SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Ethiopia Tendaho Geothermal Site Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0611001A
- Response Due
- 3/30/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/14/2006
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACTS OFFICE; PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Mr. Asnake Berhanu, Manager, Purchasing Division, Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO), DeGaulle Square, Head Office, Second Floor, Room 207, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Phone:+251-11-1560027, Fax:+251-11-1550822. Tendaho Geothermal Site Feasibility Study. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for the Ethiopia Tendaho Geothermal Site Project. The feasibility study will enable Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) to plan, finance and install a 2-5 megawatt (MW) pilot geothermal plant at Tendaho that uses a simple flash steam geothermal plant mounted on the wellhead of one (or possibly two) of the existing wells. The objective of the pilot plant will be to enable EEPCO and the Geological Survey of Ethiopia (GSE) to increase the level of knowledge that exists about the Tendaho geothermal resource that will allow EEPCO, in the near future, to finance and develop a 30 MW+ geothermal plant that will provide power to the Ethiopian grid (and possible export to Djibouti). The tasks for this feasibility include the following: Task Set 1: Geothermal Planner/Financial Analyst Study Tasks Task 1.1. Country and Regional Profiles Task 1.2. Electrical Market in Host Country and the Afar Region of the Host Country Task 1.3. Institutional Framework Task 1.4. Project Costs Task 1.5. Development Impact Report Task 1.6. Project Economics Task 1.7. Project Financing Task 1.8. Risk?Related Issues Task 1.9. Implementation Schedule Task 1.10. Funding Sources Task 1.11. Taxes, Duties, and Fees Task 1.12. Carbon Credits Task Set 2: Geothermal Resource Specialist Study Tasks Task 2.1. Resource Information Collection and Modeling Task 2.2. Environmental and Social Considerations Task 2.3. Resource Monitoring and Assessment Plan Task 2.4. Scaling Analysis and Mitigation Task Set 3: Power Plant Specialist Study Tasks Task 3.1. Power Plant Design Task 3.2. Transmission Line Design and Planning Task 3.3. Site Development Plan Task Subset 4: Final Report Study Task The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $277,788 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm?s name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to the Grantee by 5:00 PM, MARCH 30, 2006 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
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