Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, 9 CONS, 6500 B St Rm 101, Beale AFB, CA, 95903

S -- UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION (NATURAL GAS PIPELINE) SOL F04666-00-R0020 DUE 102000 POC Mark San Miguel, Contracting Specialist, Phone (530)634-3372, Fax (530)634-3311, Email Mark.SanMiguel@beale.af.mil -- Joel Burgess, QAEPC and Contract Administrator, Phone (530) 634-2824, Fax (530) 634-3311, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www2.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=F04666-00-R0020&LocID=791. E-MAIL: Mark San Miguel, Mark.SanMiguel@beale.af.mil. UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION (NATURAL GAS PIPELINE). The Government is requesting proposals for the purpose of selling the natural gas utility system currently located on Beale Air Force Base (AFB). Concurrent with the sale of the utility system, the Government will acquire natural gas maintenance and repair utility service (hereinafter referred to as utility service) to replace the service currently provided by the Government. The natural gas system consists of approximately 33,000 linear feet of pipeline contained within the boundaries of Beale AFB. The sale of the utility system and the acquisition of utility services are subject to terms and conditions provided in this request for proposal. The sale of the utility system is authorized by and conducted under 10 USC 2688. The desired goal of this sale is to transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the natural gas utility system on Beale AFB. Consequently, the United States will retain no reversionary interests in the utility system sold, other than the Right of Way upon its expiration or termination. The utility system being sold includes all equipment, fixtures, structures, and other improvements utilized in connection with the utility system. As indicated in the Bill of Sale, the utility system being sold also includes a Right of Way. The divestiture will not include the real property upon, under, or around the utility system. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, management, supervision, permits, equipment, supplies, materials, transportation, and any other incidental services for the complete ownership, operation, maintenance, repair, upgrades, and improvements to these utility systems. The Contractor will provide these services in accordance with all terms, conditions, and special contract requirements, specifications, attachments, and drawings contained in the solicitation or incorporated by reference. The proposed solicitation is unrestricted under SIC 4939, Combination Utilities, N.E.C. with a size standard of$5M. The solicitation will be a competitive Request for Proposal using Best Value Basic Source Selection procedures. This solicitation is open to all business concerns. The entire solicitation will be released solely on the Electronic Posting System (EPS), www.eps.gov, (paper copies will not be available). Any prospective offeror interested in this solicitation MUST contact the Contract Specialist at mark.sanmiguel@beale.af.mil in order to be placed on the List of Offerors. Registration requires company name, address, telephone number, point of contact, fax number, business size and e-mail address. This list is provided to facilitate subcontracting opportunities only. All prospective offerors are responsible for visiting the EPS frequently to obtain any amendments or other information pertaining to this solicitation. Anticipated solicitation release date is 20 Sep 00. A complete copy of the solicitation package will be available for viewing in the lobby of our contracting office. When issued, the solicitation package will be available for download as word documents or zipped compressed files. Site plans will be available for download as a self-extraction zip file. Once executed, the file will install the free Sourceview reader and the site plans can then be viewed and printed. A free copy of Winzip can be obtained from http://www.winzip.com/winzip/download.htm. Once unzipped, all files are word documents. Offers containing any changes to the solicitation documents will be rejected. Contractors must be registered in the Centralized Contractor Registration in order to receive a contract award from any DOD activity. Contractors may access the CCR at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. Posted 07/26/00 (D-SN479215). (0208)

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