Mr. Paulo Coutinho, Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental, (CETESB), Av. Prof. Frederico Hermann Jr., 345, CEP 05489-900, Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil, Tel: (011) 55-11-3030-6000

B -- FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS WASTES IN METROPOLITAN SAO PAULO POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 North Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax No.: (703) 875-4009 POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. Sao Paulo Industrial Hazardous Waste Study. Companhia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental ("CETESB", the "Grantee"). The Grantee 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 to assist CETESB in identification and tracking of industrial hazardous waste materials in metropolitan Sao Paulo and to assist the state chamber of industries, FIESP, to identify optimal hazardous waste treatment facilities for investment planning purposes. The feasibility study scope shall consist of six primary tasks: 1) assist in the calculation of current waste generation rates and design of a computer database for documentation and registration of various industrial hazardous wastes; 2) assist in the calculation of the currentavailability of waste management capacity; 3) project future waste generation rates and recommendations for a waste management plan for the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region; 4) develop conceptual designs for new waste facilities and recommendations for best treatment technologies; 5) provide computer support in developing appropriate software and training in use of waste management and tracking software for CETESB; and 6) develop final recommendations for changes in waste management plan for Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region and submit task deliverables. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars of $450,000 from a grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). Proposals shall be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: a) Experience of project team members with capacity assurance planning and design of computer-based waste management tracking systems (up to 30%); b) Experience with pollution prevention tracking (up to 20%); c) Experience in similar international projects within the last five (5) years (up to 20%); d) Adequacy of Proposed work plan in accomplishing objectives of study (up to 20%); e) Proficiency in Portuguese and experience in projects involving Portuguese as the language for conducting business (up to 10%). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. 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 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 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 Brazil for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount and are encouraged to do so by CETESB and FIESP. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit one (1) original and three (3) copies of their proposal in Portuguese and one (1) copy in English directly to the Grantee by 4:00 p.m., October 6, 1997 at the above address. 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. (0227)

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