SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Jordan Study: Reactive Power Compensation and Transmission Loss Reduction
- Notice Date
- 7/5/2006
- 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-0621016A
- Response Due
- 8/10/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2006
- 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: Secretary of Tenders Committee, National Electric Power Company, Zahran Street, Al Swayfiyeh, P.O. Box 2310, Amman, Jordan 11181, Phone: +(962) 6- 5858615 Ext. 6452; Fax: +(962) 6- 5818336 or 5856421 Jordan Reactive Power Compensation and Transmission Loss Reduction Feasibility Study. 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 a Feasibility Study on the Reactive Power Compensation and Transmission Loss Reduction project. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a small, largely land-locked country that is notably resource-poor. Over the past ten years the country?s electricity production has steadily increased to meet growing power demands; these high growth rates are expected to continue for the next 10 to 15 years. In response to this growth, and in accordance with the Government of Jordan?s program of economic reconstruction and development, the country?s energy sector has been undergoing significant development. As a part of its broad reform policy, the Government of Jordan has made a number of decisions in the energy sector aimed at encouraging competition and private sector participation, particularly in the generation and distribution of electricity. The existing Jordanian national electrical network is composed of main substations, which are dispersed across the Kingdom to ensure the supply of electrical energy to all consumers. Jordan is moving toward a pool model for the electricity market and the country is considered a main crossing point for a number of electrical interconnections in the future, including: the electrical Interconnection project of the Mediterranean countries (MEDRING); the project of the Pan Arab Electrical Interconnection; and the Regional Interconnection project (EIJP). Therefore, a plan to optimize reactive power compensation and transmission loss reduction is considered essential to reinforce the Jordanian electrical network and permit it to participate in the above-mentioned interconnection projects. Preliminary technical studies on the Jordanian national electrical network demonstrated that it would benefit significantly from the optimization of reactive power compensation and a reduction in transmission loss. The Project would strengthen the infrastructure of the current interconnection, and build trade capacity, which will allow for the establishment of a large electrical market for exchange and trading of electricity between the countries in the North Africa/Middle East region. Jordan would also benefit from the electricity wheeling charges from the transfer of electrical energy among the interconnected countries. Since Jordan occupies a strategic location between east and west, improving reactive power compensation and minimizing transmission loss will facilitate such power exchange. The Project would help the Government of Jordan establish independent energy resources, which is one of the government?s highest priorities for FY 2006. The Reactive Power Compensation and Transmission Loss Reduction Project would promote this objective by decreasing transmission loss in the country?s power distribution lines. This would reduce fuel consumption and greatly help Jordan expand its power systems and increase the efficiency of transmission operations. Implementation of this Project would also enhance the role of the Jordanian network, which is a main crossing point for many electrical interconnection projects in the Middle East. Additionally, optimization of reactive power compensation would further increase transmission capability, improve the quality of the power supply, and improve the reliability indices. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $158,000 grant to the Grantee from USTDA. 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 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, AUGUST 10, 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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