Utilities Privatization of the Water System at U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii (USAG-HI), Island of Oahu

in accordance with 10 U.S.C. �2688 � Utility Systems: Conveyance Authority. As a result of this solicitation, the Contractor(s) will be selected to assume ownership of the Water utility system. The new owner(s) shall operate and maintain the system and provide utility services to the Government. Any resulting contract, if awarded, will require the Contractor to furnish all facilities, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to own, maintain, and operate the utility system. All responsibility for maintaining reliable service, including such items as environmental compliance, maintenance costs, major system renovations, construction, equipment, manpower, and overhead costs shall become the utility system owner�s responsibility. The Contractor shall manage the maintenance, repairs, replacement, etc., of the system to ensure continuous, adequate, and dependable service for each Government or tenant connection within the service area. The Contractor shall be responsible for funding all capital investments required to acquire, maintain, and operate the utility system in a safe, reliable condition and to meet the requirements listed in the contract. Real property interests will be conveyed in the form of a Right to Access or an Easement as a reference to the resultant contract. The utility system will be conveyed via a Bill of Sale after a transition period to be determined by the Contractor. Past performance information from potential offerors shall be submitted as directed in the solicitation. A Sources Sought Notice for this requirement was previously publicized under solicitation number SP060026R0813 on May 29, 2026. The Sources Sought Notice has closed and market research is complete. This requirement will be unrestricted. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit an offer. Other-than-small businesses are required to submit a subcontracting plan with their offer. Interested sources may contact Jonathan Moore, Contracting Officer at jonathan.moore@dla.mil, Timothy Stark, Contracting Officer at timothy.1.stark@dla.mil, Nikki Rooksby, Contract Specialist at nikki.rooksby@dla.mil, or Lexy Sweitzer, Contract Specialist, at lexy.sweitzer@dla.mil to be added to our offeror mailing list. Secure Documents As this requirement will be an unrestricted, competitive action, several of the solicitation documents will be posted as �secured� on the SAM.gov Contract Opportunities website. In order to view those documents, vendors will need to obtain special access. The process of obtaining access is somewhat lengthy, therefore all interested vendors are encouraged to begin that process as soon as possible. Instructions for obtaining access are provided below. Should any party have issues with obtaining access to SAM.gov or the secure documents, they must notify the contracting office no later than September 29, 2026. Notifications to the contracting office of the inability to access secure documents after that suspense will not be a consideration in extensions to the Request for Proposal date. To ensure all parties are able to retrieve secure documents for this solicitation, a test document has been placed under secure package: SP060026R0813. Instructions for access to the Contract Opportunities Controlled Site To access the controlled, but unclassified, documents in the SAM.gov system, Offerors are required to be registered in SAM.gov. A CAGE Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) are created through the SAM.gov registration process at https://sam.gov/. Offerors must create a login.gov account in SAM.gov. Instructions are below. For additional help, contact the Federal Service Desk at www.fsd.gov or toll free at 1.866.606.8220. To link to an existing login.gov account From https://sam.gov/ go to sign in on the toolbar. Enter an email address and password for the existing login.gov account. Offerors will then receive an email to associate the existing login.gov account with SAM.gov. Offerors will now use this login.gov account to sign into SAM.gov. New users will be asked to complete their SAM.gov profile. To create a new login.gov account From https://sam.gov/ go to sign in on the toolbar. Select create an account. Enter an email. Offerors will receive a link with a security code via email. Go to the link and enter that security code and press continue. Create a password. Press continue. Select the method to receive one-time security codes in the future. Note: The recommended method is Text message/SMS. As part of the registration process, Offerors will be prompted to select a second authentication method. Once the login.gov user account is created, sign in at SAM.gov and navigate to the solicitation using the �Search Contract Opportunities� link. Click on a controlled attachment to initiate the request for access. A message will appear stating �You are not on Authorized Parties List. To get added to the Authorized Parties List Contractors must submit form DD2345 or you can request for Request access.� Enter a �Reason for Access� and click Submit. Offerors will be notified of the response to the request. Please note that Offerors will now need to request access for each attachment individually. Offerors that already have Joint Certification Program (JCP) certification are encouraged to verify its information in the JCP system at https://www.public.dacs.dla.mil/jcp/ext/. Incorrect information may result in rejection of request and delays in access to controlled documents. Instructions for obtaining JCP certification or for correcting a current JCP certification are as follows: Applicants for JCP certification are required to have an updated and correct SAM.gov registration, UEI, CAGE Code, and login.gov account. Applicants for JCP certification are required to complete a NIST assessment and upload it to SPRS. NIST assessments are valid for 3 years, must be documented in SPRS, and must be current more than 90+ days. Applicants must review and completion the Introduction to Proper Handling of DoD Export-Controlled Technical Data through https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Services/JCP/. All applications must be completed through the JCP Portal. The portal may be accessed through https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Services/JCP/ or directly at https://www.public.dacs.dla.mil/jcp/ext/. Click the Registration link below the Login button to navigate to the Registration page. Register either with a username and password. The Register � User Name and Password page is for use by users not in possession of a Government Common Access Card (CAC). All JCP Portal users logging in with a username and password must enable Two Factor Authentication (TFA) on the JCP Portal account. Log in to the JCP Portal account with the username and password. A prompt requires the TFA set-up on the account. Set-up Google Authenticator on a smartphone. Google Authenticator will be used upon each log in attempt. Either scan the QR code in the Google Authenticator application or manually enter the verification code. Select verify and save. After registering, click Profile in the header of the main page. To update your Profile information (First Name, Last name, Email, or Telephone), make a change in any or all the form fields and save by clicking the Save button. Upon first login after registration, an organization will not be attached to the profile. The Dashboard page will display an A