Department Of The Army, Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: ATZP-DOC, Presidio Of Monterey, CA 93944-5006

S -- PRIVATIZATION UNDER 10 SSC 2688, "UTILITY SYSTEMS CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY" OF POTABLE WATER, WASTEWATER, ELECTRIC, AND NATURAL GAS UTILITY SYSTEMS AT THE PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. SOL DABT67-00-R-1000, -1001, -1002, -1003 DUE 060400 POC Nancy E. Bennett, Contract Specialist, Phone: 831-242-6579, Fax: 831-242-6591, E-mail: bennettn@pom-emh1.army.mil E-MAIL: Nancy E. Bennett, Contract Specialist, bennettn@pom-emh1.army.mil. This proposed contract action is for privatization of the potable water, wastewater, electric and natural gas utility systems at the Presidio of Monterey (POM), CA, for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate under the authority of FAR 6.302 only with California-American Water Company (Cal-Am) for potable water utility service, the City of Monterey Department of Public Works (DPW) for wastewater utility service and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for electric and natural gas utility service. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 15 days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contracts based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The following facts warrant the need to pursue this action on a sole source basis: The POM currently reflects a mixture of exclusive Federal and concurrent jurisdiction. There is a pending initiative to retrocede jurisdiction and make the entire installation an area of concurrent jurisdiction. The POM is within the City of Monterey. Utility service is currently provided to and within the POM by PG&E, Cal-Am and DPW (collectively referred to as the "local public utilities"). The local public utilities own and operate utility system facilities that are adjacent to and surround the POM and as such provide the exclusive means to deliver utility services to the POM. The local public utilities also own and operate utility-owned facilities within the POM. For example, Cal-Am owns many of the water mains within the POM. This is in contrast to the utility systems at other Military installations where thefacilities of the local utility are generally located outside the post with the exception of a limited number of master-metered delivery points. The POM has a requirement to integrate the on-post systems with off-post utility systems in order to enhance service reliability and reduce costs and to provide service within the entire Presidio of Monterey and to all premises currently served by the Government-owned systems. Included within the POM is the Lower Leased Historical Area (Leased Area) that is leased to the City of Monterey. There are 15 buildings within the Leased Area. The City of Monterey is responsible for providing utility service to the buildings in the Leased Area. The City of Monterey intends to provide service to the buildings by connecting each of the buildings to the distribution facilities of the applicable local public utilities. This service arrangement is advantageous to the POM because each of the buildings would be a direct service customer of the local public utilities and not a tenant customer of the POM. Because the local public utilities are the only entities that own and operate utility systems adjacent to the POM, they are the only entities that can fulfill the Government's system integration requirement. The local public utilities also are the only entities that can provide direct connection service within the Leased Area and as such are the only entities that can provide service to all areas within the POM. Responses to this notice as well as any questions should be directed to the attention of Nancy E. Bennett, Contract Specialist, Directorate of Contracting, Building 276, Plummer Street, Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944-5006. Phone 831-242-6579. Posted 05/18/00 (W-SN456409). (0139)

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