DLA Energy, in conjunction with the United States Air Force, plans to offer the privatization of the electric utility systems (NAICS 221122), water utility systems (NAICS 221310), and wastewater utility systems (NAICS 221320) at Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida. Utilities Privatization (UP) is defined as the transfer of ownership and responsibility to a municipal, private, regional, district, or cooperative utility company or other entity, for the operations, maintenance, repair, future upgrades, and future systems replacements of the utility system. The conveyance may consist of all rights, titles, and interests of the United States in the utility system. UP will be accomplished in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2688 – Utility Systems: Conveyance Authority. As a result of this solicitation, contractor(s) will be selected to assume ownership of the electric, water, and wastewater utility systems. The new owner(s) shall operate and maintain the systems and provide utility services to the Government. Any resulting contract(s), if awarded, will require the contractor(s) to furnish all facilities, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain, and operate the utility system(s). All responsibility for maintaining reliable service, including such items as environmental compliance, maintenance costs, major system renovations, construction, equipment, manpower, and overhead costs shall become the utility system owner’s responsibility. The contractor(s) shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system(s) to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area. The contractor(s) shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain, and operate the utility system(s) in a safe, reliable condition and to meet the requirements listed in the contract. Real property interests will be conveyed in the form of a Right of Access or an Easement as a reference to the resultant contract. The utility system(s) will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale upon award of the contract(s). A Sources Sought Notice for this requirement was previously publicized under solicitation number SP0600-19-R-0801 on February 8, 2019. The Sources Sought Notice has closed and market research is complete. This requirement will be unrestricted. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit an offer. Other-than-small businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan with their offer. Interested sources may contact Felix Rivera at
[email protected] or Jacqueline Imholte at
[email protected] to be added to the Offeror mailing list. A copy of the solicitation will be available on or after January 22, 2020 , via the Contract Opportunities website ( https://beta.SAM.gov /). Secure Documents: As this requirement will be an unrestricted, competitive action, several of the solicitation documents will be posted as “secured” on the Contract Opportunities website. In order to view those documents, contractors will need to obtain special access. The process of obtaining access is somewhat lengthy, therefore all interested contractors are encouraged to begin that process as soon as possible. Instructions for obtaining access are provided below. Should any party have issues with obtaining access to Contract Opportunities or the secure documents, they must notify the contracting office no later than March 15, 2020. Notifications to the contracting office of the inability to access secure documents after that suspense will not be a consideration in extensions to the Request for Proposal date. Please note that Contract Opportunities has updated their security requirements, which requires that previously registered users must reactivate their account. See https://beta.sam.gov/ for more information. Instructions for access to the Contract Opportunities Secure Site To access the secured, but unclassified, documents in the Contract Opportunities system, Offerors must: Register for a login.gov account on Contract Opportunities website beta.SAM.gov. Going forward, Offerors will only need one account to sign into both SAM.gov and beta.SAM.gov. Once registered in Contract Opportunities, go to the Contract Opportunities website at https://beta.sam.gov/ and log in. Verify the registration within the Contract Opportunities system. The site provides a Contractor Quick Start Guide for assistance. Once the registration is verified in the beta.SAM.gov system, click on the secured document link, which should then provide the corresponding link for the DD2345 - Military Critical Technical Data Agreement Form. The DD2345 can also be found at https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/forms/dd/dd2345.pdf . Fill out the DD2345 form and submit a hard copy of the original form, together with all required documentation, to the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS), U.S./Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP), at the address listed on the form. Alternately, the completed, signed, and dated DD2345 can be emailed as a .pdf file with supporting documentation to:
[email protected]. JCP will return an approved and signed certified form, which will include the certification and expiration date. Times for processing DD2345 applications fluctuate depending on delivery method and the volume of applications received, but the objective is to review the application as quickly as possible. Please note that delays may be incurred if forms and/or required documentation are incomplete or incorrect. Additionally, it can take up to 24 hours for the JCP information to reach all systems. Companies are required to notify the JCP office of any changes during the certification period. When changes are required, complete, sign, and date the DD2345 and submit it via one of the methods identified above. Once he approved DD2345 is received form from JCP, verify the status on the JCP website, enter the beta.SAM.gov system and click on the secure document link. The beta.SAM.gov system will require entry of an MPIN. (a) The MPIN number is a mandatory data element created by the beta.SAM.gov registrant and must have nine characters: at least one letter (upper or lower case) and one number. No spaces or special characters are permitted. It allows access to related acquisition systems (i.e. SAM and PPIRS). It also serves as a validation to access sensitive but unclassified documents associated with a notice posted to beta.SAM.gov. 5.Following verification of the MPIN in the Contract Opportunities, contractors will submit a request for explicit access to the secure documents through the beta.SAM.gov system by clicking on the secure document line, then clicking the “Request Explicit Access” button. Once contractors request explicit access, the Contract Opportunities system will send notification to the DLA Energy personnel assigned to the procurement, who will approve the request in the system. Contractors will receive an email once the access request has been approved by DLA Energy. 6. Once the MPIN has been verified in the Contract Opportunities system, and explicit access has been granted, vendors will be able to enter the system and view the secure documents. Place of Contract Performance: Patrick Air Force Base, Brevard County, Florida 32935 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida 32920 Country: United States Contracting Office Address: Defense Logistics Agency DLA (Lorton) DLA Energy – FEE (Utility Services Division) 8725 John J. Kingman Road, STP 10400 Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221 Primary Point of Contact: Felix Rivera Contract Specialist Email:
[email protected] Phone: (571) 767-9117 Secondary Point of Contact: Jacqueline Imholte Contract Specialist Email:
[email protected] Phone: (571) 767-5929