Dr. M.A. Swidan, Chairman, Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA), Ramses Street Extension, Abbassia, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt An action for the USAID program.

C -- CONTROLS UPGRADE PROJECTS, UNDER THE ABU SULTAN AND ABU QIR CONTROLS UPGRADE PROJECT POC Contact Point: Mr. Roy Sensenig, Project Manager, Abu Saltan/Abu Qir Controls Upgrade Projects, Gilbert/Commonwealth, Inc. 2675 Morgantown Road, Reading, PA 19607. Tel: (610) 855-3405, Fax: (610) 855-3110, E-mail address: roy_g_sensenig@parsons.com. The Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA), a public sector organization under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Government of Egypt, invites expressions of interest and submission of prequalification information, for the purpose of shortlisting, from U.S. firms only who can qualify through experience with projects of similar magnitude, for Design/Build (D/B) services, for the replacement of the controls for the existing boiler, turbine and balance-of-plant controls and related field instrumentation and equipment at each of the four units at Abu Qir and Abu Sultan power generating plants. The works shall include design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing, training and commissioning of the Distributed Control Systems/Data Acquisition Systems (DCS/DAS) and related equipment. The project scope shall specifically address the following for both plants: 1. Replacement of the existing electric-analog and electrical relay systems with a new distributed control and data acquisition system, including data highway for each unit. 2. Selective replacement of existing transmitters with new two-wire type Smart transmitters. 3. Replacement of the existing boiler water/steam analyzers and panels. 4. New engineer s consoles. 5. New printers and plotters. 6. New Local Area Networks as required. 7. New uninterruptable power supply for the DCS/DAS equipment. 8. Complete refurbishment of the existing boiler water/steam sampling rooms including walls, flooring, plumbing, ventilation, A/C, and waste drainage. 9. New retractable Furnace Cameras. 10. Option for CEM system installation. The project scope for each plant shall specifically address the following: Abu Qir: 1. Selective replacement of existing thermocouples as needed to support data acquisition and thermal performance features of the DCS/DAS. 2. Replacement of the existing extraction type furnace oxygen analyzers with new in situ type analyzers. 3. New operator, CRT based, bench to replace the existing benchboards and one 64 inch monitor common to all four units. 4. Removal of recorders, indicators, scanners, and hand/auto stations from the existing vertical panels. 5. Replacement of several existing control valves. 6. New fire detection system for both the electronics and control rooms. 7. Modifications of the existing turbine control, safety, and monitoring including the replacement of the mechanical-hydraulic governor, multiplying relay, and starting device, and incorporation of the overspeed, loss of lubrication, and vacuum protection into the DCS/DAS. 8. New local stop push-button stations for motor driven equipment. 9. New synchronizing clock system. 10. Modifications to control room lighting and HVAC. 11. New H2/CO2 and H2/O2 analyzers for the turbine generator hydrogen system. Abu Sultan: 1. Modifications to control room lighting and flooring. 2. Modifications to control room bench/vertical boards. 3. New operator, CRT based, consoles to replace the existing benchboards. 4. New generator hydrogenpurity monitor. 5. Replacement of existing turbine bypass and auxiliary steam control valves. 6. New circulating water flow and furnace pressure switches. 7. New opacity and CO monitors. 8. New fuel oil flow meters/transmitters. 9. Replacement of the existing GE Mark II turbine controls and monitoring equipment with the latest GE Mark, or equivalent, controls and monitoring equipment. 10. New turbine vibration monitors. 11. New oil tank level controls. 12. New Unit 1 & 2 chillers. Anticipated D/B period is September 1998 through September 2000. The bidder may bid separately on the Abu Sultan Controls Upgrade Project and/or on the Abu Qir Controls Upgrade Project and/or bid on the combination of both Abu Sultan and Abu Qir. EEA contemplates awarding a fixed-price, D/B, host-country contract(s)(HCC) to the responsive bidder(s) whose bid(s) conform to this solicitation requirements and provides the lowest total price. In determining the lowest price, the sum of the lowest price bids for Abu Sultan and Abu Qir separately will be compared against the lowest combined bid for those bidders considered responsible and responsive. Payment will be in U.S. dollars and local currency. Financing of the U.S. dollar portion will be under USAID Grant No. 263-0224. Local currency payments will be made by EEA. Firms will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria found in the Prequalification Questionnaire (PQ), listed in descending order of importance. Firms are expected to comply with USAID source, origin and nationality requirements and USAID geographic code (000) as set forth in Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 228 (22 CFR Part 228) and, to demonstrate capabilities, experience and the ability to complete this D/B project as stipulated and explained in the PQ. Participation of combinations of firms is acceptable, provided that it is in the form of a single firm as a prime contractor with subcontracts. It is anticipated that the PQ and additional information will be available by written request (facsimile requests are acceptable) from Gilbert/Commonwealth, Inc., 2675 Morgantown Road, Reading, PA 19607 fifteen days after the publication of this notice. The deadline for receipt of information will be 30 days after the date of the issuance of the PQ. Instructions for submittal of information, i.e, exact date of submission, time and place will be provided in the PQ. Late submissions will not be considered. An Invitation For Tenders (IFT) will be issued to prequalified firms, with the intent of awarding a fixed price H.C. contract with EEA to the successful bidder(s) about September 1998. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder(s). The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the U.S. 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 of 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. (0077)

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