SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Georgia ? High Voltage Transmission Lines Project
- Notice Date
- 5/3/2006
- 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-0681005A
- Response Due
- 6/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2006
- 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: Archil Mametelashvili, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Georgia 10 Lermontov Str., 1015, Tbilisi, Georgia Phone: +995 32 99 53 10, Fax: +995 32 99 50 98 Georgia- High Voltage Transmission Line. 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 development of a second high voltage transmission line in the Republic of Georgia. The weakness of Georgia?s power sector is one of the biggest obstacles to the country?s economic growth. Georgia imports the bulk of its energy needs, including natural gas and oil products. The nation does, however, have significant domestic electricity generation resources, notwithstanding its lack of fossil fuel. It is relatively rich in hydropower resources, particularly in the western region of the nation, where 85% of this capacity is concentrated. Hydropower generated electricity accounts for 81% of the power consumed by the population. Despite a diverse fuel supply base, electricity supply has been problematic. Several times throughout 2003 and 2004, non-payment disputes between Georgia and its natural gas and electricity suppliers, Russia and Armenia, have caused intermittent supply disruptions. Georgia experienced outages in January 2003 when a natural gas line from Russia was accidentally ruptured, resulting in rolling power outages and the total shutdown of public transportation. Several other malfunctions in recent history have left the populace without power for days at a time. Neighboring Turkey is actively seeking new sources of energy, invigorating the already active market for energy export in the Caucasus region. In an attempt to ameliorate power reliability issues, decrease national reliance upon foreign sources of power, and increase revenues through power export to Turkey, the Georgians have revisited long dormant plans to construct additional high voltage power lines in Georgia. Georgia has one 500kV transmission line which runs east to west. A second 500 kV transmission grid reinforcement project was started in 1989. However, in 1992, the project was abandoned due to inadequate funding and the line was never completed. Since then, many of the installed components have been stolen. Completing this line is one of the Ministry of Energy?s main priorities and it has targeted this project for implementation in 2006-08. The Ministry has already taken steps to further develop hydropower resources to supply the additional power to this line and is in discussions with the World Bank on the Khudoni Hydropower plant project. The Ministry believes this project will help turn around the electricity sector in Georgia and provide some profit, which it can use for further investments in the sector. This second line would allow Georgia to take power from its summertime hydropower resources for export to neighboring countries. This 500 kV line is estimated to cost $80 million and would take 2-3 years to complete. An additional line to connect to the Turkish system is also being contemplated as an extension to this second kV line. The Cabinet of Ministers and Regulatory Commission have lent their support to this project and the project is ranked at the top of the Government of Georgia?s sector development priorities. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF STUDY COMPONENTS The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $356,000 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 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 4:00PM, June 15, 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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