Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA), Dr. M. A. Swidan, Ramses Street Extension, Abbassia, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

Y -- PREQUALIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION EQUIPMENT UNDER THE REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION EQUIPMENT UNDER THE REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION PROJECT (USAID GRANT NO. 263-0224) FOR THE EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY (EEA) POC Mr. David Houghtaling, Project Component Manager, Reactive Power Compensation Project, sub-consultant to the Power Sector Support Group (PSSG), c/o GE International, Inc., One River Road, Building 2, Room 623, Schenectady, NY 12345-6001. Tel: 518-385-4196, Fax: 518-385-5979, E-mail: David.Houghtaling@ps.ge.com WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, David.Houghtaling@ps.ge.com. The Egyptian Electricity Authority (EEA), is a public sector Organization under the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Government of Egypt. On behalf of EEA, its consultant PSSG, invites expressions of interest and submission of Pre-qualification information, for the purpose of short-listing, from U.S. firms only who can qualify through experience with projects of similar scope and magnitude, for Design/Build (D/B) services, for the installation of 220kV switched, shunt capacitor banks and associated works at the Cairo-500 and Cairo East substations. The works shall include the engineering, design, manufacture, supply, delivery, construction, installation, testing, training and commissioning and furnishing all labor, equipment and materials for the shunt capacitor banks and related equipment. The project base scope shall address the following for the Cairo-500 and Cairo East substations: 1. Development of a new 220kV capacitor switchyard, including grading, ground grid, fencing, etc., 2. Extension of the existing 220kV main double bus to the new capacitor switchyard; 3. Installation of a 200MVAr 220kV switched, shunt capacitor bank configured in two (2) 100MVAr sub-banks. Each 100MVAr sub-bank shall consist of stack-rack mounted main capacitors, air-core reactors and damping resistors, station class metal-oxide surge arresters, isolating and grounding switches, bus work, potential transformers and current transformers, 220kV circuit breaker, and control and protection panels for the capacitor banks and circuit breaker; 4. Replacement of twelve (12) existing 220kV circuit breakers at the Cairo East substation only; 5. Replacement of the existing bus-bar protection (bus differential and breaker failure) system at the Cairo East substation only. In addition, the following options may be included as part of the project: 1. Installation of up-to an additional 400MVAr of 220kV switched, shunt capacitors on the EEA 220kV network. The additional MVAr shall be configured as 100MVAr and/or 200MVAr banks at the Cairo East and Cairo-500 substations, or at up to four (4) other substations. Both the 100MVAr bank and 200MVAr bank have been determined to be "systems" for the purposes of determining U.S. source, origin and componentry requirements for this project. Each of the banks is to be considered complete system constituting a single supplied commodity, and the items which make up the banks are to be considered as individual components of the system. Pursuant to this systems determination, the total cost (to the system supplier) of the system components which were manufactured in the countries not included in the authorized geographic code (000-United States only) may not exceed fifty (50) percent of the lowest price (not including ocean transportation and marine insurance) at which the supplier makes the final product available for export sale. The anticipated D/B period is twelve (12) months for the base scope of work, excluding options with an approximate start date of late 2000. In the event that the options are exercised at one or more substations, the D/B period for the option work is anticipated to be extended by an additional nine (9) to twelve (12) months. The bidder must bid on the entire scope of work, including options, for both the Cairo East and Cairo-500 substation installations. Bids will be evaluated on the basis of the entire scope of work, including options. The options may be exercised in part, in whole, or not at all, at the sole discretion of EEA. EEA contemplates awarding a fixed-price, D/B, host-country contract (HCC), to the responsible bidder whose bid is responsive to the solicitation requirements, and provides the lowest total evaluated price. Financing for this project procurement will be in U.S. dollars and local currency. Payment of the U.S. dollar portion will be made through a USAID Direct Letter of Commitment (D/LCOM) issued directly to successful bidder under USAID Grant No. 263-0224. Local currency payments will be made in Egyptian pounds by EEA. Firms will be evaluated in accordance withthe evaluation criteria found in the Prequalification Questionnaire (PQ), listed in descending order of importance. Firms must 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, demonstrate the 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. Firms seeking qualification are required to submit full information as explained in the PQ, on subcontractors that it is contemplating using under this contract. Interested firms are advised that the Owner's Engineer PSSG, has subcontracted with General Electric International Inc. (Engineer's subcontractor) to provide consulting and construction management services for this project. Neither the Owner's Engineer nor General Electric, nor any of their subcontractors, subsidiaries and affiliates, shall work as contractors, subcontractors or suppliers of goods or services for the project, other than consulting engineering services. It is anticipated that the PQ and additional information will be available by written request (facsimile and e-mail requests are acceptable) from the contact point fifteen days after the publication of this notice. Address your request to: Mr. David Houghtaling, Project Component Manager, Reactive Power Compensation Project, sub-consultant to the Power Sector Support Group (PSSG), c/o GE International, Inc., One River Road, Building 2, Room 623, Schenectady, NY 12345-6001. Tel.(518)385-4196, Fax No. (518) 385-5979, e-mail address David.Houghtaling@ps.ge.com. Requests for the PQ documents should include the company name, name of contact person, street address, telephone and fax numbers of the requester. 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. After evaluation of information is completed, EEA will notify in writing all firms submitting pre-qualification information whether or not they are deemed qualified for the project. An Invitation for Bids (IFB) will be issued to pre-qualified firms. Only pre-qualified firms will be allowed to submit bids for this project. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select Business and Procurement Opportunities from the home page, then select commerce business daily notices (CBD). Receipt of this CBD through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this notice to ensure that it has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. 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. Posted 01/12/00 (W-SN415526). (0012)

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