Egyptian Electricity Authority, Nasr City, Abbassia, Cairo Egypt, Attention: Eng. Mahmoud Emad, Director General of Central Purchasing

D -- SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM SCADA FOR CAIRO REGIONAL CONTROL CENTER POC Contact Point: Mr. David Rosa, Macro Corporation, 700 Business Center Drive, Horsham, PA 19044-3471, Tel. No. (215)674-2000, Fax No. (215) 674-3464 The Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA) of the Ministry of electricity and Energy, Arab Republic of Egypt requests prequalification data from U.S. firms and joint ventures of such firms, who can qualify through experience with projects of similar magnitude for the design, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of Supervisory Control And Data acquisition (SCADA) systems for electric utilities. The EEA is developing specifications for the Cairo Regional Control Center (CRCC) that is to be located in Metropolitan Cairo. This center is one of seven (7) regional control centers that will be responsible for SCADA operation of the transmission and subtransmission networks within graphical areas. The Upper Egypt RCC was completed in 1988. The Alexandria RCC is expected to be completed by 1997. The existing control center for monitoring and contolling the 220 KV and66 KV transmission and subtransmission substations and networks serving metropolitan Cairo use voice-based communications to monitor manned substations. The planned CRCC will consist of computer-based monitoring of the Cairo region transmission and subtransmission system using SCADA systems, with power system operations application functions together with associated telecontrol equipment in the substations and with communication systems to be installed within the EEA Cairo Zone. This regional control center will be the operating center for power delivery and will support centralized control and monitoring of transmission/subtransmissionsubstations from 220 KV down to the 11 KV outgoing feeders from 66 KV primary substations located within the EEA Cairo Zone. The CRCC will interface with the National Energy Control Center (NECC) in a hierarchial configuration. The scope of the CRCC project includes: (a) providing master station Hardware, Software, and peripheral devices; (b) developing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SADA) application software; (c) implementing a telecommunication network involving UHF, VHF, Microwave, Fiber Optic, Power Line Carrier (PLC), leased telephone circuits, PABXs, and X.25 Packet Switches to support both voice and data 220/66 KV network requirements; (d) procuring and installing remote terminal units (RTUs) that have the capability for Momentary Change Detect (MCD), Sequence of Events (SOE), and scan by exception; (e) providing backup power supply and HVAC systems; (f) constructing building and facilities; (g) providing operational and maintenance training. The tele-metered information plan and the quantity of information to be processed by the CRCC will be approximately 19,000 status signals, 2400 analog measurements and 500 pulse accumulators in year 1999, and 30,000 status signals, 5000 analog measurements and 1000 pulse accumulators in year 2010. A single responsibility ''Design/Build'' Fixed Price Host Country Contract with EEA is anticipated for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of CRCC. Financing will be under AID Grant No. 263-0215.09 with U.S. dollar funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Local cost will be financed by EEA in Egyptian Pounds. Firms submitting replies should be: (a) Capable, based on demonstrated technical experience, staffing, management capability, work load capacity, and financial resources, to respond to a two-stage bidding procedure where submission of technical proposal is the first stage and the submission of priced bids is the second stage. (b) Demonstrated ability to provide equipment conforming to AID geographic code 000 (U.S.) and AID's requirements for Source'', ''Origin'' and ''Componentry'' as set forth in AID Handbook 11, Chapter 2. (c) Capable, based on previous demonstrated experience and performance to design, manufacture, supply, install, and commission hierarchial control systems of similar nature and scope for electric power utilities (at least 3 similar projects must be in operation during the last 5 years). Firms who believe they can qualify in accordance with (a), (b) and (c) above, should request in writing a prequalification questionnaire (facsimile acceptable) from EEA's consultant Macro Corporation, 700 Business Center Drive, Horsham, PA 19044-3471, Tel. No. (215) 674-2000, Fax No. (215) 674-3464. Tlephone requests will not be honored. The completed prequalification information (one original and nine copies) should be submitted to EEA within 45 days from the publication date of this announcement to the following address: Egyptian Electricity Authority; Ramses Street Extension; Nasr City, Abbassia; Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt; Attention: Eng. Mahmoud Emad; General Manager of Central Purchasing. Prequalification information submitted after 45 days from the date of this announcement may be returned unopened. After receiving the qualifying information, EEA will establish a short list of firms determined to be qualified to whom the Invitation For Bids documents will be issued. It is contemplated that the IFB will be available to pre-qualified firms in January 1996 with the technical proposal responses to be submitted 12 weeks after receiving the IFB. A pre-bid conference may take place before technical proposals are submitted. If needed, another conference may be held before submittal of priced bids. Information regarding the pre-bid conference(s)'s location and timing will be provided in the IFB document. After the Proposals have been evaluated, a request for priced bids is sent to those firms whose technical proposals have been found acceptable. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive responsible bidder. If a joint venture seeks prequalification, qualification information must be supplied with respect to all firms in the joint venture. The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Agency for International Development encourage and welcome in this activity the participation, to, the fullest extent possible, of minorities and women both as individuals and as members o contracting or sub-contracting firms. In this respect, it is anticipated that the prime contractor will make every practicable use of such personnel and firms. (0249)

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