MODIFICATION
B -- Turkey - ISTAC Waste-To-Energy Plant Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 9/30/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- 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, Virginia, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- 2010-81023A
- Archive Date
- 11/16/2010
- Point of Contact
- Nina Patel, Phone: (703) 875-4357
- E-Mail Address
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npatel@ustda.gov
(npatel@ustda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POC Nina Patel, 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. Vahit Balahorli İSTAÇ A.Ş Istanbul Environmental Management Industry And Trading Company Paşa Mah. Piyalepaşa Bulvari No: 74 34379 - Şişli Istanbul, Turkey The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for a waste-to-energy facility. In the aftermath of the 1993 methane explosion and ensuing fatal fire at an open MSW dump site in Istanbul, the Greater Istanbul Municipality created and commissioned two sanitary landfill sites, the Kömürcüoda Landfill on the Asian side of Istanbul and the Odayeri Landfill on the European side of the city. İSTAÇ was established in 1994 to manage the sanitary handling, storage, separation, recycling, and disposal of the city's municipal waste. On a daily basis, İSTAÇ handles and processes approximately 14,000 tons of MSW generated by Istanbul's 13 million residents. Presently, the city of Istanbul is incurring significant costs for the disposal of MSW in its two large landfills. These landfills are now considered "mature," requiring new solutions to the city's municipal waste problem. With a dumping rate of 9,000 tons/day, the Odayeri Landfill is about 3 years away from reaching its capacity, prompting urgent planning for a solution, such as creating new landfill sites and/or implementing a sizeable WTE facility. Pursuant to the "European Community Compliance Scenarios A and B," İSTAÇ is already contemplating an incineration option to reduce MSW, and is looking to align this task with Turkey's need for renewable energy sources to improve its energy security situation. The current Renewable Energy Law in Turkey already incentivizes biomass projects, and this law is in the process of being amended to cover WTE projects as well. The proposed study would analyze a 3,000 tons/day MSW-to-energy plant that would be implemented to provide a lasting solution to İSTAÇ's space limitation at the Odayeri Landfill site. Such a WTE plant would have a 70 MW generation capacity, enough to provide power to 350,000 households in the area. By properly incinerating 3,000 tons of solid waste per day, one-third of the municipal waste received at the Odayeri Landfill site, the prospective project would extend the remaining life of the landfill, reduce methane and odor emissions from the landfill site, and help İSTAÇ meet the MSW incineration targets set forth by the "European Union Compliance Scenario B." İSTAÇ has a proven record of implementing landfill gas-to-energy projects, and is currently operating two power generation facilities that are fueled by biogas from İSTAÇ's landfills. The total capacity of these two facilities is 40MW. Although İSTAÇ therefore has experience operating power generation facilities, the proposed 70 MW WTE facility would be İSTAÇ's first power generation facility fueled by solid waste, and it would be the first solid waste WTE facility in Turkey. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $491,160 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 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to: https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also 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 4PM, October 18, 2010 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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