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 NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA SOL DACA63-00-R-0004 DUE 070500 POC Leslie L. Bearden, Contract Specialist, (817/978-3954) WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting, http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. E-MAIL: Leslie Bearden, Contract Specialist, Leslie.Bearden@SWF02.usace.army.mil. Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership, responsibilities, investments, upgrade, plant replacement, continued operation and maintenance of the Army-owned utility system. The Contractor will be required to comply with all Federal, state and local environmental and safety laws. Fort Benning currently uses Government-owned facilities to distribute natural gas within the installation boundaries and to deliver the natural gas to the master meter points between United Cities Gas Company distribution system and the downstream Government-owned facilities that are exclusively used to provide natural gas service for Fort Benning. Estimated natural gas usage for the first year is 1,100,000 MMBTUs. The contract will be for a period of fifty (50) years. 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: 61.4% 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; 5% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with woman-owned small businesses; 2% of the total subcontracted amount be placed with historically black colleges or universities/minority institutions; and 0.5% be placed with certified HUB-Zone firms. The solicitation will issue on or about 1 June 2000 with proposals due on or about 5 July 2000. Offerors may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet at the following address http://ebs.swf.usace.army.mil. This solicitation will be placed on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and will be provided free of charge. Hard copy (paper) copies will not be provided. Offerors are required to register to receive the CD-ROM at the aforementioned web address; however, facsimile requests may be sent to 817/978-3462, ATTN: Leslie Bearden. Notification of amendments will be made through either 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM, and/or 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 Internet address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. The SIC is 4923 and the small business size standard is $5,000,000. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the agency. No express mail procedures will be utilized on initial mailing of solicitation CD-ROMs. Posted 05/03/00 (W-SN450906). (0124)

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