DLA Vitality Utility Providers labored with Naval Services Engineering Techniques Command to award its second utilities privatization contract on Aug. 15 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, for the water and wastewater methods.
“DLA Vitality Utility Providers helps Army Service companions by providing specialised contracting and technical experience to acquire secure, dependable, and environmentally sound utility methods, at a comparatively decrease price than they might beneath continued authorities possession,” mentioned Martha Grey, Director of DLA Vitality Utility Providers. “We provide cradle-to-grave contracting help together with full vary of pre- and post-award contract administration for the 50-year contract time period.”
The Division of Protection is working to leverage industrial sources to make sure it has dependable, resilient, and cyber safe vitality sources, technology belongings, distribution infrastructure, and facility-related controls and information. Army bases are working to “privatize” electrical, fuel, water, wastewater, and different utility methods to switch possession to the specialists and guarantee compliance with vitality safety, vitality resilience, and cybersecurity necessities.
DLA Vitality Utility Providers coordinates and consolidates utilities privatization efforts to assist navy installations shift from the position of owner-operator to that of good utility service clients.
“Very merely, that is an especially vital contract award for the DOD, and one other instance of the Navy embracing good options just like the UP Program to fulfill essential infrastructure obligations,” mentioned Rear Adm. Lore Aguayo, commander, NAVFAC Atlantic.
American States Utility Providers Inc., San Dimas, California, was awarded the 50-year $348 million fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment contract for the possession, operation, and upkeep of water and wastewater utility methods on NAS Patuxent River together with any restore, improve, or enchancment of the methods. Underneath the contract, there’s a 6-month transition interval to make sure seamless operations are established and stock belongings are totally accounted for within the contract.
American States will present water remedy, storage and distribution throughout the principle base and past to incorporate the Navy Recreation Middle Solomons, Webster Area and Glenn Forest Housing. Patuxent River NAS will hold possession of the water and land, leaving American States chargeable for treating/transporting the water and sustaining the entire methods.
“We’re more than happy to have been awarded our first Navy contract and we take nice delight in our sturdy relationship with the U.S. authorities and their continued confidence in our experience in managing water and wastewater methods on navy bases,” acknowledged Robert J. Sprowls, President and CEO of American States Water Firm in a press launch.
NAS Pax River is headquarters to the Naval Air Techniques Command; the U.S. Naval Take a look at Wing Atlantic; the Commander, Fleet Readiness Facilities; the Naval Air Station Port Operations; the U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Inigoes; and is chargeable for the ship/shore/air excellence integration supporting the Navy’s principal flight and floor check exercise.
The primary utility companies contract award with the U.S. Navy was for the wastewater utility system at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, which efficiently transferred possession earlier this 12 months. Learn extra about different utilities privatization tasks within the DLA Newsroom.
DLA Vitality Utility Providers plans to proceed rising its partnerships and serving to navy and federal clients enhance vitality reliability, safety and resilience. Study extra about DLA Vitality Utility Providers and different DLA Vitality applications and companies at www.DLA.mil/Vitality.
