SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- B: Cyclohexanone/Caprolactam Production Project
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, TDA Contracts Office, TDA Contracts Office, 1621 North Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22209-2131
- ZIP Code
- 22209-2131
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0270006A
- Response Due
- 2/27/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/14/2002
- Point of Contact
- Evangela Kunene, Procurement Data Manager, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009,
- E-Mail Address
-
ekunene@tda.gov
- Description
- 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 to assess the technical and financial feasibility of building a cyclohexanone/caprolactam facility. Spolana a.s., located just northeast of Prague, manufactures chemicals with a specialization in ethylene-based products, such as PVC, raw materials used in making polyamide fibers, structural plastics, inorganic products and other specialty chemicals. In 2000, Spolana?s sales totaled $219 million, but due to negative earnings in its services sector, it had negative earnings. However, in October of 2001, the Czech Government decided to integrate Spolana into the Unipetrol Group, which will help facilitate the rationalization of Spolana?s chemical lines. Although the proposed facility is anticipated being built at Spolana, Unipetrol is also considering building it at the nearby Chemopetrol?s site. Chemopetrol, also a subsidiary of Unipetrol, is the largest petrochemical company in the Czech Republic. Spolana has an existing Caprolactam unit, which is supplied by Cyclohexanone produced in the Slovak Republic, over 400 miles away. Currently, benzene from Unipetrol?s nearby Chemopetrol facility is sent to the Slovak Republic by truck to produce Cyclohexanone, which is then shipped back to Spolana by truck for a roundtrip distance of over 800 miles to complete production. To reduce the transportation costs and the time lag, Unipetrol intends to streamline the production of Caprolactam through the production of Cyclohexanone at either Spolana or Chemopetrol. With this change, either Spolana or Chemopetrol will be a captive user of the benzene produced and Unipetrol would be independent of outside producers. Unipetrol would also like to increase the production of Caprolactam at Spolana from 40,000 t/year to 80,000 t/year. Additionally, ammonium sulphate resulting as a by-product could influence the economics of the caprolactam unit. The feasibility study will examine: 1) the technical and economic feasibility of manufacturing Cyclohexanone at either Spolana or Chemopetrol and 2) the expansion of production of Caprolactam to develop a business strategy. Specifically, the feasibility study will entail the following tasks: 1) Conduct site visits to Unipetrol, Spolana and Chemopetrol to collect data 2) Conduct a detailed benzene and hydrogen balance review 3) Establish a basis for the feasibility study 4) Develop a conceptual marketing study 5) Develop conceptual design documents 6) Prepare preliminary equipment list and construction costs 7) Perform a preliminary environmental assessment 8) Develop capital requirements 9) Economic/Financial Analysis ? including discussions with banks 10) List of U.S. sources of supply The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $331,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). Additionally, Unipetrol, the Grantee, will be responsible for contributing an additional $66,000 towards the cost of the Feasibility Study. 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 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. 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. Because of 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. 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 TDA grant amount. Details of TDA'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 4:00 pm local time, February 27, 2002 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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- SN20020116/00014546-020115090844 (fbodaily.com)
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