SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- B: Pyrotol Unit/Aromatics Extraction Expansion 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-0270007A
- 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 for increasing benzene production. Chemopetrol, a subsidiary of Unipetrol, is the largest petrochemical company in the Czech Republic. Chemopetrol produces ethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, propylene, benzene, ethylbenzene, and agricultural chemicals. The Litvinov site, where this project would take place, is located in the Usti nad Labem region,near the German border. Unipetrol is involved in oil refineries, primary petrochemicals and agrichemical producers, plastics manufacturers, fuel distribution companies, and filling station network operators in the Czech Republic. Because of a unique feedstock, Chempetrol?s steam cracker is one of the most important unit operations at this site. This study would examine ways to improve the efficiency of this steam cracker unit and increase benzene and/or styrene production (these ?sister compounds? are aromatics). Additionally, the study would analyze whether an additional pyrolysis unit would be necessary. However, if the costs of these expansions don?t justify the investment, Chemopetrol won?t undertake the project. Therefore this feasibility study will be phased. In the U.S. and Europe, a typical steam cracker feedstock contains 80 percent naphtha and 20 percent lighter products. In contrast, the feedstock to this steam cracker contains more than 51 percent materials that are heavier than naphtha. Consequently, its steam cracker yield of lower value liquid products (C5 cut, C9 cut, and fuel oil) are higher than usually expected. (?Cuts? are different variants of pyrolysis gasoline ? each ?cut? has a different application in the chemical industry). The proposed project would analyze the best way to produce additional benzene and/or styrene from Chemopetrol?s steam cracker. Chemopetrol intends to increase the capacity of its steam cracker from 435,000 ton/year to 560,000 ton/year of ethylene production, along the lines recommended in a Feasibility Study funded by TDA. This expansion will automatically increase production of other products, including the pyrolysis gasoline fraction. This would allow Chemopetrol to increase benzene production by about 35% from the current level of 176,000 tons / year to approximately 240,000 tons / year of 99,8% purity benzene. It could also allow the recovery of byproduct styrene. A Feasibility Study is required to determine the best technical and economical route to increasing benzene production from the Litv?nov steam cracker unit, considering the following possibilites: ? Installation of new benzene extraction distillation ? Styrene extraction ? De-bottlenecking existing Pyrotol Unit ? Selling rest of BTX fraction, which cannot be processed by the existing Pyrotol unit The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $288,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). Chemopetrol, the Grantee, will be responsible for contributing $56,000 in in-kind labor towards the cost of the 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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- SN20020116/00014547-020115090845 (fbodaily.com)
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