Company chosen to proceed with Tinker Air Logistics Complex ESPC

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  • By Kevin Elliott
  • AFCEC Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  The Defense Logistics Agency Energy recently announced the energy service company chosen to move forward with an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Honeywell, Inc. has been invited to perform a preliminary assessment of the project, which is due to Tinker AFB, DLA and the Air Force Civil Engineer Center for review by Oct. 22.

The proposed scope of the ESPC includes up to 60 buildings at the OC-ALC, totaling more than 10 million possible square feet, according to the notice of opportunity for the contract. 

"The idea behind this project is to look at our facilities in a very holistic manner," said Joseph Cecrle, energy manager at the OC-ALC. "We're asking for special attention to industrial process improvements that will increase efficiencies across all of our systems. We want to address every possible opportunity."

This is the third ESPC Honeywell has conducted at Tinker. In 2006, the ESCO was awarded a project in the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing 1 area on the south side of the base.  The effort involved 12 buildings and the decentralization of a small boiler plant. In 2012, a $91 million steam plant decentralization contract was awarded to Honeywell. The project involved shutting down three central high pressure steam plants, improving a fourth and fitting 56 individual buildings on the base with high-efficiency, natural-gas fired heating equipment. Construction was completed June 29, and the effort has reduced Tinker's natural gas consumption by 30 percent.

"The AFCEC energy team is looking forward to supporting this ESPC opportunity at Tinker as the base meets or exceeds its energy reduction goals with savings from both facility and process energy", said Tom Laney, ESPC project manager at the Air Force Civil Engineer Center; the agency responsible for managing the Air Force's ESPCs. "Tinker is a forward-thinking base. Its previous ESPC was very successful; this one has the potential to achieve significant energy efficiency gains for the Air Force."

The OC-ALC is one of the largest units in Air Force Materiel Command. The complex performs programmed depot maintenance on the C/KC-135, B-1B, B-52 and E-3 aircraft; expanded phase maintenance on the Navy E-6 aircraft; and maintenance, repair and overhaul of F100, F101, F108, F110, F117, F118, F119 and TF33 engines for the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Navy and foreign military sales.

"One of the Air Force Sustainment Center's goals is to transform organic repair facilities into the 'Complex of the Future,'" Cecrle said. "This ESPC is a great opportunity for our organization to invest in that vision."