SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Morocco - MASEN Concentrated Solar Power Project
- Notice Date
- 10/12/2011
- 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
- 2011-21028A
- Archive Date
- 11/25/2011
- Point of Contact
- Robin Yavuz, Phone: 703-875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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ryavuz@ustda.gov
(ryavuz@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC Robin Yavuz, 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: Nabil Saimi, PhD ABD, FRM Chargé de mission / Executive Advisor MASEN - Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy Extention du siège de la CMR Avenue Al Araar, Hay Riad Rabat, Morocco Tel: +212 (0) 661 57 52 34 Fax: +212 (0) 537 57 10 17 saimi@masen.ma 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 technical assistance for the Morocco: MASEN Concentrated Solar Power Project. Morocco relies very heavily on imported sources of energy, particularly coal and oil, to meet more than 97% of the country's energy needs. The costs of energy imports strain the country's trade balance and, coupled with subsidies to moderate domestic energy prices, test its capacity to avoid budget deficits. In 2011, Morocco's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to increase by 6.7% (up from the five year average of 5.3%), contributing to the demand for energy that continues to rise by approximately 7% per year while capacity grows at only half that rate. At the same time, Morocco has vast renewable energy resources that have largely gone untapped, particularly in solar energy. Recognizing the critical need to develop its domestic solar energy base, the Government of Morocco (GOM) launched the national Moroccan Plan for Solar Energy ("Solar Plan") in November 2009, as part of a broader national renewable energy strategy. The Solar Plan calls for developing a minimum of 2GW of solar power generation capacity by 2020. The GOM is highly committed to the development of solar energy and is moving very quickly to implement the Solar Plan. In March 2010, the GOM established MASEN as the state-owned agency responsible for the development of the Solar Plan. MASEN is jointly owned in equal parts (25%) by the GOM, the National Office of Electricity (ONE), the Moroccan Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development, and the Moroccan Energy Investment Company (SIE) (a sovereign wealth fund dedicated to renewable energy created from privatization proceeds). MASEN's directive is to design and conduct the public procurement processes for Build-Own-Operate-Transfer power plants under an independent power producer (IPP) model with 25 year power purchase agreements (PPA) in different locations within the Moroccan national territory. The government has selected five sites for the Moroccan Solar Plan, with the 500 MW complex near the southern city of Ouarzazate as the first site under development. Ouarzazate will become an operational "test bed" of various solar technologies operated at commercial scale under desert conditions. After an open tender was conducted by MASEN in 2010, CSP Parabolic Trough technology was selected for Phase I of the 500 MW Ouarzazate complex. One of the subsequent phases of the Ouarzazate complex will be dedicated to CSP Tower technologies. The purpose of the Technical Assistance is to assist MASEN with the design and development of the CSP Tower phase of the Ouarzazate complex. The Technical Assistance will be focused on the development of minimum functional and performance specifications as part of the tender documents for a CSP Tower procurement. In order to prepare the specifications for the tender, the Technical Assistance will include an analysis of existing CSP Tower technologies, most notably, their state of development, benchmarked performance between the different tower technologies and other thermal solar technologies, investment and operational cost, associated risks both during construction and operation, suitability to grid conditions, land requirement, water usage, cooling options and environmental impacts. The Technical Assistance will also provide recommendations on the optimal plant configuration in term of plant size and capacity of integrated storage at a level of detail sufficient to draft the minimum functional and performance specifications for tendering. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $651,886 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/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 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 4:00 PM, November 10, 2011 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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