Purchase of Natural Gas for Power Plant

Agency:	State Government of Louisiana
State:	Louisiana
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	221210 - Natural Gas Distribution
Posted Date:	Jul 10, 2026
Due Date:	Aug 3, 2026
Solicitation No:	50012-657-27
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INVITATION TO BID

DO NOT SHIP BASED UPON THIS BID

Bid Number: 50012-657-27

Bid Title:

Purchase of Natural Gas for the Power Plant

Bid Schedule:

Pre-Bid Conference:

N/A

Bid Submission Deadline / Opening:

August 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM

Return this SIGNED form to:

Louisiana Tech University

Oﬃce of Purchasing

PO Box 3157

208 Keeny Circle, RM 408

Ruston, Louisiana 71272

Bidder agrees to comply with all

conditions below and attached to this

request.

Prices are to be complete and the

FOB point is to be Louisiana Tech

University unless otherwise speciﬁed.

Bidder Information: (Bidder to provide all required information)

(Full Company Name)

(Full Street or Mailing Address)

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

(Phone)

(Email)

(Fax)

(Company Quote Number if Applicable)

PRICES MUST BE FIRM FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS FROM BID OPENING DATE

FAILURE TO SIGN BELOW IN INK SHALL DISQUALIFY BID

Typed or Printed Name / Title

Authorized Signature

The Louisiana Tech University Oﬃce of Purchasing is seeking SEALED BIDS for the following:

Purchase of Natural Gas for the Power Plant

* No bid bond is required for this solicitation *

** PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FIRST PAGE AND ATTACHMENT F - BID RESPONSE WORKSHEET SHALL BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED. BIDS

RETURNED WITHOUT SIGNATURES ON BOTH PAGES WILL BE DEEMED AS NON-RESPONSIVE **

**See Attached Bid Speciﬁcations for additional details**

ALL BIDS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF PURCHASING VIA MAIL OR IN PERSON.

The Bidder is solely responsible for ensuring that its courier service provider makes inside deliveries to our physical location. Louisiana Tech

University is not responsible for any delays caused by the bidder’s chosen means of delivery.

For questions regarding speciﬁcations, please contact the Oﬃce of Purchasing at 318-257-4205 or purchasing@latech.edu. Please ensure that

the above bid number appears on all communications.

IMPORTANT: If bidding other than requested brand and product number (or style), enclose suﬃcient literature to determine compliance with speciﬁcations. Failure to comply with this

request may eliminate your bid from consideration. Any manufacturer’s names, trade names, brand names, or catalog numbers used in the speciﬁcations are for the purpose of describing

and establishing general quality levels. Such references are not intended to be restrictive. Bids will be considered for any brand which meets or exceeds the quality of the speciﬁcations

listed for any items.

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The Louisiana Tech University Oﬃce of Purchasing is now accepting Sealed Bid solicitations for Purchase of Natural Gas

for the Power Plant.

Louisiana Tech University operates a co-generation power plant that supplies electricity and steam for heating and cooling

in excess of 2,000,000 square feet of academic, research and dormitory space.

The University is requesting bids for the Purchase of Natural Gas delivered to the University Power Plant. Under normal

operating conditions, Louisiana Tech operates a Solar 70 gas turbine with a heat recovery boiler. The gas pressure required

at the gas turbine is 350 PSIG and low pressure gas is used for supplemental ﬁring at the heat recovery boiler at 40 PSIG.

At high steam demand one of two additional boilers can be brought on line requiring natural gas at 40PSIG to supply steam

for campus heating and cooling.

There are currently two gas lines that can Supply Gas to the Power Plant. Delta Utilities (CenterPoint) has a line that can

deliver gas at 40 PSIG. This gas line can supply fuel to the heat recovery boiler and to the additional boiler(s). Energy

Transfer has a pipeline that can deliver gas at 350 PSIG. The University has no objection to bidder at bidder’s expense

installing a new gas line to the Power Plant. If this option is selected, the University will work with contractor on route

selection and necessary easements.

The University has natural gas regulators in place to reduce 350 PSIG to the appropriate pressure for the supplemental

ﬁring in the heat recovery boiler or the two steam boilers. The University does NOT have the ability to increase or raise

the pressure of gas to 350 PSIG. Should a bidder deliver gas for high pressure through the Delta Utilities (CenterPoint)

distribution line or other new line at lower pressure, bidder will be required to place into service all equipment necessary

to increase pressure of the gas to 350 psig. Bidder will also be responsible for maintenance and energy cost for this

equipment.

For the purposes of this solicitation and resulting contract, the NYMEX Natural Gas Futures monthly settlement prices are

the oﬃcial closing prices for each month’s contract, quotes in $/MMBtu. These prices are set at the close of business day

before the end of the month.

The University is requesting bids for the purchase of high pressure gas for consumption at the power plant. GAS IS TO BE

CONTRACT ON A “FIRM” BASIS with a delivery point of 904 Hergot Avenue on the Louisiana Tech University campus in

Ruston, Louisiana. Attachment A is the expected purchase quantity for the campus. The price of gas delivered to the

campus will be based upon the ﬁrst-of-the-month pricing for Louisiana / Southeast deliveries into Henry Hub plus an add-

on cost provided by the bidder on the attached form.

• It is the intent of the University to NOT daily nominate and balance daily consumption for the Power Plant.

• If the bidder requires nomination of daily gas consumption at the Power Plant, it is assumed that the monthly

nominated volume shown in Attachment B will be used for nomination and the volume will be divided equally by

the number of days in each month.

• If nominating gas consumption is required, volumes in excess of the monthly quantity in Attachment B will be

charged at the Daily Henry Hub mid point posting + the add-on cost provided by the bidder on the attached bid

form. If for Holiday or other reason a daily mid-point is not published, the value for the most recent published

date will be utilized.

• Volumes untaken will be credited back to the University at the Henry Hub Daily Midpoint minus the add-on cost

provided by the bidder on the attached bid form. If for Holiday or other reason, a daily mid-point is not published,

the value for the most recent published date will be utilized.

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Base Bid is for gas provided to the Power Plant. As an alternate bid is incidental gas purchased at the following locations:

• Davison Athletic Center, 1454 W. Alabama Avenue, Ruston, LA,

• Joe Aillet Field House, 1450 W. Alabama Avenue, Ruston, LA

• Thomas Assembly Center, 1650 W. Alabama Avenue, Ruston, LA

• Integrated Engineering and Science Education Building, 418 Dan Reneau Drive, Ruston, LA

Other individual facilities connected to the Local Gas Distribution company may be added with mutual agreement between

both parties of the contract. Contractor shall arrange for all transportation and delivery permits, billings and payment.

The University will pay the cost of gas described in bid plus an additional cost per MMBTU.

NO OTHER FEE, TRANSACTION COST OR CHARGE MAY BE ADDED TO THE COST OF GAS OR THE MONTHLY INVOICE.

The University has the option to lock-in a portion of gas purchases for any combination of months remaining in the contract

term by placing an oﬀer to lock-in at a NYMEX Henry Hub trigger price speciﬁed by Louisiana Tech University. If the Henry

Hub price on the NYMEX meets the trigger price within speciﬁed working days not to exceed 30, the lock-in prices will

established for the months and quantities speciﬁed. The cost of gas locked-in will be the oﬀer cost plus an add-on cost

provided by the bidders on the attached bid form. No other fees, transaction cost or charges may be added to the cost

of gas. Any volume of gas consumed and not locked-in will be priced using the process for balancing daily volumes

described immediately above.

Bidder awarded a contract from this solicitation is required to obtain all necessary permits and contracts for transportation.

Louisiana Tech University will not enter into any other contract and will not be responsible for any fees are costs other

than those described herein.

The bid will allow a one year contract with the possibility of two one-year renewals. Louisiana Tech makes no guarantee

as to volume to be purchased. The successful Bidder must have in place capacity to supply 2,000 MMBTU of high pressure

gas. Bidder is responsible, without additional compensation for supplying meters and any other equipment necessary to

provide gas service at the appropriate pressure. Bidder is responsible for contracting and paying for the gas and

transportation to the University point of consumption.

Gas Standards

• Gas delivered shall meet the tariﬀ requirements of the delivery pipeline.

• Natural gas supplied under this contract shall be odorized in accordance with industry standards and regulations

of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

• The billing unit for the Natural Gas purchased shall be per MMBTU and the Heating Value of the gas delivered will

be determined by the Standard Gas Chromatograph Method as deﬁned by the American Gas Association. Gas

samples for this procedure shall be collected daily on the Louisiana Tech side of the base metering station at the

Tech Power Plant.

The composite of the daily gas samples for the monthly billing period shall be tested for BTU content by an independent

testing laboratory and the test results shall be used for actual billing calculations. Copies of the test results shall accompany

the monthly billings. Contractor shall bear all costs for these tests.

Measurement and measurement equipment shall meet all conditions and speciﬁcations as required by AGA Gas

Measurement Report No. 3 with any subsequent amendments or revisions to which are mutually agreed to.

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RESUTLING CONTRACT

The bidder awarded the contract from this solicitation shall have no more than 30 days to execute the contract. The

contract form shall be the NAESB Standard contract along with NAESB Special Provisions to contain necessary terms and

conditions per this bid and resulting bid response.

REQUIRED TERMS to be included in Special Provisions to the NAESB Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas:

Taxes

Before the contract may be approved, La. R.S. 39:1624(A)(10) requires the Oﬃce of State Procurement to determine that

the Contractor is current in the ﬁling of all applicable tax returns and reports and in the payment of all taxes, interest,

penalties, and fees owed to the state and collected by the Department of Revenue. The Contractor shall provide its seven-

digit LDR Account Number to the State for this determination. The State’s obligations are conditioned on the Contractor

resolving any identiﬁed outstanding tax compliance discrepancies with the Louisiana Department of Revenue within seven

(7) days of such notiﬁcation. If the Contractor fails to resolve the identiﬁed outstanding tax compliance discrepancies within

seven days of notiﬁcation, then the using agency may proceed with alternate arrangements without notice to the

Contractor and without penalty.

Termination for Cause

Should the State determine that the Contractor has failed to comply with the Contract’s terms, the State may terminate

the Contract for cause by giving the Contractor written notice specifying the Contractor’s failure. If the State determines

that the failure is not correctable, then the Contract shall terminate on the date speciﬁed in such notice. If the State

determines that the failure may be corrected, the State shall give a deadline for the Contractor to make the correction. If

the State determines that the failure is not corrected by the deadline, then the State may give additional time for the

Contractor to make the corrections or the State may notify the Contractor of the Contract termination date.

If the Contractor seeks to terminate the Contract, the Contractor shall ﬁle a complaint with the Chief Procurement Oﬃcer

under La. R.S. 39:1672.2-1672.4.

Termination for Convenience

State may terminate the Contract at any time without penalty by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the Contractor of

such termination or negotiating with the Contractor a termination date. Contractor shall be entitled to payment for

deliverables in progress, to the extent the State determines that the work is acceptable.

Remedies for Default

Any claim or controversy arising out of this contract shall be resolved by the provisions of LSA - R.S. 39:1672.2 - 1672.4.

Other Remedies

If the Contractor fails to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Contract, or if any lien or claim for

damages, penalties, costs and the like is asserted by or against the State, then, upon notice to the Contractor, the State

may pursue all remedies available to it at law or equity, including retaining monies from amounts due the Contractor and

proceeding against any surety of the Contractor.

Governing Law

This Contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, including but not

limited to La. R.S. 39:1551-1736; rules and regulations; executive orders; standard terms and conditions, special terms and

conditions, and speciﬁcations listed in the RFP(if applicable); and this Contract. Venue of any action brought, after

exhaustion of administrative remedies, with regard to this Contract shall be in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish

of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.

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E-Verify

Contractor acknowledges and agrees to comply with the provisions of La. R.S. 38:2212.10 and federal law pertaining to E-

Verify in the performance of services under this Contract.

Record Ownership

All records, reports, documents and other material delivered or transmitted to Contractor by State shall remain the

property of State, and shall be returned by Contractor to State, at Contractor's expense, at termination or expiration of the

Contract. All material related to the Contract and/or obtained or prepared by Contractor in connection with the

performance of the services contracted for herein shall become the property of State, and shall be returned by Contractor

to State, at Contractor's expense, at termination or expiration of the Contract.

Contractor’s Cooperation

The Contractor has the duty to fully cooperate with the State and provide any and all requested information,

documentation, etc. to the state when requested. This applies even if this Contract is terminated and/or a lawsuit is ﬁled.

Speciﬁcally, the Contractor shall not limit or impede the State’s right to audit or shall not withhold State owned documents.

Assignability

Contractor may assign its interest in the proceeds of this Contract to a bank, trust company, or other ﬁnancial institution.

Within ten calendar days of the assignment, the Contractor shall provide notice of the assignment to the State and the

Oﬃce of State Procurement. The State will continue to pay the Contractor and will not be obligated to direct payments to

the assignee until the State has processed the assignment.

Except as stated in the preceding paragraph, Contractor shall only transfer an interest in the Contract by assignment,

novation, or otherwise, with prior written consent of the State. The State’s written consent of the transfer shall not diminish

the State’s rights or the Contractor’s responsibilities and obligations.

Right to Audit and Record Retention

Any authorized agency of the State (e.g. Oﬃce of the Legislative Auditor, Inspector General's Oﬃce, etc.) and of the Federal

Government has the right to inspect and review all books and records pertaining to services rendered under this contract

for a period of ﬁve years from the date of ﬁnal payment under the prime contract and any subcontract. The Contractor

and subcontractor shall maintain such books and records for this ﬁve-year period and cooperate fully with the authorized

auditing agency. Contractor and subcontractor shall comply with federal and state laws authorizing an audit of their

operations as a whole, or of speciﬁc program activities.

Fiscal Funding

The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds to fulﬁll the requirements of the contract

by the legislature. If the legislature fails to appropriate suﬃcient monies to provide for the continuation of the contract, or

if such appropriation is reduced by the veto of the Governor or by any means provided in the appropriations act to prevent

the total appropriation for the year from exceeding revenues for that year, or for any other lawful purpose, and the eﬀect

of such reduction is to provide insuﬃcient monies for the continuation of the contract, the contract shall terminate on the

date of the beginning of the ﬁrst ﬁscal year for which funds are not appropriated.

Non-Discrimination

Contractor agrees to abide by the requirements of the following as applicable and amended: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act

of 1964 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; Federal Executive Order

11246; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974; Title IX of the

Education Amendments of 1972; Age Discrimination Act of 1975; Fair Housing Act of 1968; and, Americans with Disabilities

Act of 1990.

Contractor agrees not to discriminate in its employment practices, and shall render services under this contract without

regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, political aﬃliation, disability, or age

in any matter relating to employment. Any act of discrimination committed by Contractor, or failure to comply with these

statutory obligations when applicable shall be grounds for termination of this contract.

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This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.

Bid Number	Description	Date Issued	Bid Open Date/Time
50012-657-27	Purchase of Natural Gas for Power Plant Original: 50012-657-27	07/10/2026	08/03/2026 2:00:00 PM CT

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See Also

Department	++ University - Louisiana Tech University
Section	Purchasing Department
Dept Code	50012
Contact	Melissa Hughes
Address	P.O. Box 3157 408 Keeny Hall Ruston, LA 71272
Phone	318-257-4205
Fax	318-257-3772
Email	mhughes@latech.edu