Directorate of Contracting, Bldg 606, Iowa Avenue, P.O. Box 140, Ft Leonard Wood, MO 65473-0140

99 -- PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED UTILITY SYSTEMS SOL DABT31-UTILITY POC Frederick Bloch, Contract Specialist, 573-596-02654; Darlene Pemberton, Contracting Officer, 573-596-0248 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Directorate of Contracting, blochf@wood.army.mil. Fort Leonard Wood(FLW), Missouri seeks an electrical utility company to own, operate, and maintain the FLW electrical distribution system and contract with that Utility to distribute electricity purchased under a separate contract within the FLW, Missouri installation boundary. The Utility shall furnish all facilities, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain and operate, and shall accept full liability for the FLW electrical distribution system. The Utility shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the electrical distribution systems to ensure adequate and dependable electric service is distributed to each Government or tenant connection within the service premises, to include the installation and removal of temporary service facilities as requested by the Government. The Utility shall be responsible for finding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the FLW electric distribution system in a safe, reliable condition and to meet established requirements. The Government will only consider proposals from offerors who are regularly engaged in the business of electrical utility service to the general public as an electric utility. Selection of the Utility will be based on the best value to the Government with experience and demonstrated performance both in the past and current, weighing heavily in the rating factors. FLW, Missouri is a U.S. Army Installation spread over 63,000 acres, located in Pulaski County along Interstate I-44, 120 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri and 85 miles east of Springfield, Missouri. This notice serves to notify and solicit interested parties. A Request For Proposal(RFP) is being developed and should be finalized during the second quarter, Fiscal Year 2000. Parties interested in receiving a copy of the RFP when issued should FAX their requests to: Directorate of Contracting, P.O. Box 140, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473. The FAX Number is 573-596-0267. The Point of Contact for this acquisition is Mr. Frederick Bloch. Posted 01/13/00 (W-SN415750). (0013)

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