MODIFICATION
B -- Thailand - Integrated Solar and Energy Storage Project Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 10/15/2019
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100, PO Box 12268, Arlington, Virginia, 22209-3901, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- 2019-31025A
- Archive Date
- 11/9/2019
- Point of Contact
- Anna Amaya, Phone: 7038754357
- E-Mail Address
-
RFPQuestions@ustda.gov
(RFPQuestions@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Modification #1: Q1: Is it possible for offerors to partner with U.S. government agencies (e.g. the National Renewable Energy Laboratory) on the RFP proposal? Can a U.S. government entity serve as a subcontractor as part of a contractor team for this competed RFP? A1: USTDA can only fund work undertaken by another U.S. government agency where it has been pre-arranged and approved via an Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) mechanism. However, it is not possible for another U.S. government entity to directly bid on a USTDA grant-funded activity or serve as a subcontractor as part of an offeror's proposal for this RFP. Q2: At the bottom of the RFP page 12 and top of page 13, there is a discussion regarding timing, which concludes draft results and "solid supporting information" must be available before November 2019. Is this still accurate? By what date in November? By when do you anticipate making the award and selecting a contractor to perform this study? If the date is no longer accurate, by when are the draft results needed? A2: The Grantee must submit a Letter of Guarantee (performance security) from a financial institution to the off-taker no later than December 3th 2019. Therefore, the Grantee is looking for solid supporting information on the CAPEX, energy production, revenue, OPEX and technical stability such that credible reference sources and procedures could be provided to support the assessment no later by the end of November 2019. It is the Grantee's understanding that one method for completing this high-level analysis by the end of November 2019 would be to conduct high-level analysis in parallel with the proposal preparation; another, more flexible option would be for the Offeror to provide preliminary results from high-level analysis to the Grantee after kick-off with final updates thereafter. Q3. The following paragraph (page 13), states plant performance simulations should be conducted by two different sophisticated simulation programs, with one set run by an external party via subcontracting. To confirm, this is a requirement for the current assignment, with both sets of simulations to be performed, one by an external party via subcontracting, under the $533K budget and timing as clarified in response to #1? A3: The preferred process for plant performance simulation (that would lead to revenue and penalty fee calculation) is to conduct using at least different sophisticated simulation programs. One simulation program should be run by the Offeror. The additional simulation programs could be conducted by the Offeror or conducted by "other credible external parties so as to obtain unbiased results". Both simulations should be included within the fixed price budget, whether conducted by the Offeror or a subcontractor.
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