SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Geothermal for District Heating and Cooling Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 2/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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, Virginia, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- 2010-21007A
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Nina Patel, Phone: (703) 875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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npatel@ustda.gov
(npatel@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC Nina Patel, 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: Khaled Sabawi MENA Geothermal Ground Energy and Investment Company Ltd. UCI Headquarters Building 3rd Floor Al Masyoun Heights, Ramallah, West Bank P.O. Box 4029 Palestinian Territories Tel: +970-2-295-8355, Fax: +970-2-295-8354 khaled@menageothermal.com Geothermal for District Heating and Cooling 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 develop a feasibility study for Geothermal for District Heating and Cooling project. Today, Palestinians are paying the highest energy prices in the entire Middle East and North Africa. In addition, Palestinians are experiencing population growth rates that are amongst the highest in the world: 3.99% in Gaza and 2.9% in the West Bank. The West Bank has no sources of natural energy and it is largely dependent on Israeli sources, with some power coming from Jordan. If this situation continues, Palestinians living in the West Bank will continue to face significant energy problems. Building construction remains one of the main industries in the West Bank and as a result, building loads make up a significant portion of energy consumption in the West Bank. As 60% of the energy consumed by a typical building is for heating and cooling, MENA Geothermal Ground Energy and Investment Company Ltd. (MENA), a private Palestinian business registered in the West Bank that specializes in the design and installation of residential and commercial geothermal heating and cooling systems, has focused on lowering the outside cost of this energy component, thereby creating the largest energy savings impact on its buildings. The most common conventional Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in the West Bank are diesel-powered boilers for heating, which burn fossil-fuels and directly produce CO2 emissions. With the current energy prices in the West Bank, operating costs for conventional systems, especially diesel-powered boilers, have become a major burden for most Palestinians living in the West Bank. For the planned 500-unit housing development, MENA and Union Construction and Investment Corp. (UCI), which is a partial owner of MENA, are planning to install a centrally located district geothermal heating and cooling system that would supply HVAC throughout the development. A district geothermal heating and cooling system would be more economical than installing individual geothermal systems for each household. This way all 500 units can receive heating and cooling energy from a renewable source, reducing the entire development's energy consumption by 70% and significantly reducing CO2 emissions. This is also expected to produce significant capital and operating cost reductions for the individual units. The proposed Feasibility Study would include: a detailed assessment of the thermal conductivity of the proposed site, economic analysis of the use of geothermal energy, a design of the district system, training on the potential system, operating cost savings analysis, financial modeling and an implementation plan. Implementation of this technology will help achieve the goal of increasing the use of clean and renewable sources of energy and decreasing dependence on imported fossil fuels. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a US$438,162 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and a grantee cost share of US$20,489, for a total Project budget cost of US$458,651. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also 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 the West Bank. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the West Bank 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 4:00 PM Local Time, April 15, 2010 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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