This is a pre-solicitation notice for Retail Electric Provider services for Goodfellow AFB, Laughlin AFB, and Sheppard AFB, Texas. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has a requirement for an Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market participant that will function as a Retail Electric Provider (REP) and Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE), Level IV. The REP shall be responsible for all QSE functions related to this contract through a licensed QSE that is an integral part of the REP organization, an affiliate, or under contract to the REP. The REP will aggregate the electric loads from three (3) AETC Texas bases (Goodfellow, Sheppard, and Laughlin) and prepare a Strategic Supply Plan (SSP) that will meet the needs for the supply of all electricity to the Delivery Points. The contractor must abide by all State of Texas requirements as delineated in Substantive Rules - Chapter 25 of Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) rules applicable to electric service providers. Both the REP and QSE shall be certified by the PUCT and ERCOT, as appropriate. This acquisition will be solicited as a Request for Proposal under full and open competition, source selection to be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15. A firm-fixed price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract will result from the solicitation. Estimated Request for Proposal Issue Date: On or about 8 Feb 08. Estimated Proposal Due Date: On or about 10 Mar 08. A pre-proposal conference will be held at Randolph AFB, TX on or about 19 Feb 08. A future notice will be posted with the exact time and date. No hard copies of the Request for Proposal will be mailed. The solicitation, amendments and other documents will be posted on FedBizOpps.gov. It is the responsibility of each offeror to monitor the webpage for updates or changes. A Technical Library with historic data will be available on CD-ROM by request only. Requests for Technical Library CD-ROMs must be sent via e-mail to
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[email protected] . Period of Performance. The mobilization period will be 1 Jul 2008 ? 31 Jul 2008 with performance beginning on 1 Aug 2008. The government anticipates awarding an indefinite term contract that will continue until terminated by the government. CCR. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 221122, Electric Power Distribution. The small business size standard is 4 Million megawatt hours. Offerors must be registered under this NAICS code in the Central Contractor Registration database at http://www.ccr.gov to be eligible for award. All interested businesses shall, as early as possible, indicate interest in this acquisition by providing the company name, point of contact, mailing address, phone number, and electronic mail address to
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