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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 8,1999 PSA#2362Ing. Yekutuel Grunfeld, New Ventures Manager, PDVSA Gas, Ave Francisco
de Miranda, Edificio Sucre, Apt Po 61373, Caracas 1070 -- A,
Venezuela, Tel: 582-208-6462, Fax: 582-208-6593 B -- FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR SERVING THE NATURAL GAS MARKETS OF ISLA
MARGARITA AND CUMANA, VENEZUELA POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N.
Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357,
Fax: (703) 875-4009 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 for a natural gas
pipeline project spanning the Venezuelan cities of Barbacoas to Cumana
to Margarita. PDVSA Gas is the Grantee, and plans to implement this
project on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis. The study will be
comprised of the following tasks: Survey of individual industrial/power
units to gather statistical data Identify new and planned industrial
zones, investigate the medium size consumers to obtain statistical data
as in the first task Survey market in surrounding population areas
Prepare a 10-year energy consumption forecast based on industry
expansion plans, demographics, expected growth in the tourist trade,
etc. Identify new uses/applications for natural gas Participate in a
TDA organized business briefing to appraise U.S. industry of the study
findings. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a
$150,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development
Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes
requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and background
definitional mission and desk study reports is 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 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 their Proposal in English directly to the
Grantee by 4:00pm local (Caracas, Venezuela) time, July 19, 1999 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. Posted 06/04/99
(I-SN339273). (0155) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0024 19990608\B-0013.SOL)
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