US Military Electricity Contracts, October 2006

Our readers aren’t the only ones with electricity bills to pay. Governments of all levels get them, including the military. In addition, the military’s purchasing power often makes it easier and cheaper for federal civilian government agencies to include themselves in these contracts than to negotiate and manage their own. Individual locations like the Fermi National Accelerator Lab can rack up truly impressive annual bills – and see these March 2006 New Jersey & Maryland contracts as another recent example.

Unless otherwise specified, all electricity contracts are firm-fixed-price and were issued by the Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) at Fort Belvoir, VA. They include over $290 million worth of contracts:

Oct 23/06: Constellation New Energy in Chicago, IL won a maximum $10.5 million contract. Using services are the US Army, Air Force, and Federal civilian agencies. Locations of performance are Scott Air Force Base, the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, the Engineer Research and Development Center, the Army Corps of Engineers, USDA, and the National Center for Agriculture of Utilization Research, IL. There were 11 proposals solicited and 4 responded. Date of performance completion is May 31, 2008 (SP0600-07-D-8001).

Oct 20/06: Amerada Hess Corp. in Woodbridge, NJ won a maximum $85.9 million contract. Using services are the US Army, federal civilian agencies, and DoD installations. Locations of performance are the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Institutes of Health, VA; MC Health Care System, Maryland Procurement Office, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, MD. There were 156 proposals solicited and 13 responded. Date of performance completion is December 31, 2008 (SP0600-05-G-8030).

Oct 20/06: Reliant Energy Solutions East in Edison, NJ won a maximum $17.9 million contract for the US Army. Beyond Edison, NJ, the other location of performance is Fort Detrick, MD. There were 156 proposals solicited and 13 responded. Date of performance completion is December 31, 2008. (SP0600-05-G-8037).

Oct 20/06: Constellation New Energy in Houston, TX won a maximum $15.4 million contract for federal civilian agencies. There were 79 proposals solicited and 12 responded. Date of performance completion is Jan. 1, 2008 (SP0600-05-G-8043).

Oct 16/06: Constellation New Energy in Houston, TX won a maximum $101.4 million contract. Using services are the US Army, Navy, and Air Force. Other locations of performance are Dyess Air Force Base, Naval Station Ingleside, Fort Hood, Joint Reserve Base Navy Reserves, and Naval Air Station Kingsville, TX. There were 79 proposals solicited and 12 responded. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is Jan. 1, 2009. Contracting activity is the Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. (SP0600-05-G-8043).

Oct 16/06: Gexa Energy in Houston, TX won a maximum $33 million contract. Using services are Army, Navy, and Federal civilian agencies. Other locations of performance are Army Reserves Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Air Force Space Command, and Army/Air Force Exchange Service, TX. There were 79 proposals solicited and 12 responded. Date of performance completion is Jan. 1, 2009 (SP0600-07-D-8000).

Oct 13/06: Reliant Energy Solutions East in Edison, NJ won a maximum $14.2 million contract for Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC There were 156 proposals and 13 responded. Date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2008 (SP0600-05-G-8037).

Oct 13/06: Amerada Hess Corporation in Woodbridge, NJ won a maximum $12.4 million contract. Using services are the US Army, and Air Force. Other locations of performance are Bolling Air Force Base, Fort McNair, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. There were 156 proposals and 13 responded. Date of performance completion is Dec. 31, 2008 (SP0600-05-G-8030).