NOTICE OF INTENT TO PRIVATIZE THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM AT NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND (NASWI) SEAPLANE BASE, WA

Notice Date

March 29, 2001

Contracting Office

Engineering Field Activity, NW, NAVFACENGCOM, 19917 7th Ave NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370-7570

ZIP Code

98370-7570

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the Contracting Officer via (myersdr@efanw.navfac.navy.mil)

Description

Notice of intent to privatize the wastewater collection system at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) Seaplane Base, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2688, as a sole source procurement with the City of Oak Harbor, Oak Harbor, WA. The Government's intent is to award a firm fixed price contract. Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2304(c) and Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, state only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The following facts warrant the need to pursue this action on a sole source basis. The Navy granted the City of Oak Harbor (hereinafter referred to as the "City") a fifty (50) year easement for the purpose of operating and maintaining the sewage lagoon that includes, but is not limited to the influent lines, sewage outfall, and associated facilities located on Navy real property. In addition, the City of Oak Harbor is the current holder of the State of Washington Department of Ecology NPDES permit for the wastewater treatment facility at NASWI Seaplane Base, and the City currently operates and maintains the wastewater treatment facility under a long term utility service contract. The collection system is within the existing City limits and the city sewer service area; both the collection system and the treatment plant are dependent on each other and are ultimately governed by the City's NPDES discharge permit. The current NPDES permit requires the City to monitor and control inflow and infiltration, pre-treatment of certain commercial and industrial wastes and maintain the specific discharge limits that have been established. Most of the Navy sewage flows are already mixed with City sewage before they reach the lagoons and flow in City owned lines. Based upon the above information, if there are any parties interested in entering into privatization with the Navy for the Wastewater Collection System only, you are required to submit a plan demonstrating how you, as the privatized owner, will maintain and operate the collection system without negatively affecting the treatment plant performance and regulatory compliance; demonstrate how you will maintain and operate the collection system separately without damage to the treatment plant operation/equipment; and demonstrate how the separate operation will not result in discharge permit violations or other costs from environmental mitigation since the collection system delivers sewage to the wastewater treatment plant. Also, since contractual arrangements exists between the City and the Navy for the wastewater treatment facility, demonstrate your commitment level and obligatory requirements that will alleviate the Navy from being involved in future legal, administrative and contractual disputes. All responses must be received within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice. All information shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government. No contract will be awarded on the basis of information received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government in future procurements. If no acceptable interest is received, the Navy shall conclude that the only entity that can, as a practical matter, enter into an agreement to privatize the collection system at NASWI Seaplane Base, is the City of Oak Harbor. Responses to this notice as well as any questions should be directed to: Engineering Field Activity Northwest (EFANW), Attention Donald Myers, Utility Privatization Lead, 19917 7th Avenue NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370-7570. Phone (360) 396-0236, Fax (360) 396-0954.

Web Link

Click here to download a copy of the RFP (http://esol.navfac.navy.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010402/SPMSC008.HTM (W-088 SN50H7J0)