A -- Conversion and Operation of Coal Fired Plant

This solicitation has been submitted by the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory for the Regional Development Alliance (RDA) and Community Reuse Organization (CRO) located in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Regional Development Alliance, Inc. (RDA) & Community Reuse Organization (CRO) is seeking expressions of interest regarding conversion and operation of a coal fired power plant located on the property of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) located near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The objective is to convert this facility, which is currently in shutdown, into a commercial power generation plant. It is also the objective of the CRO that the operator of the power plant makes the facility available to the researchers at the INEEL for test purposes as long as that research does not interfere with commercial operation. The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making the Coal-fired Steam Generating Facility (CFSGF) located at the INEEL available to the CRO. The CFSGF is located within the boundaries of the INEEL at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC). The CFSGF was operated from 1983 through 1999 to provide plant steam to the INTEC complex. The CRO is investigating acquisition of the CFSGF as excess DOE real property and returning the facility to productive regional use. Successful respondents would be required to modify the facility for electric power production and potentially co-generation, operate the facility primarily as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) and provide a negotiated revenue stream back to the CRO. Current facility specifications are as follow: two (2) Foster Wheeler Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Boilers, 135,000-pounds steam generation per hour capacity, 650 psig operating pressure, bubbling (limestone) bed design, pulsed jet bag house particulate control, Detroit overbed fuel feeders, stoker coal / processed derived fuel / liquid-solid fuel mixture feeds, fuel feed / bottom ash / fly ash boiler sample ports, and railcar or truck fuel receiving and unloading. The facility could generate approximately 15 - 20 MWe (gross) after addition of turbines and any necessary modifications to the boilers. The boiler house has sufficient space to accommodate two additional boilers that could raise the capacity of the facility. Preliminary investigations suggest that the transmission grid and the existing environmental permits could accommodate a total capacity of up to 50 MWe. Additional boiler capacity would need to be negotiated with DOE. The facility is fully equipped with a continuous emission monitoring system. Additionally, the facility has a mobile mounted air analyzer for certification of the stack's emission monitoring system that can be modified to meet project-specific requirements. The capital facilities currently located at the CFSGF site will be transferred to the successful IPP at no cost but with a negotiated continuing royalty on power generated. Modifications to the facility will be accomplished by the IPP at its own cost. The IPP will be responsible for removal of the power plant at the end of its useful life. The successful IPP would enter into a Lease and a Site Interface Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Energy. Companies interested in evaluation of this opportunity should submit an expression of interest to the address listed below. Included with that expression of interest should be a brief financial summary of the submitting entity in sufficient detail to assure the CRO that the submitting entity can fulfill its potential obligations. The submittals should be made within forty-five (45) days from the issue date of this RFI to the attention of Mr. Tim Solomon at the following address. Notification of the selection process will be made to successful candidates within thirty (30) days. Upon notification of selection the candidates will be given the opportunity to make a complete inspection of the property and will be asked to make a formal proposal on the conversion and operation. Official address for the CRO: Regional Development Alliance, Inc. (RDA) & Community Reuse Organization (CRO) 2300 North Yellowstone Highway Idaho Falls, ID 83401 Telephone: (208) 528-9400 Fax: (208) 528-9500 The point of contact listed below is the default point of contact automatically entered by FedBizOps for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. The point of contact listed below has no relationship with the above posting. Please do not contact Mr. Paschke concerning this posting. The Point of contact for this solicitation is: Mr. Lloyd Brown, Telephone - 208-526-5510. Address - Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 2525 Fremont Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3710.