Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 45CONS (Bldg 423), 1201 Edward H White II St MS 7200, Patrick AFB, FL, 32925-3238

S -- PRIVATIZATION OF UTILITY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AT PATRICK AFB AND CAPE CANAVERAL AS, FL SOL Reference-Number-F08650-UTILITIES DUE 120399 POC Linda Greaves, Contracting Officer, Phone 407-494-5229, Fax 407-494-6193, Email linda.greaves@pafb.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=Reference-Num ber-F08650-UTILITIES&LocID=516. E-MAIL: Linda Greaves, linda.greaves@pafb.af.mil. DESC: This is not a Notice of Solicitation. This notice is a follow-on to notices published in the December 15, 1998, Commerce Business Daily. The Government is seeking clarification of the ability of responsible potential sources to fulfill the privatization requirements of Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral Air Station (collectively referred to as _Base_ or _Bases_), Florida, for their electric distribution systems in accordance with 10 USC 2688, _Utility Systems: Conveyance Authority._ Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership and operations and maintenance responsi-bilities, to include such items as environmental compliance, maintenance costs, major system renovations and upgrades, construction, equipment and manpower, of Government-owned systems to a municipal, private, regional, district, or cooperative utility company or to another entity. The goal of the process is to privatize all utility infrastructures that are determined to be economically feasible without an adverse mission impact.Background: The Bases currently receive regulated electric utility service from Florida Power and Light Company (_FPL_) under a single, master service contract that covers both Bases, as well as under separate agreements. We intend to preserve all existing regulated public utility services provided by FPL to all mastered metered connection/delivery points. FPL is a public utility that operates in Florida and provides regulated electric utility service to the Bases subject to the jurisdiction and oversight of the Florida Public Service Commission (_FPSC_). Current services under the existing Utility Services Contract include: (1) facility lease arrangements for the FPL-owned substations at Patrick AFB which allow service at subtransmission voltage rates; (2) an interconnection agreement, which allows the parallel operation of the Cape Canaveral Air Station_s government-owned, 7,500 kW generation plant, and a companion standby generation load control agreement; (3) special informal metering protocols, which allow for 13.2 metering for 115 kV and 138 kV points of delivery; (4) special informal launch support arrangements, which include the limited deferral of system maintenance work and the closed-loop operation of FPL_s upstream transmission system. REQUIREMENTS: The specific elements of the privatized service requirement for the electric utility systems within the Bases are: (1) ownership, operation and maintenance of all electric utility systems within each of the Bases with service to all areas within Cape Canaveral Air Station and Patrick AFB (with the exception of the South Housing Area at Patrick AFB); (2) ability to integrate the on-Base systems with off-Base utility systems, including connections at multiple additional delivery points at secondary (13.2 kV and less) voltage levels for electric service; (3) continua-tion of upstream, regulated electric utility service by FPL to the master-metered delivery points at currently-applicable FPSC-authorized retail service rates; (4) continuation of Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral Air Station as FPL_s customers of record; (5) concomitant preservation of all special formal and informal service arrangements related to the provision of utility service by FPL upstream of the master-metered delivery points; and (6) FPSC-regulated public utility service within the Bases. RESPONSES: This request for information (RFI) is a component of a systematic process to implement the Department of the Air Force_s utility privatization program. If responsive statements of interest are received, a follow-on element of the process may be requests for clarifications and/or an industry conference may be scheduled at Patrick AFB in the future. We anticipate that a proposal submitted in response to any Request for Proposal will require a certification of an offerors legal right to provide all elements of the required service and the capability to initiate the service within a reasonable time (e.g. 30 to 60 days) after contract award. It is anticipated that any proposal received in response to aprivatization request for proposals (RFP) will require a certification of an offeror_s legal right to provide all elements of the required service and capability to initiate the service within a reasonable time (e.g., 30 to 60 days) after contract award. It is further anticipated that the failure to initiate the required service after contract award would be deemed a termination for default and that liquidated and other appropriate damages may be assessed. The statement of interest submitted shall address all of the following general criteria, as a minimum, as applied collectively and individually to each electric utility system: (1) the identity of the entity providing the expression of interest and, if different, the identity of the prospective privatized service provider(s); (2) the privatized service provider_s capability and experience in the ownership of similar systems and in the ownership, operation, expansion and maintenance of similar systems; (3) financial capacity to purchase, expand, maintain, and operate a utility system; (4) a statement expressing a willingness and understanding of an obligation to provide continuous utility service, notwithstanding the existence or term of a written utility service contract; (5) an explanation of the extent to which the respondent_s proposed services would be subject to regulation by the FPSC; (6) an understanding of any applicable state or local utility law or franchise requirements, the capability to comply with such requirements, and a representation of the legal right to provide the applicable service upon contract award; (7) an understanding of the federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, and familiarity and experience with environmental compliance procedures and regulations. The statement of interest shall also address the capability and legal right to provide each of the specific privatized utility service requirements. To the extent a capability or legal right would involve the cooperation or involvement of a third party, the basis for such involvement MUST be described and assurances that the cooperation or involvement would be forthcoming MUST be provided. A statement of interest shall not exceed 30 pages in length. Respondents that submitted an expression of interest in response to the December 15, 1998, notice, may incorporate by reference all or selected portions of their Posted 11/03/99 (D-SN397502). (0307)

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