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Z -- SOURCES SOUGHT FORT RILEY UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION WATER AND WASTEWATER, FORT RILEY, KANSAS SOL DACA41-99-R-0018 DUE 040899 POC Ms. Ann Gunzel (816) 983-3834 The Government is seeking qualified sources interested in the privatization (ownership) of the U.S. Army owned water and sewage distribution systems at Fort Riley, Kansas. The scope of this initiative involves the purchase, ownership, maintenance and operation of the water and sewage distribution systems. The contractor will own the systems and will be responsible for maintenance, repairs, and replacement, etc., of the water and sewage distribution systems to ensure adequate and dependable water and sewage utility service is provided to all Government connections. All applicable State and Federal Laws and regulations must be complied with. The Fort Riley water and sewage distribution systems support a daily population of approximately 24,000 personnel in facilities dispersed over approximately 7,200 acres. The water distribution system has approximately 582,300 lineal feet of water mains and services and thirteen water storage tanks ranging in size from 250,000 gallons to 1,000,000 gallons. The water system is supplied from ten 1,000 gallons per minute (gpm) wells through a water treatment plant constructed in 1991 capable of treating 10 million gallons per day (MGD). The sanitary sewer system has approximately 516,100 lineal feet of sewer mains, force mains, and services. Wastewater treatment is provided at present by three trickling filter plants capable of handling 2 MGD, .75 MGD, and 1.5 MGD respectively. However, the existing wastewater treatment facilities are inadequate to meet proposed 1999 NPDES permit requirements so a new consolidatd 4 MGD treatment facility is needed. The Government intends to provide both systems including wells, treatment plants, distribution systems and sewers. Respondents are requested to submit letters of interest for this potential acquisition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 760 Federal Building, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, Attention: CENWKCT-C/Gunzel. Respondents are requested to submit no later than 8 April 1999. Letters of interest shall include a brief company profile and statement demonstrating the offerors experience and capability in owning, operating and maintaining this type of utility system. Letters if interest shall also include a list of municipalities or locations, point of contact (POC) and (POC) telephone number where this service has been provided. Offerors must indicate their interest by responding to this notice. If qualified contractors are identified by this ad, Request for Proposal for the privatization of water and sewage distribution systems at Fort Riley, Kansas will be issued by subsequent solicitation. It is anticipated that offers may be made on either the water system or the sewer system, or both. If no interest from qualified offerors is expressed, RFP WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Questions of a contractual nature may be addressed to Ms. Ann Gunzel at 816-983-3834. Questions of a technical nature may be addressed to Mr. Doug Wyatt at 816-983-3114. Posted 03/24/99 (W-SN311969). (0083)

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