Clemente Perez, Director Region Metropolitana Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA), Mac Iver 283, piso 7, Santiago, Chile, phone: 011-562-638-5261 fax: 011-562-639-8450

L -- SANTIAGO DECONTAMINATION PLAN POC Carol Stillwell, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 Part 1 of 2 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 provide technical assistance for the Santiago Decontamination Plan. In anticipation of the January 1, 1997 deadline to meet new air quality standards, the National Environmental Commission-Metropolitan Region (CONAMA-RM) of Chile has developed a series of decontamination plans for the Santiago region. Because Santiago was officially declared an air pollutant saturated zone for particulate matter, PM10, Carbon Monoxide (CO) and ozone in 1996, CONAMA-RM is required by law to implement control measures that will reduce the concentration of contaminants. Control measures will center on PM10, NOx and VOC sources. CONAMA currently has no emissions limits for NOx, VOC or CO from point sources. Such limits are to be developed and implemented over the next year. CONAMA-RM officials have taken initial measures to develop air pollution control in the Santiago region. These measures include the development of an accurate air dispersion model and the incorporation of new EPA diesel standards into CONAMA RM's regulatory framework. In addition to these initial measures, CONAMA-RM is very interested in receiving U.S. input on further air quality control measures because of the leadership role the United States has played in developing control measures for the target pollutants. The objectives of the technical assistance are: Evaluate available emissions inventories for point sources in the Santiago region and rank order the PM10, NOx, VOC, and CO contribution of each source type; Identify the universe of control strategies, including an emissions trading component, applicable to each major point source in Santiago and subdivide the source categories to a level of detail that addresses the significant variables in the device population (eg., age, fuel type, existing controls, retrofitability, remaining useful life); Review and provide recommendations to CONAMA-RM on draft emissions standards and control measures for fuels, mobile sources and stationary sources prepared by CONAMA-RM for the Decontamination Plan; Provide CONAMA-RM with a range of equipment options that can meet different levels of control (high, medium, and low); Provide the estimated pollutant control cost effectiveness ($/ton) of those equipment options that can meet different levels of control (high, medium, low); Recommend specific levels of control and recommend specific technologies, including specific make and model, capable of achieving control level; Local model facilities in the Santiago area, if possible, that are using these recommended control technologies; Evaluate existing point source emission limit compliance enforcement strategies and emission control approaches from the perspective of having strategies in place that encourage or force emission reductions over the mid-to-long term; Evaluate and recommend monitoring and enforcement procedures necessary to ensure compliance with recommended point source emissions limits. The detailed Terms of Reference for the Technical Assistance are available in the RFP. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $200,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). 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 TDA, at Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA 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 TDA 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 TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Due to the large number of RFP requests, TDA 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 TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. (0007)

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