Contact:Mr. Faysal Y. Sharif, Project Manager;Al- Hashedi Trading & Contracting Company;C.R. 6866;P.O. Box 1376,Sana'a;Republic of Yemen;Tel: 011-967-1-269-224 or 011-967-1-269-280;Fax: 011-967-1-269-223

C -- TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE YEMENI OIL REFINERY AT RAS ISSA POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1602, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. The Al-Hashedi Trading & Contracting Company invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for the construction of an oil refinery in the Republic of Yemen. The Al-Hashedi Trading & Contracting Company of Sana'a, Yemen, is moving forward with its plan for a 60,000 b/d private sector refinery. As recommended by a pre-feasibility study, the refinery will be located on the Red Sea in the Ras Issa Province. The facility would produce a complete range of petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and kerosene. The scope of work for this feasibility study consists of the following tasks: (1) Forecast demand for refined products in Yemen; (2) Forecast of supply of refined products to Yemeni Markets; (3) Ras Issa refinery production program through 2015; (4) Refinery process design; (5) Site investigations and preliminary civil engineering; (6) Environmental assessment; (7) Preliminary engineering design; (8) Estimation of capital and operating costs; (9) Economic feasibility analysis; (10) Financial analysis and financial planning; (11) Management planning; (12) Action plan; and (13) Feasibility study. The TDA Contractor will be responsible for completing Tasks Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, and Thirteen as described in the Terms of Reference. A consultant previously selected by the Grantee will be responsible for completing Tasks One, Two, Three, Nine, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve as described in the Terms of Reference. It is necessary that the TDA Contractor coordinate the other elements of the scope of work with the Grantee's Consultant and include these elements in the Study. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S dollars from a $300,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade & Development Agency (TDA) and from $50,000 set aside by the Al-Hashedi Trading & Contracting Company. 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 TDA, at Room 309, SA-16, Washington, D.C. 20523-1621. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA 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 TDA 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 TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA 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, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFP's received before 4:00PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-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 TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit, in English, eight (8) copies of their Proposal directly to The Al-Hashedi Trading & Contracting Company by 4:00PM, September 12, 1997 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. (I-055 SN035188). (0195)

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