SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- 20 MW Waste-To-Energy Plant at El Guacal Landfill
- Notice Date
- 10/18/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- 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
- 2010-51036A
- Archive Date
- 12/22/2010
- 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: Santiago Piedrahita Tabares Director for International Cooperation And Business Instituto Para El Desarrollo De Antioquia (Idea) Calle 42 No. 52-259 Medellin, Colombia Phone: +57 4 381 9129 The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study to determine the technical, economic and financial viability of a 20 MW waste-to-energy plant near the city of Medellín in the Colombian department of Antioquia. The Instituto para el Desarollo de Antioquia, the Institute for the Development of Antioquia (IDEA), requested a USTDA grant for a feasibility study to determine the technical, economic and financial viability of a 20 MW waste-to-energy plant near the city of Medellín in the Colombian department of Antioquia. IDEA is the autonomous regional development institution in Antioquia and has participated in the development of numerous energy, infrastructure, mining and reforestation projects. The WTE plant would be fueled by the collected urban and industrial wastes from five municipalities south of Medellín that are currently deposited at the "El Guacal" landfill in the Municipality of Heliconia, about 25 km from Medellín. The WTE plant is anticipated to be sited on the property of the El Guacal landfill, which is owned and operated by EVAS Enviambientales, S.A. E.S.P. (EVAS). EVAS is responsible for the treatment and final disposition of solid waste at the El Guacal landfill and is licensed for 24 years to receive, select and process ordinary and special solid waste and mud. EVAS is a sanitary and landfill operator company in Colombia, fully owned by the Municipality of Envigado, but which serves much of the southern Aburrá Valley area in Antioquia. The waste processing and power generation facility will input the roughly 650 tons per day of municipal solid waste (MSW) presently deposited at the EVAS landfill and convert it to roughly 400 tons of refuse-derived fuel for the generation of approximately 20 MW of electricity. With collection and landfill deposits well managed by EVAS, these wastes have been studied and classified, confirming a sufficient calorific value with a steady and continuous daily flow. The owner and operator for the proposed WTE plant is presently anticipated to be a joint venture (JV) between IDEA, the Municipality of Envigado, and possibly a private sector engineering firm. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $573,039 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 Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report, is 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 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 and Spanish directly to the Grantee by 5 pm, December 7, 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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