SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Egypt: Feasibility Study: Aromatics Complex Project
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2006
- 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-0621009B
- Response Due
- 10/31/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/15/2006
- 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: Mr. Ahmed El-Kharashy, Business Development Assistant General Manager, 3 El Mokhayem El Dayem Street, El Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Phone: +(202) 263-4000, Fax: +(202) 263-6060, E-mail: akharashy@echem-eg.com Egypt Aromatics Complex Project 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 establishment of a world scale aromatics complex capable of producing petrochemicals for use as feedstock for downstream manufacturing activities in the Arab Republic of Egypt. In February 2002, the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (Echem) was created by the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum to manage existing publicly held assets and equities in the Egyptian chemical and petrochemical industries and to develop the country's Petrochemical Master Plan. Echem is mandated to identify and develop new petrochemical and chemical production opportunities in cooperation with its sister organizations the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Egyptian Gas Holding Company (EGAS), as well as private companies and investors. Given the current pace of petrochemical development in Egypt, the proposed Aromatics Complex Project will complete Echem's hydrocarbon value chain and necessary back integration into aromatics feedstock and refinery forward integration. The Aromatics Complex Project is a key component of Echem's Petrochemical Master Plan. Echem's objective is to build a greenfield petrochemical plant capable of producing 530,000 MTA of pXylene (PX) and 450,000 MTA of Benzene (BZ) in Egypt. This project would leverage Egypt's favorable position in feedstock, energy, and geographical location, to establish an aromatics chemicals industry. The creation of the industry will add to the country's hydrocarbon value chain by establishing downstream petrochemical and specialty chemical opportunities to attract further investments from the private sector. The Project represents the last link in the value chain from crude oil to the production of polyester and polystyrene. The objectives of the Feasibility Study are to analyze the technical, financial, and economic aspects of developing a greenfield petrochemical plant to produce PX and BZ using Naphtha (light gasoline) feedstock from local Egyptian refineries. PX and BZ are saleable intermediate petrochemical products used as feedstock to manufacture polyester and styrene monomer, respectively. Polyester is used as a synthetic fiber in the manufacture of bottles and polystyrene is a polymer used in the manufacture of many household items and electrical appliances. The establishment of an aromatics complex in Egypt would expand the country's burgeoning petrochemicals industry, which is a high priority for the Government of Egypt because of its ability to reduce the country's foreign currency expenditures, and generate foreign currency income as well as employment opportunities for skilled and semi-skilled labor. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $860,000 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 desk study 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, OCTOBER 31, 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.
- Record
- SN01144279-W 20060916/060914222311 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |