBMITTAL CONTENTS: The statement of interest shall include as a minimum the following components: (1) which systems and what form of ownership, transfer or long term lease are of interest to your particular organization; (2) your entity's capability and experience in the owning, operating and maintaining similar systems based upon your evaluation of the utility inventory and description and site visit; (3) your entity's financial capacity to purchase, expand, maintain and operate such a utility system; (4) a statement expressing willingness and understanding of an obligation to provide continuous utility service on Camp Pendleton; (5) a statement that your entity conforms to applicable state and local utility law or franchise requirements and has the legal authority to provide the service being considered; (6) a statement that your entity understands, can and will comply with applicable federal, state and local environmental procedures, regulations and requirements. Elaborate proposals or pricing information is neither required nor desired. SUBMITTAL PROCEDURE: Three weeks following the site visit, interested parties shall submit a statement of interest on company letterhead to: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Division Commander Attention: Mike Larson, Code 5CCN.ML Camp Pendleton AFT 1220 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92132 Only one statement of interest shall be submitted by any one company or agency and should not exceed fifteen (15) pages in length (single space, 10 or 12 font). All interested parties will be notified within two (2) months whether their statement of interest was satisfactory. SITE VISIT: A site visit will be conducted for the purpose of all potentially interested parties obtaining additional information about Camp Pendleton's utility systems and requirements. The site visit will include a tour of representative portions of the systems and an explanation of the utility inventory and description, which will be handed out to participants at the site visit. Attendance at the site visit is a mandatory component of an entity's expression of interest in privatization of the Base's systems. Notification of any changes to this RFI will be issued to those parties who have registered at the site visit. The site visit will begin at 10:00 a.m. on November 19, 1998 at Building 2291, Facilities Maintenance Department, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA. A site visit of MCMWTC and CHC, both in Bridgeport, CA will not be included. However, information pertaining to these facilities will be provided at the site visit. Interested parties must call the project manager, Ms. Jennifer Dunaway at (619) 532-2676 at least one (1) day ahead of the scheduled site visit to confirm their attendance and obtain directions. Interested parties will be able to ask questions concerning the systems and their operation at the site visit. Posted 11/03/98 (W-SN267836).

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