Contract: Gulf Power, $9.8M

Gulf Power Co., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $9,804,275 firm-fixed-price modification to task order 0001 under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N69450-14-G-0012). This modification will initiate the findings of the preliminary assessment and investment grade audit to determine energy improvements at Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Work will be performed in Milton, Fla., and is expected to be completed by November 2017. No funds will be obligated with this award as it will be financed and paid with the savings from the energy improvements. The 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 Whiting Field has agreed to pay for the costs of services/construction from project financing which will be obtained by Gulf Power Co. The contract was procured under the authority of Title 10 U.S. Code Section 2304(c)(5), statute expressly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or from a specific source, as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-5. One proposal was received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 08/24/16) Correction: The contract modification to Gulf Power Co., Pensacola, Fla., for $9,804,295 (N69450-14-G-0012), announced on Aug. 24, 2016, was actually signed and awarded on Sept. 6, 2016. (Source: DoD, 09/08/16)