SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- B- UNDERGROUND GAS STORGAGE PROJECT IN THE PEOPLE?S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, TDA, USTDA, C/O US TDA 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA, 22209-2131
- ZIP Code
- 22209-2131
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0230041B
- Archive Date
- 1/1/2003
- Point of Contact
- Evangela Kunene, Procument Data Manager, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009,
- E-Mail Address
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ekunene@tda.gov
- Description
- POC: Evangela Kunene, Procurement Data Manager, Tel: 703-875-4357, Fax: 703-4009, E-mail: ekunene@tda.gov : PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACTS OFFICE : Proposal Submission Place : Ms. Zhang Yuzhen, Director General, Foreign Affairs Office, PetroChina Company Limited, World Tower, 16 Andelu, Beijing 100011, CHINA, Phone: (86-10) 8488-6012, Fax: (86-10) 8488-6014 : The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal UNDERGROUND GAS STORGAGE PROJECT IN THE PEOPLE?S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 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 assessing the development of an underground gas storage facility in the Jintan Salt Mine in the Changjiang Delta of Jiangsu Province, China. In recent years, China has focused its energy needs away from coal and toward natural gas. At present, gas makes up 3% of the energy consumed in China, but by 2010 the Chinese government hopes that the figure will be as high as 10 percent. Four Chinese gas-producing basins, all located in the middle and western regions of China, contain over 70% of the country?s gas resources. But the main market for this gas is located on the East coast. Though producing gas now, these fields will not be able to meet the demand for gas until approximately 2015. Until then, it is expected that China will need to import natural gas from central Asia and Russia. To help meet the demand and facilitate distribution, PetroChina is building four trunk pipelines to complete its network and bring gas to the East coast. In order to manage the peak and cyclic load operations of the West-East Pipeline and the other pipelines, a number of underground storage facilities will be required. The initial function of underground gas storage is to balance gas consumption and resources at all times (seasonal, daily and hourly fluctuations). Storage reservoirs also provide many more services such as a safety role and grid optimization. In addition to these traditional functions, new services are emerging and underground gas storage facilities offer commercial possibilities (price hedging, better terms on import contracts, and export of storage capacity). There are a number of advantages to storing gas underground, including the sheer size and volume of storage that underground facilities can manage, the low cost relative to the cost of above ground facilities, and the relative safety. In order to enable the development of a regional gas distribution network, a large gas storage facility is required. In the past, PetroChina has converted two depleted gas reservoirs into underground gas storage facilities. The proposed project in the Changjiang delta will be the first constructed in a salt cavern and will require substantial foreign assistance and equipment. Installations built in salt cavities are generally operated to cover peak demand. They offer the advantage of productivity per well that is two to four times high than that of conventional facilities. These salt caverns can be mined to varying shapes and sizes in order to accommodate specific storage requirements. The shape and size of the caverns for this project will be determined in the feasibility study. A background Definitional Mission is provided for reference in Annex 2. The aim of the Feasibility Study is to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using the Jintan salt deposits for underground gas storage. Key elements of the study will include: determination of the stability of the rock salt and its structural properties, characterization of the type of salt caverns that could be developed at the proposed sites, development of a solution mining strategy, assessment of the safety of the proposed sites, and economic analysis of the proposed facilities, and an evaluation of environmental protection measures that need to be taken into account. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $460,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, USTDA 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 USTDA 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 USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA 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, USTDA 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 USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-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 USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA'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., local time, December 17, 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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