MODIFICATION
R -- Contractor Selection Technical Assistance on the Rehabilitation of the Kairakkum and Varzob Cascade Hydropower Plants Feasilibity Study Project in Tajikistan
- Notice Date
- 5/12/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA Contracts Office, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- USTDA-05-Q-81-229
- Response Due
- 6/1/2005
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2005
- Point of Contact
- Della Glenn, Contracts Officer, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009, - Lynda Kindrick, Contracts Specialist, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009,
- E-Mail Address
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contract@ustda.gov, lkindrick@ustda.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- WORK STATEMENT “Technical Assistance” for Advisory and Assistance Services by Non-Governmental Sources for Tajikistan” Project Title: Tajikistan: Technical Assistance: Contractor Selection for Rehabilitation of the Kairakkum and Varzob Cascade Hydropower Projects Feasibility Study 1 Scope of Work The Contractor shall perform the following tasks: (1) Develop detailed selection procedures for the selection committee based on the criteria specified in the Request for Proposals for the Rehabilitation of the Kairakkum and Varzob Cascade Hydropower Projects Feasibility Study Project and the host country’s procedures for competitive selection; (2) travel to Dushanbe, Tajikistan; (3) participate in the study selection process as an observer; and (4) prepare a final report to USTDA on the selection process. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to verify with the COTR that the report is considered acceptable and ready for the production of the appropriate number of copies. All reports must be paginated. All reports must be submitted on a 3.5 inch disk in Microsoft Word. In connection with travel, USTDA will advise the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan of the Contractor’s proposed travel itinerary prior to departure. The Contractor should contact the U.S. Embassy upon arrival and prior to departure to brief and debrief them on the visit. USTDA will request that the Embassy provide the Contractor with names and addresses of appropriate host country officials with whom to meet. Logistics for handling the visit, including hotel accommodations, transportation and translation services are also the responsibility of the Contractor. 2 Delivery & Performance Requirements 2.1 Kick-Off Meeting with the USTDA Program Office Upon award, the Contractor shall contact USTDA’s Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) (see G.2) to schedule a meeting to discuss details of the Contract assignment. Unless otherwise advised by the COTR, this meeting will be held at USTDA’s office in Arlington, Virginia. The COTR shall provide the Contractor with names and addresses of the project sponsor(s), other pertinent entities to contact in the United States and overseas, and any other relevant details that may impact upon the design and/or evaluation of the proposed project(s). 2.2 Pre-Visit Report Prior to departure to the host country, the Contractor shall provide the COTR a pre-visit written report of 3-5 pages containing the proposed schedule or itinerary, a list of contacts to be made during the visit and a pre-visit checklist of issues, information and questions to be utilized during the visit, and the proposed evaluation criteria for the selection committee (proposed evaluation criteria must be consistent with the award criteria in the Request for Proposals issued for the Feasibility Study, but should be more detailed). 2.3 USTDA Responsibility USTDA will advise the U.S. Embassy in the host country of the Contractor’s proposed travel itinerary prior to departure and request that the Economic Section of the Embassy provide the Contractor with names and addresses of appropriate host country officials with whom to meet. 2.4 Contractor’s Host Country Travel The Contractor shall travel to the host country to meet with relevant project officials and with the U.S. Embassy. The Contractor shall contact the Economics Officer at the U.S. Embassy upon arrival and prior to departure for briefing and debriefing meetings. While the Embassy may be able to assist the Contractor in arranging some initial meetings with host country officials, the Contractor is responsible for arranging the meetings as well as logistics for the visit, i.e., hotel accommodations, transportation, and interpretation services. In some cases, the Contractor may need to Contract with a local entity to assist with these logistics. Local entities may not provide the technical work of substance for the creation of the DM report. 3 Contractor Interim Status Reporting and Deliverables The Contractor shall provide verbal updates to the COTR when necessary. The deliverables may also take the form of information, advice, opinions, alternatives, analyses, evaluations, recommendations, interim and final reports, or other oral or written work products needed for successful performance. 4.1 Report Draft -- COTR Approval The Contractor shall provide the report in draft form to USTDA for COTR review within ten (10) working days after completion of the overseas visit. The report should be clearly marked “Draft” on the cover. 4.2 Revised Report Draft – COTR Approval Within five (5) working days after receiving the COTR’s comments on the draft report, the Contractor shall submit a revised copy for COTR review. The Contractor shall revise the report as necessary until securing final COTR approval. 4.3 Final Report – COTR Approval The final report shall incorporate all mutually agreed upon material and revisions. The report shall accurately and sufficiently describe the work done by the Contractor, the selection procedure (including summary minutes of the selection committee’s meetings), and the result of the selection. The report shall include any supporting documentation. It shall be grammatically and factually correct in all respects, internally consistent, and all statements and tables shall be clear and easily understood by a competent reader, and contain no typographical errors. Upon notification from the COTR that the report is considered acceptable, the Contractor shall submit five (5) copies, and one (1) unbound original to USTDA. All reports must be paginated and submitted in Microsoft Word on a 3.5-inch disk or on a CD-Rom. The Contractor shall also submit the report to the COTR as an e-mail attachment, also in Microsoft Word format. 5. Project Descriptions and Profile The Ministry of Energy has requested USTDA’s assistance with rehabilitation of the Kairakkum and Varzob Cascade Hydropower plants. USTDA has provided a grant for funding of a Feasibility Study on the rehabilitation of these two hydropower plants, which will be competitively bid to U.S. companies through the www.fedbizopps.gov website. While the project is expected to attract many interested U.S. firms, the Ministry of Energy is relatively inexperienced with administering a competitive selection and has requested technical assistance in undertaking this process. U.S. firms will submit proposals for the Rehabilitation of the Kairakkum and Varzob Cascade Hydropower Plants Project Feasibility Study in Tajikistan. This RFP concerns assisting the Ministry in choosing a contractor for the Rehabilitation of the Kairakkum and Varzob Cascade Hydropower Plants Project Feasibility Study. Tajikistan has abundant hydroelectric potential, one of the lowest cost power sources available. Approximately 90% of the 4.4 gigawatts of installed capacity for electric power generation in Tajikistan comes from hydropower plants. The Tajikistan energy sector is controlled by the Ministry of Energy, which controls the State-owned Barqi Tojik company. Barqi Tojik has a monopoly on production, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Tajikistan. Tajikistan is a net importer of electricity. Rehabilitation of existing hydropower projects are key to becoming self-sufficient in energy and reducing the relatively high cost of imported electricity. The Ministry of Energy has requested feasibility study funding assistance for rehabilitation of two hydropower projects owned by Barqi Tojik. The Kairakkum 126 MW hydropower project was commissioned in 1957 and is located in Northern Tajikistan on the Syrdarya river. This project is the primary source of electrical production in Northern Tajikistan and is an important reservoir for irrigation. All power units in the plant are considered to be at the end of their useful life, and a complete rehabilitation is required. Rehabilitation would serve to make the units more efficient and to increase their reliability. Rehabilitation is considered of the highest priority for the Ministry because of the dilapidated condition of the equipment and the lack of other domestic sources of electricity for Northern Tajikistan. By replacing the existing Russian-built turbines with higher efficiency turbines with a greater output, total annual electricity production at the plant is expected to increase from 629 Gigawatt hours (GWh) to 888 GWh. The total estimated cost of the rehabilitation of Kairakkum is estimated at $33.7 million. The Varzob Hydroelectric Cascade is a series of three hydroelectric plants on one stretch of the Varzob River in central Tajikistan. The project is an important source of power for Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, as it is located close to Dushanbe. One of the hydropower plants has been mothballed due to the old technology and poor condition of the equipment at the plant. The remaining two hydropower plants require new turbines, transformers and other equipment. The rehabilitation is needed to keep the two plants working although no increase in generation is expected. The total estimated cost of the rehabilitation of the Varzob Cascade is $10.5 million. The Kairakkum project has an estimated return on investment of 150%. Although the return on investment for the Varzob Cascade project is considerably lower, the importance of the project to powering the capital and the chance of a shutdown, mean that this project is of top importance to the Ministry. 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- Place of Performance
- Address: Headquarters, USTDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600 Arlington, VA
- Zip Code: 22209-3901
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 22209-3901
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