SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Request for Information - Electric Power System Simulation Model
- Notice Date
- 4/16/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PO BOX 25007, D-7810 DENVER CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- DOI-SNOTE-040416-001
- Archive Date
- 4/16/2005
- Description
- The Bureau of Reclamation's Denver Technical Service Center, is seeking expressions of interest from parties who may wish to supply an electric power system simulation model, all requisite data, training and support. The Bureau of Reclamation would like to obtain technical descriptions and information about existing models of the interconnected electric power system for simulation of management options in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and the Mid-continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) regions as defined by the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC). These models should allow for the detailed estimation of the short-run and long-run real power and economic effects of changes in management regimes at Federal and Private hydropower facilities. Minimum Product Specifications: (1) The power system simulation model(s) must be designed to operate on the IBM personal computer platform using the Microsoft XP operating system. Software operating on other computer platforms or requiring other operating systems such as UNIX will not be considered; (2) Model(s) must have production cost and capacity expansion modeling capabilities which will allow estimation of both "with" and "without" action short-run and long-run economic impacts on the interconnected power system; (3) All data required by the model for characterizing the WECC and MAPP regions and sub-regions within them must be supplied. This includes but is not limited to hourly loads and load forecasts by subregion, unit level technology characteristics such as heat rates, fuel costs, non-fuel variable operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, fixed O&M costs, planned and forced outages; (4) Data for candidate generic replacement and expansion generation resources must be also be supplied.; (5) Model(s) must be able to operate at the hourly or sub-hourly time-step for a minimum of 20 years; (6) Model(s) must be able to produce estimates of avoided cost (simulated market prices) on an hourly basis for at least a 20-year forecast period; (7) Model(s) must have the ability to simulate the interchange of energy between sub-regions and estimate average hourly market prices across busses at sub-regions over a 20-year or longer simulation period; (8) Model(s) must be capable of detailed representation of reservoirs and hydropower plants, interactions between hydrologic conditions, hydropower facilities and the thermal generation system; (9) Model(s) should be capable of performing historical simulations of hourly power system operations and capacity expansions; (10) Model(s) should be capable of characterizing demand side management (DSM) programs; (11) Training for Reclamation and contract Staff should be available; and, (12) Phone and/or email support during normal office hours (0800-1700 Mountain time) should be available. Submissions by Interested Parties: Parties who are potentially interested in supplying the described software, data, training and support should submit three (3) copies of the following materials: (1) Existing marketing and technical literature describing the available product(s); (2) Citations to technical, professional or other published articles referencing the analytical use of these model(s), their underlying concepts and/or the algorithms they employ; and, (3) If not otherwise described in the submitted materials, please provide a detailed description, not to exceed five (5) pages in length, of how the model(s) have been or could be employed for the economic analysis of changes in hourly operations at hydropower plants including changes in ramp rates, maximum and minimum releases, and restrictions on the daily range of release. NAICS 541512. Applicable documents as described above should be submitted by express mail in hard copy (no electronic copies) to: Bureau of Reclamation, PO Box 25007, DFC, 6th & Kipling Streets, Bldg 56, Room 1040, Denver, CO 80225-0007 (Attention: Carol White, D-7810), by close of business May 17, 2004. This is NOT a request for proposals (RFP), but a request for expressions of interest from developers, vendors or manufacturers who may be interested in supplying the described software, data and support services. Note that the Bureau of Reclamation may or may not tender a request for proposals (RFP) at a subsequent date, depending on budgetary and other considerations.
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