SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Morocco: Feasibility Study: Hydroelectric and Seawater Use Optimization
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0621018A
- Response Due
- 11/6/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/21/2006
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACTS OFFICE; PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Mr. Abderrahim Bouziyane, Coordination Groupe Extraction et Traitement, Development and Strategy Direction, Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 2, rue Al Abtal ? Hay Erraha, Casablanca, Morocco, 20200 Phone: (212) 2 99 80 31, Fax: (212) 22 99 80 31, E-mail: a.bouziyane@ocpgroup.ma Morocco Hydroelectric and Seawater Use Optimization Project Feasibility Study. The Grantee, the Moroccan Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) 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 conduct a Feasibility Study on two independent, yet interrelated projects that are integral to OCP's phosphate production operations. OCP, a state-owned agency formed in 1920, is solely responsible for managing and controlling all aspects of phosphate mining and beneficiation in Morocco. With more than 50% of the world's known phosphate deposits, phosphate mining and fertilizer production is Morocco's major industry. The projects to be evaluated in the Study are a hydroelectric power project at OCP's chemical complex in Jorf Lasfar and a seawater use optimization project at OCP's chemical complex in Safi, Morocco. Both projects are intended to maximize the benefits of OCP's cooling and phosphate washing processes, by recovering the heat and electricity that is currently lost and harnessing it for power supply purposes. The Grant Agreement is attached at Annex 4 for reference. The Grantee is soliciting technical proposals from qualified U.S. firms to provide expert consulting services to carry out the Feasibility Study. The export of phosphates and its derivatives account for more than a quarter of Morocco's exports and one-third of the country's manufacturing sector. The fertilizer production sector is among the largest foreign exchange earners for Morocco and employs more than 30,000 citizens for both skilled and semi-skilled jobs. As such, OCP is the world leader in the phosphate market and is Morocco's largest company (employing approximately 20,000 Moroccans). It is also the world's number one phosphates exporter, with market share of twenty-eight percent. OCP moved into downstream processing in 1965, converting lower-grade rock to phosphoric acid and fertilizers at its plants along the coast. Jorf Lasfar Hydroelectric Project The processing of phosphates requires significant amounts of seawater to be used for cooling purposes. At its chemical complex in Jorf Lasfar, Morocco, OCP utilizes seawater from the Atlantic Ocean for this process. OCP would like to increase the benefits of this cooling water system by more effectively utilizing it to recover the hydrokinetic energy created during the down slope fall of the seawater (to the ocean outfall) by installing a hydroelectric turbine in order to generate electricity. The electricity generated could then be used on-site and/or sold back into the Moroccan electricity grid. Safi Seawater Use Optimization At OCP's chemical complex in Safi, Morocco, a seawater system is also used to provide water for phosphate production processes, such as for sulphuric acid process cooling, phosphoric acid and rock phosphate washing, and fertilizers manufacturing. The current system in Safi was constructed in three separate phases: Maroc Chimie in 1965; Maroc Phosphore I in 1976; and Maroc Phosphore II in 1981, and is currently showing significant signs of age. System issues which OCP seeks to address are capacity, quality, intake, flexibility and optimization. The objectives of the Feasibility Study are to conduct an analysis of the existing seawater pumping and cooling distribution network in order to optimize flows (efficiency, flexibility and redundancy), recover heat from the sulphuric acid cooling system, reduce global pumping and distribution costs, decrease overall energy consumption, and update the system to meet the company's expansion requirements. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $375,000 grant to the Grantee from USTDA. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. 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 12:00 noon LOCAL TIME, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 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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