MODIFICATION
R -- Energy Links Project in Central Asia
- Notice Date
- 4/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Washington D.C., USAID/Washington, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 7.10-006, Washington, District of Columbia, 20523, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20523
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-176-14-000007
- Point of Contact
- Sam Kraegel,
- E-Mail Address
-
AlmatyAAsolicitations@usaid.gov
(AlmatyAAsolicitations@usaid.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- USAID Central Asian Republics Regional Mission intends to issue a solicitation for qualified small business offerors for USAID/CAR’s regional Energy Links activity aimed at increasing national energy security in Central Asia. This is a presolicitation notice, not a request for proposals, expressions of interest, or quotations. Inquiries or correspondence received in response to this notice will not receive replies. Funding for this contract is expected to range from $20,000,000 (core) to $24,500,000 (option) and the period of performance is anticipated to be five years, beginning on or about October 1, 2014. Purpose/Objective: The objective of Energy Links is to increase national energy security in Central Asia. By increasing transparent intra- and inter-regional energy trade, improving the legal and regulatory framework and investment climate for the countries’ energy sectors, improving corporate governance, operations and commercialization of the energy companies, and improving energy efficiency and demand side management the countries of Central Asia will increase the sustainability of their energy sectors and increase their ability to provide year-round, reliable power to their citizens. For the purposes of conducting regional activities under the project, the region is defined as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan and Pakistan. The bilateral aspects of this project focus on Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic because those countries are the most energy insecure, but they also have potential to be major summer exporters of hydropower. The project also targets Turkmenistan because it has potential to greatly increase year round energy exports both in Central Asia and to Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond. The outcomes that support this objective are listed below: Outcome 1: Increased transparent intra- and inter-regional energy trade Outcome 2: Improved legal and regulatory framework and investment climate for the countries’ energy sectors Outcome 3: Improved corporate governance, operations and commercialization of the energy companies Outcome 4: Improved energy efficiency/demand side management The project will conduct both regional and country-level tasks in order to achieve the above-mentioned outcomes and objective. Although the total amount of funding available for this project is uncertain, there is a core level of funding that is relatively certain. The implementer shall assume that the project will work under the core budget scenario, unless informed otherwise. Tasks listed in the full solicitation will designated as either “core” or “option.” Implementer shall prioritize the core tasks over the option tasks. Should additional funds become available, option tasks shall be added after discussion with USAID. More information will be provided about core and option funding amounts in the forthcoming solicitation. All Kyrgyz Republic work for the full five years of the project life can be considered as core. Under both the core and the option scenarios, USAID may end Tajikistan activities after the first three years of the project. Under the core scenario, USAID may end regional activities after the first three years of the project, and in the option scenario it may end them after four years. Turkmenistan work does not take place at all under the core scenario, and in the option scenario, it concludes after three years. Added: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][added_on]" value="2014-04-25 07:27:45">Apr 25, 2014 7:27 am Modified: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][modified_on]" value="2014-04-25 07:36:20">Apr 25, 2014 7:36 am Track Changes TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: PLEASE REFER TO SOLICITATION NUMBER SOL-176-14-000009 Link: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/AID/OP/WashingtonDC/SOL-176-14-000009/listing.html
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/AID/OP/WashingtonDC/SOL-176-14-000007/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan
- Record
- SN03349625-W 20140427/140425234933-974a3c92c886319d38d4a4a3a0e4011b (fbodaily.com)
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