Contract: City of Pensacola, $31.6M

City of Pensacola, Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded $31,575,637 for firm-fixed-price task order 0001 under a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N69450-15-G-0102). This task order will initiate the findings of the preliminary assessment and investment grade audit to determine energy improvements at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The work to be performed provides for the design and installation of the following: chiller plant upgrades in five facilities; installation of chilled water primary pump with variable flow in one facility; occupancy based heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) scheduling upgrades in 10 facilities; continuous commissioning of control upgrades in 29 facilities; demand control ventilation upgrades in one facility; control schedules to domestic hot water recirculation pumps in 11 facilities; upgrade to existing HVAC controls in two facilities; HVAC multi-zone unit conversion to variable air volume units in one facility; installation of high efficiency interior lighting in 35 facilities; building envelope upgrades in 38 facilities; installation of window film in nine facilities; high efficiency transformer upgrades in 17 facilities; installation of low flow plumbing fixtures in 37 facilities; and replacement of portable air conditioning units in three facilities. The contractor will also provide three years of performance verification reporting. Work will be performed in Pensacola and is expected to be completed by November 2018. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 authorizes agencies to use appropriations, private financing, or a combination to comply with its requirements for utility energy service contracts for evaluations/project implementation. For this project, Naval Air Station Pensacola has agreed to pay for the cost of services/construction from project financing which will be obtained by the City of Pensacola. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/29/16)