Federal Bureau of Prisons, Construction Contracting Section, 320 First Street, NW, Washington, DC 20534

S -- FUTURE REQUIREMENT FOR WATER SERVICES AT A PROPOSED UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF ATWATER ADJACENT TO CASTLE AIRPORT IN MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SOL RFP X00-0361 DUE 060899 POC Jake Anderson, Contracting Officer, at (202) 307-0954 The Federal Bureau of Prisons has a future requirement for water service at a proposed United States Penitentiary to be located near the City of Atwater adjacent to Castle Airport in Merced County, California. The facility will house approximately 1,500 inmates, warehouse space and other generic institutional elements. The water service is presently required by October 1, 2000. Permanent service connection shall be completed by January 1, 2000 for testing purposes. The water provided shall be potable for consumption and firefighting and meet the government's everyday needs for proper operation of stated facility. The Contractor shall operate and maintain facilities necessary to provide the correctional facility an estimated annual volume of 118,260,000 gallons of water. Actual requirements may not be determined until after the first year of full capacity operation. The estimates provided are for the contractors benefit and are not meant as a guarantee of revenue or use. The provider shall deliver the required water service at a rate of 2,000 gpm at a minimum pressure of 55 psi and a maximum pressure of 60 psi. The fire flow shall be available for a minimum duration of 240 minutes at 2,000 gpm. The provider shall deliver the required water service through a water meter of a type to record the quantity of all water consumed by the facility. The provider shall provide and install the meter at the point of connection which will be shown in the solicitation document. No cross connections of any kind are permitted between the various classes of water service provided. The solicitation is estimated to be available on April 5, 1999. The bid opening is tentatively scheduled for May 5, 1999. Please fax written request for the solicitation document to (202) 616-6055. No telephone requests will be accepted. You may mail your written request to the following address: Construction Contracting Section, Procurement and Property Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 first Street NW Room 500-6, Washington, DC 20534. ATTN.:Jake Anderson, Contracting Officer. Posted 03/02/99 (W-SN303777). (0061)

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