SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Jordan: Technical Assistance: Oil Shale Resources Development
- Notice Date
- 1/30/2006
- 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-0521027B
- Response Due
- 3/28/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2006
- 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: Eng. Khaldoun Qutishat, Secretary General, Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources, Jabal Amman , 7th Circle, Zahran Street, P. O. Box 140027, Amman 11814, Jordan, Tel : +962 6 582 8971, Fax: Fax : +962 6 582 1398, E-mail: generals@memr.gov.jo Oil Shale Resources Development Technical Assistance. 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 conduct Technical Assistance related to the development of oil shale resources in Jordan. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan depends on imported crude oil and petroleum products to meet its energy needs, which total approximately 75,000 barrels per day. The drastic increase in fuel prices during 2005 has caused an energy crisis in the Kingdom, further increasing its public debt. The energy sector in Jordan, which is currently supervised by the MEMR, has been undergoing significant development in accordance with the Government of Jordan?s (GOJ) program of economic reconstruction and development. A recent GOJ initiative resulted in the preparation of a comprehensive Energy Sector Strategy. This strategy calls for developing local energy resources, including renewables, to reduce the imported energy cost and to diversify energy supply resources. Since the local energy resources such as oil and gas are limited, and imported energy places a tremendous burden on the national economy, the GOJ is paying special attention to the development of local energy resources such as new and renewable energy, including oil shale. Shale oil is one of the most extensive resources of potential hydrocarbons in the world and it has been considered as a potential replacement for depleting petroleum resources for the past century. Commercial development of shale oil has been and is very limited. The nature of the resource, small concentrations of oil in the shale rock, and the difficulties involved in thermally separating oil from shale make its recovery technically complex and expensive. Therefore, the GOJ did not previously establish an oil shale industry because the high capital costs of developing these resources made it economically unviable. Nevertheless, the continuously increasing cost of petroleum has dramatically altered the situation and it now makes economic sense for the Kingdom to develop its 24 known surface oil shale deposits which contain more than 50 billion tons of geological reserves. The objective of this Technical Assistance is to analyze the current state of shale oil extraction and recovery technologies and to apply the best international expertise to the development of a shale oil industry in Jordan. Specifically, the Technical Assistance would evaluate different retorting systems to identify the best option for converting the oil products contained in oil shale to hydrocarbon vapors. The results of the Technical Assistance are intended to: allow MEMR to develop a realistic strategy for the development of its oil shale deposits for energy purposes both long and short term; and facilitate the implementation of near term actions leading to the commercial production of the Jordanian shale oil resources. The Terms of Reference (TOR) for this activity consists of the following tasks: (1) Purpose and objective of Technical Assistance; (2) Technology screening; (3) Product/market pricing; (4) Economic analysis; (5) Financial analysis; (6) Environmental analysis; (7) Review of regulatory issues; (8) Key host country economic development benefits; (9) List of proposed equipment and services; (10) Strategic implementation plan; and (11) Final report. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $310,000 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 TOR, 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 12:00 NOON, LOCAL TIME on MARCH 28, 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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