SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- South Africa: Tire Recycling Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 4/9/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, TDA Contracts Office, TDA Contracts Office, 1621 North Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22209-2131
- ZIP Code
- 22209-2131
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0110027C
- Response Due
- 5/14/2002
- Archive Date
- 5/29/2002
- Point of Contact
- Evangela Kunene, Procurement Data Manager, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009,
- E-Mail Address
-
ekunene@tda.gov
- Description
- PROPOSAL SUBMISSION LOCATION:Mr. Syd Kelly, Director, Richards Bay Spatial Development Initiative Center, D132 First Floor, Civic Center, 5 Mark Strasse, PB X1004, Richards Bay 3900, South Africa Phone: (35) 901-5228, Fax: (35) 901-5239 B--South Africa: Tire Recycling Feasibility Study POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. South Africa Tire Recycling Feasibility Study. 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 determine the technical, economic and financial viability of a tire recycling project. The proposed project relates to recycling 2 to 3 million used tires per year at three different locations in South Africa. The plants will be located near major metropolitan areas in South Africa -- Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Durban. All three areas have tire dumps and are major contributors to used tire disposal each year. According to a 1998 survey, there are over 27 million tire carcasses stockpiled in various dumps in South Africa. In addition to existing dumps, it is estimated that based on the number of motor vehicles on the road, twelve million tire carcasses are discarded each year and will be available for recycling. Firms active in the South African tire market are eager to make use of cheap and readily available discarded tires in order to reduce their own manufacturing costs and to exploit new product areas. RBSDI is a non-profit entity established by the South African government to promote economic growth, mainly by identifying equity partners to invest in local projects. RBSDI has been working individually with MaxiPrest, Michelin SA, and Trentyre as potential equity investors in this project. Recently, these three tire sector companies formed SATRP for the purposes of jointly developing this mutually beneficial project. The major tasks that comprise the terms of reference for the feasibility study are as follows: Part I--Recycling Environment 1. Review of existing scrap tire management systems in South Africa 2. Analysis of recovery technologies, shredding, grinding/crumbing, pyrolysis 3. Survey of the markets for recovered tire products 4. Analysis of the project's economics 5. Development of specifications for the tire recycling facilities Part II--Project specifications 6. Facility siting 7. Operational plan 8. Refined economic analysis 9. Financial plan 10. Regulatory Environment (including environmental) 11. Suppliers analysis 12. Project implementation strategy 13. Final Report The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $274,000 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 a background desk study report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, 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 4:00 p.m., May 14, 2002 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.
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- SN00055911-W 20020411/020410063745 (fbodaily.com)
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