Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Procurement. The Government intends to issue a sole source contract for the privatization of the gas distribution system for the 183rd Fighter Wing (FW) Air National Guard Base (ANGB) located at Capital Munic ipal Airport, to: Central Illinois Light Company (CILCO). Privatization is defined as the transfer of ownership and responsibility for the operations, maintenance, repair, future upgrades, and future utility system replacements. CILCO (Contractor) will assume ownership of the above-mentioned utility system and will be required to provide expansions to the system to meet future needs of the government. The resulting contract, if awarded, will require the Contractor to furnish all facilities, labor, mate rials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain, and operate the utility system. The Contractor shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or te nant connection within the service area. The Contractor shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain and operate the utility system in a safe, reliable condition and to meet the requirements listed in the contract . The utility system will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract. The electric and gas systems being privatized are described as follows: The 183rd Fighter Wing (FW) of the Illinois Air National Guard occupies 91 acres of leased land on the Capital Municipal Airport (MAP), located approximately three miles north-west from downtown Springfield, Illinois. The mission of the 183rd FW is to provide 15 combat ready aircraft, pilots, and required support personnel capable of global deployme nt to perform tactical, general-purpose warfare as directed by major command authority. The unit currently flies the F-16 Falcon. The 183rd FW occupies 2 administrative and 31industrial buildings totaling approximately 267,600 square feet with 321 full- time personnel. A unit training drill is conducted once a month and results in a surge of up to a total of 1,121 personnel. Natural gas service is provided by CILCO. The portion owned by the base is a dead-end system with gas delivered at 55 psig and di stributed at 5 psig. The distribution system contains approximately 200 linear feet of one-inch PE pipe, and 1,200 linear feet of coated steel pipe ranging from one to two inches in diameter. Pipes are buried at an average depth of two feet and the PVC pip e is marked with tracer wire while the steel pipe is not. The system includes one regulator and one meter. Base personnel indicate the capacity of the current system is adequate for present and future needs. Competitive proposals were requested in 2001 a nd no offers were received. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of DoD Utility Privatizati on Policy dated 2002. However, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This information shall include: confirmation of your understanding that the requirement includes purchasing the distribution syste m, and then entering into a 50-year contract for the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the systems; furnish us with references indicating your prior experience operating, maintaining, repairing and replacing such systems; and indicate how y ou would meet the emergency response time requirement of one hour. All responses received within ten calendar days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this prop osed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely fo r the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested sources shall contact MSgt Jason Robbins at e-mail:
[email protected] or telephone: 217-757-1251.