U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

S -- PRIVATIZATION OF THE GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA SOL DACA63-99-R-0010 DUE 081999 POC Suzanne Wright, Contract Specialist, 817/978-2131 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil/. E-MAIL: Suzanne Wright, Contract Specialist, suzanne.wright@SWF02.usace.army.mil. Contractor will be required to own, operate, and maintain the Fort Polk gas distribution system and to coordinate with the government supplier to distribute natural gas within the Fort Polk installation boundaries. The Fort Polk gas distribution system consists of, but is not limited to: two metering stations; approximately 275,000 linear feet of pipe, 2" to 8"; approximately 416 valves of varying size; and it serves approximately 1,750 buildings located throughout the post including 750 units of family housing. The Contractor shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the Fort Polk gas distribution system. The Contractor shall assume ownership of the "Fort Polk Side" of the substations. These are the connections of the Government's system to the upstream distribution and transmission systems. Maintenance and operation procedures must meet or exceed all State and Federal safety, fire and environmental laws/codes. If a large business firm is selected, the firm must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement of subcontracting plan. Fort Worth District's subcontracting goals are: 61.2% of the contractor's total intended subcontracted amount be placed with small businesses; 9.1% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with small disadvantaged businesses; 4.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with woman-owned small businesses; and 5.5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with historically black colleges or universities/minority institutions. The solicitation will issue on or about 22 June 1999 with proposals due on or about 19 August 1999. The solicitation will be placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Solicitations will not be provided in a paper hard copy format. Notification of amendments shall be made through either 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM, and/or the Internet. The Government intends to issue this solicitation through the use of CD-ROM and the Internet. However, the Government reserves the right to use only the Internet as notification of any changes to this solicitation. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. Contractors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet at the following address: http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. The SIC code is 4923. This procurement is Unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. Facsimile requests for solicitation documents are acceptable (FAX# 817/978-4797, ATTN: Suzanne Wright). No express mail procedures will be utilized on initial mailing of solicitation packages. Posted 05/25/99 (W-SN335489). (0145)

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